Detecting rotor faults in low power permanent magnet synchronous machines

This paper investigates the experimental implementation and detection of rotor faults in permanent magnet synchronous machines. Methods are shown how to experimentally introduce static and dynamic eccentricities and broken magnet cases. A new magnet flux estimation that does not require the measurement of the rotor position or speed is developed. The detection of these and other rotor faults by measuring only the stator currents and voltages are shown experimentally. The paper concludes by contributing a description of a condition-monitoring scheme for detection rotor faults.