Performance of Inverter Fed Induction Motor Under

Performance of Inverter Fed Induction
Motor under
Open Circuit DC link Capacitor
Technical Presentation II
Faculty in charge
Ms.R.Jeyanthi
Presentation by,
S.HEMALATHA
Assistant Professors
Department of EEE
ME (PED) I Year
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TECHNICAL PRESENTATON - II
CONTENTS
Abstract
Introduction
Faults
In Inverter Fed IM
Reason For Capacitor Failure
Problem Description
Simulation Setup
Operation
Experimental Result
Waveforms
Conclusion
References
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ABSTRACT
Induction
motors are widely used in industry

Majority of induction motors are used in inverter based
drives in industrial setups.
Literature discusses the failure of electronic
Components like
power MOSFET,
Optocoupler failure,
Failure of pulse generation card etc.
This research work is a continuation of fault analysis
studies
This paper presents the effect of dc link capacitor open
circuit on the performance of inverter fed induction
motor.
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INTRODUCTION
Induction
motors
Wide used in the industry due to
high efficiency,
low maintenance,
Ease in control mechanism
Used with power electronic based control system to
achieving the required mechanical characteristics
Power electronics system needs to have a very
accurate tolerant system for smooth operation of
industrial work
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Faults in inverter fed IM

Transistor
failure,
DC link capacitor fault (open circuit or short circuit),
Gate drive pulse failure and
Inverter leg fault.
DC link capacitor
The
semiconductor failure was mainly due to pulse

width modulation (PWM) control chips
they were not that reliable and sophisticated.
Since, the voltage source inverters (VSI) required to
have a smooth dc link voltages
Therefore capacitors are used in the dc link
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Reason for capacitor failure

the
ageing of capacitor results in the increase of

equivalent series resistance (ESR).
This is a big issue in switching circuits
because ESR can combine with the switching frequency
causes self heating and indirectly leads towards the
failure of capacitor.
Capacitor open circuit may occur due to dry soldering or
due to an error in the system fabrication stage.
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Problem Description
For
a three phase VSI

used a DC link capacitor for smoothing the voltage.
This capacitor also acts as a voltage damper and provides a
sort of rid through capability for any sag or swell in the input
voltages.
This capacitor is fixed in shunt with the rectifier and the
inverter
therefore, any fault in it can affect the performance of both
inverter and the rectifier.
In case of open circuit of DC link capacitor, the inverter gets
dc input voltage with ripples, the frequency of which is
dependent on the type of input.
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Continued..
For
example
if the three phase VSI is fed via a single phase rectifier
then the ripples at the input of inverter will be double
the source frequency.
However, if a three phase supply is rectified for
obtaining voltages at DC bus then the ripple frequency
will be six times the source frequency.
Therefore This paper discusses the analysis of capacitor
open circuit fault on the performance of inverter.
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Simulation
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setup
Operation
The
fault in the DC link capacitor is realized by an ideal

switch Sl, that is connected in series with the DC link
capacitor.
The switch Sl acts as a short circuit when ON
completely cuts off the connection of DC link capacitor
when OFF.
A step change is applied to the system by turning off the
switch Sl at time t=3sec.
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Proposed model
The
parameters of induction motor used in this study are as

follows
Rated Power = 5 hp
Rated Voltage = 460 V
Rated Frequency = 60 Hz
Rated RPM =1750 rpm
MOSFETs are
used as power electronic switches in the
inverter.
The control method is based on Sinusoidal Pulse Width
Modulation (SPWM) with following parameters.
Carrier frequency = 2050 Hz

Control frequency = 50 Hz
Amplitude modulation ratio = 0.8
Frequency modulation ratio = 41
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Continued..
The
motor is mechanically loaded in terms of applied

torque.
A step torque of 3.5 N-m is applied to the motor for
single
8 N-m is applied for three phase input respectively at
time t=1.5 sec.
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Results
The
induction motor is connected with single and three

phase supply where the input line voltage is 381 Vp (for
220 V) with 50Hz frequency.
The generated ripple frequency is 100 and 300 Hz
respectively for single and three phase input.
two comprehensive analysis studies of induction motor
behavior are carried out
Without creating a fault
By creating a fault at DC link capacitor
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Inverter voltages and stator currents

without fault
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For a single phase supply

The ripple frequency is only 100 Hz which means that for
sure a large value capacitor is required for smoothing of DC
link voltage.
Figure. shows the effect of capacitor fault on DC link
voltages.
The ripples are very high and about to touch the zero level.
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At time t=3 sec fault is created that results in the

destruction of motor parameters as shown in Fig.
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High
spikes are visible in stator current and voltage

waveform,
the speed of the motor begins to decelerate showing
clearly that the motor is no more able to withstand the
applied torque.
The electromagnetic torque also shows disturbance
after the capacitor gets open circuited
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For three phase supply

The
input is 312 Vp with 50 Hz frequency.

The generated ripple frequency is 300 Hz which is 6
times the input frequency.
The high ripple frequency is an advantage of using three
phase systems and as shown in Fig. 6 the dc link
voltages contains ripple but they does not go to zero.
in Fig.7. The disturbance in stator current is very minor
and the motor runs
but due to applied torque and the ripples in the inverter
output voltage its speed is decreased.
The electromagnetic torque also shows the change after
the load torque and the fault are applied.
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CONCLUSION
This
paper mainly highlights the following aspects

Possible reasons of DC link capacitor open circuit.
Investigated the change in electrical and mechanical
parameters of a machine drive system.
The failure of DC link capacitor could be a serious issue
if motor is running with single phase supply.
It is very much clear that the use of three phase supply
for an inverter has a good ride through capability under
DC link capacitor failure.
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REFERENCES
A. Mendes and A. Cardoso, "Performance analysis of three-phase induction

motor drives under inverter fault conditions." in Diagnostics for Electric
Machines, Power Electronics and Drives, 2003. SDEMPED 2003. 4th IEEE
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A. Lahyani, P. Venet, G. Grellet, and P. Viverge, "Failure prediction of

electrolytic capacitors during operation of a switchmode power supply, Power
Electronics, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1199-1207, 2002.
F. Fuchs, "Some diagnosis methods for voltage source inverters in variable speed
drives with induction machines-a survey," in Industrial Electronics Society, 2003.
IECON'03. The 29th Annual Coriference of the IEEE, vol. 2. IEEE, 2004, pp.
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D. Kastha and B. Bose, "Investigation of fault modes of voltage-fed inverter

system for induction motor drive," Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on,
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E. Ebrahim and N. Hammad, "Fault analysis of current-controlled PWMinverter

fed induction-motor drives." in Properties and Applicationsmof Dielectric
Materials, 2003. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on, vol. 3.
IEEE, 2003, pp. 1065-1070
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Performance of Inverter Fed Induction

motors are widely used in industry

Faults in inverter fed IM

semiconductor failure was mainly due to pulse

Reason for capacitor failure

ageing of capacitor results in the increase of

a three phase VSI

fault in the DC link capacitor is realized by an ideal

parameters of induction motor used in this study are as

used as power electronic switches in the

Carrier frequency = 2050 Hz

motor is mechanically loaded in terms of applied

induction motor is connected with single and three

Inverter voltages and stator currents

For a single phase supply

At time t=3 sec fault is created that results in the

spikes are visible in stator current and voltage

For three phase supply

input is 312 Vp with 50 Hz frequency.

paper mainly highlights the following aspects

A. Mendes and A. Cardoso, "Performance analysis of three-phase induction

A. Lahyani, P. Venet, G. Grellet, and P. Viverge, "Failure prediction of

D. Kastha and B. Bose, "Investigation of fault modes of voltage-fed inverter

E. Ebrahim and N. Hammad, "Fault analysis of current-controlled PWMinverter

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