An Improved Direct Torque Control with an Advanced Broken-Bar Fault Diagnosis for Induction Motor Drives

This paper presents an advanced strategy combining fuzzy logic and artificial neural networks (ANNs) for direct torque control (DTC) and broken-bar fault diagnosis in induction motors. More specifically, a fuzzy-based controller is used to simultaneously minimize the stator flux and the electromagnetic torque ripples. A neural switching table is then proposed to achieve the interface inverter control. Besides, a closed-loop broken-bar fault detection strategy based on the Hilbert technique (HT) with the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and ANNs is proposed. The fault detection is performed by analyzing the induction motor's stator current by using the combined techniques HT-DWT. The effect of a broken-bar fault on the machine varies according to the number and position of the broken bars. The neural detector was used in order to identify the number of broken bars through only one current measurement. The effectiveness of the developed control has been verified using MATLAB/Simulink and real-time simulation in OPAL-RT 4510. Obtained results show improved performances in terms of torque ripple minimization and stator current quality, evaluated, respectively, at 43.75% and 41.26% as well as a rigorous motor health monitoring.