Convolutional Neural Network-Based Inter-Turn Fault Diagnosis in LSPMSMs

Stator inter-turn fault diagnosis system for electric motors is of a considerable concern due to its significant effect on industrial production. In this paper, a new method for detecting the inter-turn fault and quantifying its severity in the line start permanent magnet synchronous motor (LSMPSM) is proposed. The new method depends on monitoring the stator current during steady-state period to detect the fault. The convolutional neural network (CNN) method is proposed to correlate the motor steady-state current with the status of the motor winding conditions and detect any presence of inter-turn faults. The data used in this study is extracted from both an experimental setup of a one-horsepower LSPMSM and the corresponding verified mathematical model through several testing cases under various loading conditions. One of the main features of the proposed technique is that it does not require separate feature extraction phase. The results indicate that the proposed technique is able to detect the inter-turn fault under different loading conditions varies from 0NM to 4NM with accuracy of 97.75% for all defined fault levels. The use of steady-state current for fault detection regardless of motor load enables the proposed technique to detect the fault online without disturbing the system functionality and reliability as well as without adding any extra hardware to the system.