Inter-turn Fault Diagnosis of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine Based on Tooth Magnetic Flux Analysis

This study proposes a novel inter-turn fault diagnosis method for a permanent magnet synchronous machine. Search coils are set on every stator tooth to measure the tooth fluxes. The high-order harmonics produced by the inverter are adopted to diagnose the inter-turn fault existence and locate the fault tooth. The fault severity coefficient is proposed on the basis of theoretical analysis and can identify the fault severity. A comparative analysis of a traditional method based on co-simulation shows that the proposed method is sensitive and that the fault severity coefficient is accurate, intuitive and independent of the operating condition of the motor. An experimental platform is set up, and it validates the effectiveness of the proposed method.