Fault diagnosis for five-phase PMSM drive using residual current fusion and probabilistic neural network
摘要
Among the fault types in five-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drives, open-phase faults (OPFs), open-switch faults (OSFs), and inter-turn faults (ITFs) are the most common. In addition, they all require prompt detection. These faults typically cause a power imbalance across phases. Accurate diagnosis is crucial for applying an effective fault-tolerant control strategy. Thus, this study proposes a method to construct a health indicator by analyzing residual currents using maximum and minimum functions. The fundamental frequency of the health indicator is extracted and compared against a threshold to detect fault occurrence. A probabilistic neural network (PNN) is then used to identify the fault types and the faulty phase. The effectiveness and reliability of the method are validated through both simulation and experimental results.