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Diagnostics for Electric Drives
The development of techniques for diagnosing failures in electric drives and conducting research on fault prognosis . |
Competitive Advantage • Innovative techniques to diagnose faults in drive systems and to self-heal
• Experimentally verified control techniques and code for fault identification and recovery
• Expertise in improving the economics of renewable generation , particularly wind power
• Experience in the drive and control of multi-phase machines
Impact • Electric drives currently use 60 to 65 per cent of all electrical energy generated across the globe . Many of them require , or would benefit from , some form of diagnostics to identify faults and imminent failure
• Diagnostic techniques lead to reductions in unplanned maintenance and maintenance costs , and shorter outage times
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Our Collaborators • Motorica
More Information Professor John Fletcher
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
T : + 61 2 9385 6007
E : john . fletcher @ unsw . edu . au
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Successful Applications |
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• Demonstration of self-healing techniques for electrical drives |
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Capabilities and Facilities |
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• Electrical machine design for performance improvements under faulted operation |
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