Abstract
Rotor eccentricity in permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) increases unbalanced magnetic pull and motor vibration resulting in accelerated aging of motor components. If eccentricity remains undetected, it can increase in severity, and increase the risk of stator-rotor contact, which causes forced outage of the motor and driven process. Detection of eccentricity currently relies on off-line testing and on-line vibration/current spectrum analysis, which are inconvenient or cannot provide reliable detection as they are influenced by other mechanical non-idealities in the motor or load. In this paper, the feasibility of using the signals from analog Hall-effect field sensors for detecting eccentricity is investigated. It is shown that Hall sensors already present in machines for motion control can be used for measuring the variation in the flux inside the motor due to eccentricity. 3-dimensional (3D) finite element analysis (FEA) and experimental results performed on an interior PMSM (IPMSM) show that the proposed method can provide sensitive and reliable detection of dynamic and mixed eccentricity with minimal hardware modifications.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2017 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 4678-4685 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781509029983 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 Nov 3 |
Event | 9th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2017 - Cincinnati, United States Duration: 2017 Oct 1 → 2017 Oct 5 |
Publication series
Name | 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2017 |
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Volume | 2017-January |
Other
Other | 9th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2017 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Cincinnati |
Period | 17/10/1 → 17/10/5 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 IEEE.
Keywords
- Axial leakage flux
- Condition monitoring
- Finite element analysis
- Hall effect field sensor
- Permanent magnet synchronous motor
- Rotor eccentricity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Control and Optimization