Early fault detection of three-phase induction motor

Induction motors are most widely used electrical machines for industrial, domestic and commercial applications, due to their robustness. Induction motors are undoubtedly reliable but we cannot avoid the possibility of failure. Several faults affect the efficiency and life of an Induction M

2025-06-28 16:32:17 - Adil Khan

Project Title

Early fault detection of three-phase induction motor

Project Area of Specialization Artificial IntelligenceProject Summary

Induction motors are most widely used electrical machines for industrial, domestic and commercial applications, due to their robustness. Induction motors are undoubtedly reliable but we cannot avoid the possibility of failure.

Several faults affect the efficiency and life of an Induction Motor. One of the most widely occurring faults is bearing fault. Estimating the remaining useful life (RUL) of a bearing gives operators an efficient tool in decision making by quantifying how much time is left until functionality is lost.

Project Objectives

The objectives of this project is to successfully predict RUL (Remaining Useful Life) of induction motor with the help of bearings’ vibrational data. The two core parts of our project are,

Project Implementation Method

For this project, we first acquire high speed data from NI-FPGA module, the acquired data is later sent to the neural network running simultaneously with the FPGA module and processing the incoming data. With the help of LSTM models, we predict the RUL by detecting any anomalous behavior in the analyzed data.  

Benefits of the Project

1) Predictions about when the equipment is likely to fail.

2) Significant decrease in unplanned downtime.

3) Reduced maintenance cost.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable
  1. Development of a high-speed data acquisition system.
  2. A pre-trained machine learning (recurrent deep neural net) model to predict machine failure using time-series data from edge node.
Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry EducationOther IndustriesCore Technology Artificial Intelligence(AI)Other TechnologiesSustainable Development GoalsRequired Resources
Item Name Type No. of Units Per Unit Cost (in Rs) Total (in Rs)
Total in (Rs) 50000
Single Phase Motor Equipment175007500
Bearings with housing Equipment54002000
Bearings simple Equipment20601200
Shafts Equipment510005000
Base Miscellaneous 180008000
Jetson Nano Equipment11800018000
SD Card 64GB Miscellaneous 112001200
Thermocouple Miscellaneous 1200200
Encoder Equipment130003000
Accelerometer Equipment125002500
Cooling Fan Equipment114001400

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