Novel approach to alternator field winding interturn fault detection

D.W. Auckland

IEE Proceedings - Generation Transmission and Distribution · 1995 · 22 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The paper demonstrates how artificial neural networks can be used for the online detection of interturn faults on the rotor of an alternator. A simple network has been designed and tested on a laboratory micromachine. The tests have shown that by employing a neural network to predict the field current from measurements at the stator terminals, operation with a faulted rotor can be successfully identified.