Comparative Study of Time-Frequency Decomposition Techniques for Fault Detection in Induction Motors Using Vibration Analysis during Startup Transient

Induction motors are critical components for most industries and the condition monitoring has become necessary to detect faults. There are several techniques for fault diagnosis of induction motors and analyzing the startup transient vibration signals is not as widely used as other techniques like m...

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Main Authors: Paulo Antonio Delgado-Arredondo, Arturo Garcia-Perez, Daniel Morinigo-Sotelo, Roque Alfredo Osornio-Rios, Juan Gabriel Avina-Cervantes, Horacio Rostro-Gonzalez, Rene de Jesus Romero-Troncoso
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Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/708034
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author Paulo Antonio Delgado-Arredondo
Arturo Garcia-Perez
Daniel Morinigo-Sotelo
Roque Alfredo Osornio-Rios
Juan Gabriel Avina-Cervantes
Horacio Rostro-Gonzalez
Rene de Jesus Romero-Troncoso
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Arturo Garcia-Perez
Daniel Morinigo-Sotelo
Roque Alfredo Osornio-Rios
Juan Gabriel Avina-Cervantes
Horacio Rostro-Gonzalez
Rene de Jesus Romero-Troncoso
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description Induction motors are critical components for most industries and the condition monitoring has become necessary to detect faults. There are several techniques for fault diagnosis of induction motors and analyzing the startup transient vibration signals is not as widely used as other techniques like motor current signature analysis. Vibration analysis gives a fault diagnosis focused on the location of spectral components associated with faults. Therefore, this paper presents a comparative study of different time-frequency analysis methodologies that can be used for detecting faults in induction motors analyzing vibration signals during the startup transient. The studied methodologies are the time-frequency distribution of Gabor (TFDG), the time-frequency Morlet scalogram (TFMS), multiple signal classification (MUSIC), and fast Fourier transform (FFT). The analyzed vibration signals are one broken rotor bar, two broken bars, unbalance, and bearing defects. The obtained results have shown the feasibility of detecting faults in induction motors using the time-frequency spectral analysis applied to vibration signals, and the proposed methodology is applicable when it does not have current signals and only has vibration signals. Also, the methodology has applications in motors that are not fed directly to the supply line, in such cases the analysis of current signals is not recommended due to poor current signal quality.
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spelling doaj-art-9e88b54189a249929d0f4edcbeadab322025-08-20T02:18:29ZengWileyShock and Vibration1070-96221875-92032015-01-01201510.1155/2015/708034708034Comparative Study of Time-Frequency Decomposition Techniques for Fault Detection in Induction Motors Using Vibration Analysis during Startup TransientPaulo Antonio Delgado-Arredondo0Arturo Garcia-Perez1Daniel Morinigo-Sotelo2Roque Alfredo Osornio-Rios3Juan Gabriel Avina-Cervantes4Horacio Rostro-Gonzalez5Rene de Jesus Romero-Troncoso6HSPdigital-CA Telematica, Procesamiento Digital de Señales, DICIS, Universidad de Guanajuato, Carretera Salamanca-Valle km 3.5+1.8, Palo Blanco, 36700 Salamanca, GTO, MexicoHSPdigital-CA Telematica, Procesamiento Digital de Señales, DICIS, Universidad de Guanajuato, Carretera Salamanca-Valle km 3.5+1.8, Palo Blanco, 36700 Salamanca, GTO, MexicoDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Valladolid (UVa), 47011 Valladolid, SpainHSPdigital-CA Mecatronica, Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Campus San Juan del Rio, Rio Moctezuma 249, 76807 San Juan del Río, QRO, MexicoHSPdigital-CA Telematica, Procesamiento Digital de Señales, DICIS, Universidad de Guanajuato, Carretera Salamanca-Valle km 3.5+1.8, Palo Blanco, 36700 Salamanca, GTO, MexicoHSPdigital-CA Telematica, Procesamiento Digital de Señales, DICIS, Universidad de Guanajuato, Carretera Salamanca-Valle km 3.5+1.8, Palo Blanco, 36700 Salamanca, GTO, MexicoHSPdigital-CA Telematica, Procesamiento Digital de Señales, DICIS, Universidad de Guanajuato, Carretera Salamanca-Valle km 3.5+1.8, Palo Blanco, 36700 Salamanca, GTO, MexicoInduction motors are critical components for most industries and the condition monitoring has become necessary to detect faults. There are several techniques for fault diagnosis of induction motors and analyzing the startup transient vibration signals is not as widely used as other techniques like motor current signature analysis. Vibration analysis gives a fault diagnosis focused on the location of spectral components associated with faults. Therefore, this paper presents a comparative study of different time-frequency analysis methodologies that can be used for detecting faults in induction motors analyzing vibration signals during the startup transient. The studied methodologies are the time-frequency distribution of Gabor (TFDG), the time-frequency Morlet scalogram (TFMS), multiple signal classification (MUSIC), and fast Fourier transform (FFT). The analyzed vibration signals are one broken rotor bar, two broken bars, unbalance, and bearing defects. The obtained results have shown the feasibility of detecting faults in induction motors using the time-frequency spectral analysis applied to vibration signals, and the proposed methodology is applicable when it does not have current signals and only has vibration signals. Also, the methodology has applications in motors that are not fed directly to the supply line, in such cases the analysis of current signals is not recommended due to poor current signal quality.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/708034
spellingShingle Paulo Antonio Delgado-Arredondo
Arturo Garcia-Perez
Daniel Morinigo-Sotelo
Roque Alfredo Osornio-Rios
Juan Gabriel Avina-Cervantes
Horacio Rostro-Gonzalez
Rene de Jesus Romero-Troncoso
Comparative Study of Time-Frequency Decomposition Techniques for Fault Detection in Induction Motors Using Vibration Analysis during Startup Transient
Shock and Vibration
title Comparative Study of Time-Frequency Decomposition Techniques for Fault Detection in Induction Motors Using Vibration Analysis during Startup Transient
title_full Comparative Study of Time-Frequency Decomposition Techniques for Fault Detection in Induction Motors Using Vibration Analysis during Startup Transient
title_fullStr Comparative Study of Time-Frequency Decomposition Techniques for Fault Detection in Induction Motors Using Vibration Analysis during Startup Transient
title_full_unstemmed Comparative Study of Time-Frequency Decomposition Techniques for Fault Detection in Induction Motors Using Vibration Analysis during Startup Transient
title_short Comparative Study of Time-Frequency Decomposition Techniques for Fault Detection in Induction Motors Using Vibration Analysis during Startup Transient
title_sort comparative study of time frequency decomposition techniques for fault detection in induction motors using vibration analysis during startup transient
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/708034
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