This work presents a methodology for automatic diagnosis and fault location on electric power distribution systems through the combined use of modern techniques of network analysis, signal processing and, intelligent systems. Some algorithms were developed aiming to detect, classify and locate in time and space the power quality disturbances. The continuous process of detecting these disturbanc...

With the development of electric vehicles and More-Electric/All-Electric aircraft, high reliability is required in motor servo systems. The redundancy technique is one of the most effective methods to improve the reliability of motor servo systems. In this paper, the structure of dual-redundancy permanent magnet synchronous motor (DRPMSM) with weak thermal coupling and no electromagnetic coupli...

A general method for fault detection and isolation is proposed and applied to inverter faults in drives of electric vehicles. This method is based on a change-detection algorithm, which allows multiple fault indices to be combined for retrieving the most likely state of the drive. The drive topology under study is a six-leg inverter associated with a three-phase open-end winding machine. Due to...

In this paper, we adopt a novel topological approach to fault diagnosis. In our researches, global information will be introduced into electric power network, we are using mainly BFS of graph theory algorithms and linear discriminant principle to resolve fast and exact analysis of faulty components and faulty sections, and finally accomplish fault diagnosis. The results of BFS and linear discri...

With the increasing demand of electric power supply, the necessity to transmit more power has become the need of the hour. The excess power can be transferred by building new infrastructure (costly and time taking) or by using series compensation (relatively cheaper and faster alternative). Series compensation is a technique in which line inductance is compensated by placing a capacitor in seri...

This paper describes failsafe control methods for electric vehicles (EVs) with the failsafe structure in which front and rear wheels are driven independently. Based on failure-diagnosis results, the failsafe control is done by dividing fault states into two types, i.e. a slight failure such as a current or a speed sensor failure and a serious failure such as an inverter or a motor failure. For ...

Quick and robust fault diagnosis is critical to ensuring safe operation of complex engineering systems. A large number of techniques are available to provide fault diagnosis in systems with continuous dynamics. However, many systems in aerospace and industrial environments are best represented as hybrid systems that consist of discrete behavioral modes, each with its own continuous dynamics. Th...

Distributed automation systems such as the one used for the control of electric power infrastructure needs to fulfil requirements such as availability, reliability, safety, fault tolerance, real-timeliness, etc. Those systems have to be able to tolerate changes in the environment and faults. They rely on monitoring mechanisms to identify changes in the resources or the environment to make the a...