Detection of inter-turns short circuits in permanent magnet synchronous motors operating under transient conditions by means of the zero sequence voltage

This work proposes the zero sequence voltage component (ZSVC) of the stator three-phase voltages as a method for detecting winding inter-turns short circuits in permanent magnet synchronous motors PMSM operating under transient conditions. Additionally it proves the linear relationship between the ZSVC and speed, which is effectively used as a fault severity index. The acquired ZSVC temporal signal is processed by means of the Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT). Experimental results presented in this work show the advantages of the method to provide helpful data for online diagnosis of stator winding inter-turn faults.