A method for broken rotor bars diagnosis based on sum-of-squares of current signals

Abstract

Induction motors are mainstay power components in industrial equipment. Fault diagnosis technology of induction motors can detect the incipient fault and avoid the unplanned shutdown. The broken rotor bar is a significant fault mode of induction motors. Classical fault diagnosis methods always have complex principles and high computational costs, which leads to difficulties in understanding and calculation. In this paper, a method of broken rotor bar diagnosis based on the sum-of-squares of current signals is proposed. This method can eliminate the fundamental frequency and extract the signature frequency components by calculating the sum-of-squares of three-phase current signals. The signature frequency components are more apparent in the spectrum of the sum-of-squares of current signals. The effectiveness of the proposed method under different load levels and rotation motor speeds has been validated by two experiments. Compared with the classical diagnostic methods, the proposed method has better effectiveness and lower computation cost.