Power Switch Open-Circuit Fault Diagnosis of Six-Phase Fault Tolerant Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor System Under Normal and Fault-Tolerant Operation Conditions Using the Average Current Park's Vector Approach

In this article, a new power switch open-circuit fault diagnosis approach is proposed for the six-phase fault-tolerant permanent magnet synchronous motor (FTPMSM) system based on average current Park's vector (ACPV), which can detect the fault power switch for the FTPMSM system in both normal and phase open-circuit/short-circuit fault-tolerant operation conditions. To detect the power switch open-circuit fault, the fault detection approach based on the moduli of the ACPV in two orthogonal subspaces is first proposed for the six-phase FTPMSM system even in phase open-circuit and short-circuit fault-tolerant operation. Then, the ACPV-based fault location approach is proposed, which can identify the fault power switch according to the sign symbol of the ACPV. The resulting fault diagnosis approach has a simple structure and low computation burden, which can detect the power switch open-circuit fault online for the FTPMSM system in both normal and fault-tolerant operation conditions. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed fault diagnosis approach is demonstrated by a six-phase FTPMSM system experimental platform.