Sensor fault diagnosis technique applied to three-phase induction motor drive

This paper conducts research on sensor fault diagnosis for a three-phase induction motor drive (IMD) in steady-state operation. An improving diagnostic technique based on the integration algorithm of the sinusoidal current signal is proposed for detecting and locating faulty current sensors in the induction motor drive. The IMD integrated a proposed fault detection-isolation (FDI) system is investigated for operating characteristics when sensor failures occur. The faulty sensor needs to be accurately identified and quickly isolated from the control system. Then the estimated signal will be used to replace the fault signal to retain the IMD stability. MATLAB/Simulink software will be applied to simulate the speed-torque characteristics of the IMD system as well as sensor failures occurring during operation. The performance of the proposed method will be evaluated through the accuracy and timeliness in each fault case corresponding to each sensor.