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1. Converter faults - General
2. PMSM + Inverter
3. IM + Inverter
4. DFIG + Inverter
5. References
6. Hybrid EV + Matrix converter
8. Monitoring - SCADA
When Dealing with Faults
� Monitor healthy systems
�Prevent system shutdown– the fault is incipient
� Identify fault – after shutdown
� Fault ride-through – surviving the fault
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Fault Diagnosis Systems
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� Using Hardware Redundancy
- uses multiplication of physical devices
- voting system - detects the fault and its location in the system
- expensive – need of extra equipment
� Using Analytical Redundancy.
- redundant functions between system variables
- no extra equipment is necessary
Fault diagnosis Task
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-consists of two main stages:
� residual* generation – algorithm
� decision making - examining the residual signals to locate
and isolate the fault
*A residual - procedure for extracting fault symptoms from the system, using available input and
output information;fault indicator, based on deviation between measurements and model-
equation-based computations
Modeling Systems with Faults
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� Compromise between model complexity and fault
simulation results
� If linearity cannot be assumed, linearise the system around
a few operating points
� Modeling errors affect the performances of the fault
diagnosis - especially for nonlinear systems
Modeling Systems with Faults -
Approaches
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� stochastic algorithms -for random processes
- neural networks
- fuzzy logic-based systems
- neuro-fuzzy hybrids
� evolutionary
- genetic algorithms
Faults in the voltage source inverters
(PMSM)
1) DC link capacitor short-circuit fault
2) Open-circuit fault of inverter switch When the short
3) Short-circuit fault of inverter switch
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Faults in the voltage source inverters
(PMSM)
1) DC link capacitor short-circuit fault
detected by the DC link voltage sensing circuits.
2) Open-circuit fault of inverter switch
- abnormal over-current flows through inverter and machine,
- one of the over-current effects demagnetization fault of the PMSM
- the current distortion of the machine causes noise and vibration in the driving system
- bearing problem.
- open-circuit fault slow response compared with short-circuit fault.
- detection methods for open-circuit damage of a switch – voltage sensing devices
- some methods have slow responses - several current vector cycles pass before detecting
- possibility of wrong detection due to the indirect current sensing.
3) Short-circuit fault of inverter switch
- over-current - detection circuit.
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Conventional Switch Open Fault Detection Method
-use of a voltage sensor - sense the actual voltage applied to each phase of
the machine for the open-switch fault detection.
The voltage sensors can be inserted at the desired location to detect the
open-switch fault.
According to the location of voltage sensors, the detection techniques can be
classified as follows.
1) Terminal voltage measure method
2) Line voltage measure method
3) Phase voltage measure method
4) Neutral voltage measure method
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Open Fault Detection Method – voltage sensor
These methods
-have the relatively short fault detection time – fault measured when happens
-require the additional hardware - voltage sensors and isolation circuits.
-inverter output is PWM generated – expensive:
�voltage sensors and isolation circuits
�which detect the small amount of voltage drops in the switches,
�large reverse voltages,
�and turn on/off delay time are required to have high resolution gate
drive circuit for the open-switch fault detection.
-When the switches are turn on, the fault is judged by measuring the voltage
drops of the switches.
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Open Switch Diagnosis
*only applicable to a specific gate drive circuit,
*hard to detect the faults when the gate drive circuit is broken.
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1. Built in voltage sensor
*detects the open-circuit fault in a phase leg without additional hardware
*detection by observing the difference between actual current and reference current.
* causes fault detection time delay - observing and saving the current vector trajectory of one cycle.
*needs large memory space to save the current vector trajectory
*no practical use in slow speed region - requires more memory space.
*fault detection method suited for sinusoidal current control scheme.
*may give detection errors at the high speed region and transient state (when the current suddenly
changes).
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Open Switch Diagnosis
2. Analyzing Current Vector Trajectory
Voltage – fed inverter induction motor drive system
Various types of faults that can be classified as follows:
1) Input supply faults.
2) Three phase rectifier faults.
3) Three phase inverter faults.
4) Induction motor faults.
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Open Switch Faults on Doubly-fed Induction Generator
-local effect - current flowing through the faulty converter-global effect is an effect on other system variables.
the current of the faulty phase loses one half cycle every period, either positive or negative depending on whether the top or bottom switch is faulty.
The current waveform of the faulty phase is similar to the current waveform of a halfwave rectifier.
According to the assumption that the summation of all three-phase currents is zero (ia+ i + ic = 0)
the other two healthy phase currents have DC offset. This local effect is presented in Fig 2.
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Fault Waveforms
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Rotor currents with one open
switch fault of the machine side
converter open
Line side converter currents with one
open switch fault of the line-side
converter open
Open Switch Fault – Global effects
-open switch fault does not immediately damage the converter or
cause any protection system to trip,
-can cause severe damage to the mechanical parts of the
generator and the turbine.
Generally, the operating speed of the DFIG is in the range of 3300
above and below synchronous speed.
The frequency of the rotor current referred to a stationary
reference frame will then vary from 0 to 3300 of line frequency.
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Open Switch Fault
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Line Side Converter CurrentsStator Currents
Figures: the effect of an open switch fault at phase A of the
machine-side converter under super synchronous generation.
Open Switch Fault – Machine Side
Converter
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Electromagnetic Torque Stator Active and Reactive Power
DFIG Inverter Open Switch
Fault Symphtoms
machine-side converter fault :
- torque oscillations which may cause
- low frequency speed oscillations and
- low frequency vibration of the generator shaft
an open switch fault in the machine side converter can also
cause a low frequency oscillation of the stator P and Q of the
generator.
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Line-Side Converter
An open switch fault has less effect than a fault in the machine-
side converter.
The effect on generator variables is negligible. There is no
significant oscillation appearing on the stator active power and
reactive power signal as well as stator current.
However, once the open switch fault appears in the line side
converter, there is a DC component appearing on all three phase
currents of the line-side converter.
This can cause saturation in the inductor filter and the
transformer.
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Open Switch Fault Diagnosis Methods
� Park's Vector Method
� Slope Method
� Control Deviation Method
� Normalized DC Current Method
� Modified Normalized DC Current Method
� Simple DC Current Method
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Four-leg-based fault tolerant matrix
converter
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� faulty module is isolated
� the controller replaces the faulty leg with the redundant one
� the developed fault-tolerant matrix converter drive can maintain sinusoidal input and output currents, even under fault situations.
� the function of breaking is performed by the clamp circuit of the matrix converter
SCADA
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SCADA is an application that collects data from a system and send them to a central computer for monitoring and control usages.
Remote measurements, reporting data and monitoring information are known as telemetry.
� SCADA Hardware: -A SCADA (RTU) system is made of a number of remote terminal units -collects data and sending them back to the main station. (wire, fiber optic, radio, telephone line, GPRS and even satellite.)
-The main station (or centre) collects data from the different RTUs and drives an interface to display information and control the remote sites.
�SCADA Software: -open source or proprietary; compatibility problems between the two
Condition monitoring
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The collection of data, communicating, transferring, analysing
and finally displaying the information on operator screens is
extremely important and can be seen in a supervisory control
system known as SCADA
Obtaining Residuals
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Signal analysis: a model-free method based on time and frequency signal analysis which are state-of-the-art in process monitoring.
Spectrum analysis method - includes Fourier Transformer - developedcurves which derive faults. This method has successfully been applied to estimate lifetime and other diagnosis purposes especially in rotating machinery
FACTS Background – Fault Ride-Through
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Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS)
-solutions for fast dynamic control of the interrelated parameters (voltage,
impedance, and phase angle) of high voltage AC transmission systems
results:
increased power transfer capability,
increased power system security,
reliability
availability
increased dynamic and transient stability of the power system grid.
Devices for controlling and optimizing the dynamic performance of power
system include
STATCOM
Static Synchronous Series Compensator (SSSC)
Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC).
The STATCOM – Fault Ride-Through
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�The STATic Synchronous COMpensator (STATCOM) is a shunt-
connected reactive power compensation device has the capability of
absorbing and/or generating reactive power.
�Reactive power must be fed into the short circuit- VPP-fault ride-through
The STATCOM output varied to control the interrelated parameters of an
electric power system.
The main building block of STATCOM is a Voltage Source Converter (VSC)
-the VSC output+ relatively small reactance (which is provided by either a
reactor or the leakage inductance of a coupling transformer).
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