Electrical motor diagnostics / Howard W. Penrose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penrose, Howard W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electric motors--Testing.

Electric motors.

Electric motors--Reliability.

Electric motors--Maintenance and repair.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Old Saybrook, Connecticut : Success by Design, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Electrical Motor Diagnostics

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Table of Figures""; ""Table of Tables""; ""Table of Equations""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: The Motor Diagnostics and Motor Health Study""; ""Electric Motor Repair Study, 1995""; ""In Service Motor Testing, 1999""; ""Success by Design Best Practice Survey""; ""Dealing with the State of the Motor Testing Industry""; ""Chapter 2: Basic Electricity and Electro-Magnetism""; ""Current, Voltage and Resistance""; ""Electro-Magnetic Fields""; ""Alternating Current Electricity (Hz)""; ""Chapter 2 Questions""

""Chapter 3: Electric Motor Theory""""AC Induction Motor Theory""; ""Wound Rotor Motors""; ""Synchronous Motors""; ""Direct Current Electric Motors""; ""Machine Tool Motors""; ""Traction Motors""; ""Transformers""; ""Chapter 3 Questions""; ""Chapter 4: Electrical Insulation Systems and Theory""; ""The Motor Circuit""; ""Insulation and Magnetic Field Effects""; ""Winding Faults""; ""Traditional Test Methods""; ""Insulation to Ground Testing (Meg-Ohm Meters)""; ""Polarization Index""; ""Resistance Testing""; ""Surge Comparison Testing""; ""Modern Low-Voltage Testing: Motor Circuit Analysis""

""Detection of Winding Contamination""""Overheated Windings""; ""Winding Shorts""; ""Additional Tests""; ""Rotor Testing and Back Iron Effects on MCA""; ""Armature and Commutator Contamination Detection""; ""Summary of MCA Theory""; ""Development of Experiments""; ""Test Tolerances""; ""MCA Tolerances""; ""Surge Testing Tolerances""; ""Experiment Test Results""; ""Experiment 1""; ""Experiment 2a""; ""Experiment 2b""; ""Experiment 2c""; ""Experiment 3""; ""Experiment Conclusions""; ""Experiment 1 Conclusions""; ""Experiment 2a Conclusions""; ""Experiment 2b Conclusions""

""Experiment 2c Conclusions""""Experiment 3 Conclusions""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4 Questions""; ""Chapter 5: Common Electric Motor Testing""; ""Electrical Motor Diagnostics Defined""; ""Condition-Based Technologies""; ""Voltmeter Troubleshooting of an AC Motor""; ""The Power of a Volt Meter""; ""Checking Contacts with a Volt Meter""; ""Checking Fuses with a Volt Meter""; ""Ammeter Testing of an AC Motor""; ""Analog Ammeters""; ""Digital Ammeters""; ""Load Measurements""; ""Current Unbalance Conditions""; ""Other Current Conditions""; ""DC Resistance Testing of AC Machines""

""Selecting the Right Measurement Tool""""Considerations When Using an Ohm Meter""; ""Troubleshooting Motors with Ohm Meters""; ""Classical Insulation Resistance Testing""; ""The Basic Insulation Resistance Test""; ""Utilizing Hi-Pot Testing for Insulation to Ground Stress Testing""; ""Evaluating Motor Condition with Low Voltage Advanced Diagnostics""; ""Motor Circuit Analysis""; ""Surge Comparison Testing""; ""Comparison of the �Big Three�""; ""Introduction to Electrical Signature Analysis""; ""Multi-Technology Approach to CBM""; ""Major Components and Failure Modes""

""Common Approaches to Multi-Technology""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 23, 2015).

ISBN:

0-9863477-3-6