Analysis and Diagnosis of the Stator Turn-to-Turn Short-Circuit Faults in Wound-Rotor Synchronous Generators

In this paper, we introduce a health parameter and estimation algorithm to assess the severity of stator turn-to-turn/inter-turn short-circuit (TTSC) faults in wound-rotor synchronous generators (WRSG). Our methodology establishes criteria for evaluating the severity of stator TTSC faults in WRSG an...

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Main Authors: Haotian Mao, Khashayar Khorasani, Yingqing Guo
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description In this paper, we introduce a health parameter and estimation algorithm to assess the severity of stator turn-to-turn/inter-turn short-circuit (TTSC) faults in wound-rotor synchronous generators (WRSG). Our methodology establishes criteria for evaluating the severity of stator TTSC faults in WRSG and provides a specific solution for estimating both the severity of these faults and the resultant power loss. Our assessment methodology directly reflects the intrinsic impact of stator TTSC faults on the WRSG, offering enhanced efficiency, accuracy, and resilience to interference compared with traditional methods in estimating and gauging the TTSC severity. First, we demonstrate that it is impossible to determine the two fault parameters of the WRSG stator TTSC faults solely based on the voltage and current measurements. Subsequently, we introduce a novel health parameter for the WRSG stator TTSC faults and show that for a given generator and load, the dynamics of voltage and current during these faults as well as the resulting power loss are determined by this health parameter. We then detail the characteristics of the proposed health parameter and criteria for evaluating the severity of the WRSG stator TTSC faults. Furthermore, we present an estimation algorithm that is capable of accurately estimating the health parameter and power loss, demonstrating its minimal estimation error. Finally, we provide a comprehensive set of simulation results, including Monte Carlo results, to validate our proposed methodology and illustrate that our approach offers significant improvements in terms of the efficiency, accuracy, and robustness of the WRSG stator TTSC fault detection and isolation (FDI) over conventional methods.
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spelling doaj-art-8123dc9b934c4effaa924c17cddcf9052025-08-20T02:59:11ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732025-05-01189239510.3390/en18092395Analysis and Diagnosis of the Stator Turn-to-Turn Short-Circuit Faults in Wound-Rotor Synchronous GeneratorsHaotian Mao0Khashayar Khorasani1Yingqing Guo2School of Power and Energy, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, CanadaSchool of Power and Energy, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaIn this paper, we introduce a health parameter and estimation algorithm to assess the severity of stator turn-to-turn/inter-turn short-circuit (TTSC) faults in wound-rotor synchronous generators (WRSG). Our methodology establishes criteria for evaluating the severity of stator TTSC faults in WRSG and provides a specific solution for estimating both the severity of these faults and the resultant power loss. Our assessment methodology directly reflects the intrinsic impact of stator TTSC faults on the WRSG, offering enhanced efficiency, accuracy, and resilience to interference compared with traditional methods in estimating and gauging the TTSC severity. First, we demonstrate that it is impossible to determine the two fault parameters of the WRSG stator TTSC faults solely based on the voltage and current measurements. Subsequently, we introduce a novel health parameter for the WRSG stator TTSC faults and show that for a given generator and load, the dynamics of voltage and current during these faults as well as the resulting power loss are determined by this health parameter. We then detail the characteristics of the proposed health parameter and criteria for evaluating the severity of the WRSG stator TTSC faults. Furthermore, we present an estimation algorithm that is capable of accurately estimating the health parameter and power loss, demonstrating its minimal estimation error. Finally, we provide a comprehensive set of simulation results, including Monte Carlo results, to validate our proposed methodology and illustrate that our approach offers significant improvements in terms of the efficiency, accuracy, and robustness of the WRSG stator TTSC fault detection and isolation (FDI) over conventional methods.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/9/2395fault diagnosishealth parameterfault parameter estimationturn-to-turn short-circuit (TTSC)wound-rotor synchronous generator (WRSG)fault detection and isolation (FDI)
spellingShingle Haotian Mao
Khashayar Khorasani
Yingqing Guo
Analysis and Diagnosis of the Stator Turn-to-Turn Short-Circuit Faults in Wound-Rotor Synchronous Generators
Energies
fault diagnosis
health parameter
fault parameter estimation
turn-to-turn short-circuit (TTSC)
wound-rotor synchronous generator (WRSG)
fault detection and isolation (FDI)
title Analysis and Diagnosis of the Stator Turn-to-Turn Short-Circuit Faults in Wound-Rotor Synchronous Generators
title_full Analysis and Diagnosis of the Stator Turn-to-Turn Short-Circuit Faults in Wound-Rotor Synchronous Generators
title_fullStr Analysis and Diagnosis of the Stator Turn-to-Turn Short-Circuit Faults in Wound-Rotor Synchronous Generators
title_full_unstemmed Analysis and Diagnosis of the Stator Turn-to-Turn Short-Circuit Faults in Wound-Rotor Synchronous Generators
title_short Analysis and Diagnosis of the Stator Turn-to-Turn Short-Circuit Faults in Wound-Rotor Synchronous Generators
title_sort analysis and diagnosis of the stator turn to turn short circuit faults in wound rotor synchronous generators
topic fault diagnosis
health parameter
fault parameter estimation
turn-to-turn short-circuit (TTSC)
wound-rotor synchronous generator (WRSG)
fault detection and isolation (FDI)
url https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/9/2395
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