Experimental evaluation of a broken rotor bar fault detection scheme based on Uncertainty Bounds violation

Abstract

This paper proposed a new technique for an experimental evaluation of a broken rotor bar fault detection based on Uncertainty Bounds violation. The novelty of this article stems from the establishment and the experimental evaluation of fault detection scheme being able to detect faults at the beginning of its occurrence, based on Set Membership Identification and novel proposed boundary violation rules for the identified motor's parameters. By the utilization of the SMI technique, the simplified equivalent model of the induction motor is being identified during the steady state operation (non-fault case), while at the same time safety bounds for the identified variables are being provided, based on an a priori defined corrupting additive noise. On the event of a fault, specific fault detection conditions are being proposed that can capture the fault of a broken bar. Detailed analysis of the proposed approach as also extended experimental results are being presented that prove the efficiency of the proposed scheme.