| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/H00419X/1 |
| Title: |
Advanced Fault Identification for Safety Critical Electromechanical Actuators |
| Principal Investigator: |
Sumner, Professor M |
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| Department: |
Div of Electrical Systems and Optics |
| Organisation: |
University of Nottingham |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research |
| Starts: |
01 October 2009 |
Ends: |
30 September 2012 |
Value (£): |
349,458
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Electric Motor & Drive Systems |
Power Electronics |
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| Panel History: |
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16 Jun 2009
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Process Environment and Sustainability
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Announced
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With the increasing move to more electric systems in aircraft, ships and automobiles, there is a need to ensure that electromechanical actuators are designed to satisfy the conflicting specifications of low cost, low volume/weight, high performance and requiring little maintenance. The conclusion of the more for less design philosophy is that power electronic motor drives will be work harder, in harsher environments, for longer periods of time. Scheduled maintenance periods will be longer, and therefore it is imperative that drives, especially those used for safety critical applications will employ prognosis and diagnosis algorithms as part of their basic control structure, to predict and prevent in-service failure. The work proposed here will investigate the production of new signatures for indicating the condition of a motor drive and its load, and also determine how these signatures can be used to determine the type and severity of a fault. The aim is to embed the condition monitoring into the normal operation of an electromechanical actuator, in order to detect and distinguish between faults in the electrical machine, the power converter and the mechanical system.
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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk |