Broken Rotor Bar Detection Using High Frequency Loss Calculation of Induction Motor

Abstract

This paper proposes a technique for the identification of defects of three-phase squirrel cage induction motors. Simulations were performed using ANSYS finite element software package to obtain the flux density waveform in the air gap. Broken rotor bar fault was simulated by breaking rotor bars to see how the flux density is affected. In this paper, a new approach for the identification of broken rotor bar based on the calculation of high-frequency losses in induction motors is presented. The approach presented in this paper requires little time for loss calculation and fault identification.