Finite element investigation of the short-circuit fault in the stator winding of induction motors and harmonics of the neighboring magnetic field

Abstract

Based on a time domain finite element analysis of the electromagnetic field, the paper studies effects of the short-circuit fault in the stator winding of an induction motor and the influence of this fault on the magnetic field outside the motor. The detection of the short-circuit fault through the magnetic field in the motor neighboring is based on the comparison of harmonics of the output voltage of coil sensors in the healthy and faulty motor states. The influence of the motor frame on the efficiency of fault detection is studied.