A Random Forest and Current Fault Texture Feature–Based Method for Current Sensor Fault Diagnosis in Three-Phase PWM VSR

• Published in: Frontiers in energy research 2021-06, Vol.9
• Main Authors: Kou, Lei, Gong, Xiao-dong, Zheng, Yi, Ni, Xiu-hui, Li, Yang, Yuan, Quan-de, Dong, Ya-nan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: current fault texture features; current sensors; data-driven; fault diagnosis; random forests; three-phase PWM VSR
• ISSN: 2296-598X; 2296-598X
• DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2021.708456

Three-phase PWM voltage-source rectifier (VSR) systems have been widely used in various energy conversion systems, where current sensors are the key component for state monitoring and system control. The current sensor faults may bring hidden danger or damage to the whole system; therefore, this paper proposed a random forest (RF) and current fault texture feature–based method for current sensor fault diagnosis in three-phase PWM VSR systems. First, the three-phase alternating currents (ACs) of the three-phase PWM VSR are collected to extract the current fault texture features, and no additional hardware sensors are needed to avoid causing additional unstable factors. Then, the current fault texture features are adopted to train the random forest current sensor fault detection and diagnosis (CSFDD) classifier, which is a data-driven CSFDD classifier. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by simulation experiments. The result shows that the current sensor faults can be detected and located successfully and that it can effectively provide fault locations for maintenance personnel to keep the stable operation of the whole system.