The healthy condition of a rotating machine leads to safe and cheap operation of almost all industrial facilities and mechanical systems. To achieve such a goal, vibration-based condition monitoring has proved to be a well-accepted technique that detects incipient fault symptoms. The conventional way of On-Bearing Vibration Measurement (OBVM) captures symptoms of different faults, however, it requires a relatively expensive setup, an additional space for the auxiliary devices and cabling in addition to an experienced analyst. On-Shaft Vibration Measurement (OSVM) is an emerging method proposed to offer more reliable Faults Diagnosis (FD) tools with less number of sensors, minimal processing time and lower system and maintenance costs. The advancement in sensor and wireless communications technologies enables attaching a MEMS accelerometer with a miniaturised wireless data acquisition unit directly to the rotor without altering the machine dynamics. In this study, OSVM is analysed during constant speed and run-up operations of a test rig. The observations showed response modulation, hence, a Finite Element (FE) analysis has been carried out to help interpret the experimental observations. The FE analysis confirmed that the modulation is due to the rotary motion of the on-shaft sensor. A demodulation method has been developed to solve this problem. The FD capability of OSVM has been compared to that of OBVM using conventional analysis where the former provided more efficient diagnosis with less number of sensors. To incorporate more features, a method has been developed to diagnose faults based on Principal Component Analysis and Nearest Neighbour classifier. Furthermore, the method is enhanced using Linear Discriminant Analysis to do the diagnosis without the need for a classifier. Another faults diagnosis method has been developed that ensures the generalisation of extracted faults features from OSVM data of a specific machine to similar machines mounted on different foundations.

O objetivo desta tese consiste na implementação de sistemas inteligentes para monitoramento e diagnósticos de falhas ocorrentes em motores de indução trifásicos. Para tanto, desenvolveu-se uma bancada de experimentos que visa ensaios de falhas relacionados a curto-circuito entre as bobinas do enrolamento de estator, quebras nas barras da gaiola de esquilo do rotor e, finalmente, rolamentos defeituosos. Mais especificamente, o enfoque principal consiste na proposição de uma abordagem neural de detecção de quebras nas barras de rotores de motores de indução trifásicos mediante a análise do espectro de frequência e aplicação de técnicas de análise das componentes principais. Considerou-se o acionamento do motor de indução tanto pela tensão de alimentação da rede quanto por inversor trifásico em diferentes frequências, operando sob diversas condições de torque de carga para a avaliação da metodologia. / The objective of this thesis consists of the implementation of intelligent systems for three-phase induction motors fault diagnosis and condition monitoring. Therefore, an experimental test stand for stator winding inter-turn short circuit faults, broken rotor bar in squirrel cage and, finally, defective wheel bearing has been designed. The main focus is to propose a neural network approach, which uses spectral frequency analysis and principal component analysis techniques to detect broken rotor bar in squirrel cage induction motor. Induction motor operating at different load torque conditions and supplied with sinusoidal voltage supply and three-phase inverter at different frequency was considered in the experiment for methodology evaluation.

Esta tese consiste em desenvolver um sistema de identificação e classificação de falhas em motores de indução trifásico. As falhas analisadas foram simuladas em laboratório e envolvem problemas elétricos, como curto-circuito no estator, e problemas mecânicos, como barras quebradas no rotor. O sistema computacional proposto é formado pela transformada discreta wavelet, pelo cálculo de variáveis estatísticas e por redes neurais artificiais. A partir dos sinais elétricos da corrente do estator, a transformada wavelet produz os coeficientes característicos das falhas, os quais são usados no cálculo das variáveis estatísticas, como a média, root mean square, skewness e kurtosis. Estes valores são transmitidos como dados de entrada para as redes neurais que identificam as falhas e classificam a natureza das mesmas. Por fim, resultados obtidos visam validar a metodologia sugerida, que buscou nos sistemas inteligentes soluções eficazes para diagnosticar falhas em máquinas elétricas. / This thesis consists in developing a system for the identification and classification of faults in three-phase electric motors. The faults were analyzed and simulated in the laboratory and involve electrical problems, such as short circuit in the stator, and mechanical problems, such as broken rotor bars. The proposed computer system is formed by discrete wavelet transform, by calculation of statistical variables and for artificial neural networks. From the electrical signals of the stator current, the wavelet transform produces characteristic coefficients of faults, which are extracted by calculating of statistics variables, such as mean, root mean square, skewness and kurtosis. These values are passed as input to the neural networks that identify faults and the severity of it. Finally, results aimed at validating the methodology suggested that sought effective solutions in intelligent systems to diagnose faults in electrical machines.

Esta tese consiste em desenvolver um sistema de identificação e classificação de falhas em motores de indução trifásico. As falhas analisadas foram simuladas em laboratório e envolvem problemas elétricos, como curto-circuito no estator, e problemas mecânicos, como barras quebradas no rotor. O sistema computacional proposto é formado pela transformada discreta wavelet, pelo cálculo de variáveis estatísticas e por redes neurais artificiais. A partir dos sinais elétricos da corrente do estator, a transformada wavelet produz os coeficientes característicos das falhas, os quais são usados no cálculo das variáveis estatísticas, como a média, root mean square, skewness e kurtosis. Estes valores são transmitidos como dados de entrada para as redes neurais que identificam as falhas e classificam a natureza das mesmas. Por fim, resultados obtidos visam validar a metodologia sugerida, que buscou nos sistemas inteligentes soluções eficazes para diagnosticar falhas em máquinas elétricas. / This thesis consists in developing a system for the identification and classification of faults in three-phase electric motors. The faults were analyzed and simulated in the laboratory and involve electrical problems, such as short circuit in the stator, and mechanical problems, such as broken rotor bars. The proposed computer system is formed by discrete wavelet transform, by calculation of statistical variables and for artificial neural networks. From the electrical signals of the stator current, the wavelet transform produces characteristic coefficients of faults, which are extracted by calculating of statistics variables, such as mean, root mean square, skewness and kurtosis. These values are passed as input to the neural networks that identify faults and the severity of it. Finally, results aimed at validating the methodology suggested that sought effective solutions in intelligent systems to diagnose faults in electrical machines.

O objetivo desta tese consiste na implementação de sistemas inteligentes para monitoramento e diagnósticos de falhas ocorrentes em motores de indução trifásicos. Para tanto, desenvolveu-se uma bancada de experimentos que visa ensaios de falhas relacionados a curto-circuito entre as bobinas do enrolamento de estator, quebras nas barras da gaiola de esquilo do rotor e, finalmente, rolamentos defeituosos. Mais especificamente, o enfoque principal consiste na proposição de uma abordagem neural de detecção de quebras nas barras de rotores de motores de indução trifásicos mediante a análise do espectro de frequência e aplicação de técnicas de análise das componentes principais. Considerou-se o acionamento do motor de indução tanto pela tensão de alimentação da rede quanto por inversor trifásico em diferentes frequências, operando sob diversas condições de torque de carga para a avaliação da metodologia. / The objective of this thesis consists of the implementation of intelligent systems for three-phase induction motors fault diagnosis and condition monitoring. Therefore, an experimental test stand for stator winding inter-turn short circuit faults, broken rotor bar in squirrel cage and, finally, defective wheel bearing has been designed. The main focus is to propose a neural network approach, which uses spectral frequency analysis and principal component analysis techniques to detect broken rotor bar in squirrel cage induction motor. Induction motor operating at different load torque conditions and supplied with sinusoidal voltage supply and three-phase inverter at different frequency was considered in the experiment for methodology evaluation.

Nombreux sont les problèmes classiquement rencontrés dans les sciences de l'ingénieur dont la résolution fait appel à l'estimation d'état d'un système par le biais d'un observateur. La synthèse d'un observateur n'est envisageable qu'à la condition de disposer d'un modèle à la fois exploitable et représentatif du comportement dynamique du système. Or, la modélisation du système et la synthèse de l'observateur deviennent des tâches difficiles à accomplir dès lors que le comportement dynamique du système doit être représenté par un modèle de nature non linéaire. Face à ces difficultés, l'approche multimodèle peut être mise à profit. Les travaux présentés dans cette thèse portent sur les problèmes soulevés par l'identification, l'estimation d'état et le diagnostic de systèmes non linéaires représentés à l'aide d'un multimodèle découplé. Ce dernier, composé de sous-modèles qui peuvent être de dimensions différentes, est doté d'un haut degré de généralité et de flexibilité et s'adapte particulièrement bien à la modélisation des systèmes complexes à structure variable. Cette caractéristique le démarque des approches multimodèles plus conventionnelles qui ont recours à des sous-modèles de même dimension. Après une brève introduction à l'approche multimodèle, le problème de l'estimation paramétrique du multimodèle découplé est abordé. Puis sont présentés des algorithmes de synthèse d'observateurs d'état robustes vis-à-vis des perturbations, des incertitudes paramétriques et des entrées inconnues affectant le système. Ces algorithmes sont élaborés à partir de trois types d'observateurs dits à gain proportionnel, à gain proportionnel-intégral et à gain multi-intégral. Enfin, les différentes phases d'identification, de synthèse d'observateurs et de génération d'indicateurs de défauts sont illustrées au moyen d'un exemple académique de diagnostic du fonctionnement d'un bioréacteur / The state estimation of a system, with the help of an observer, is largely used in many practical situations in order to cope with many classic problems arising in control engineering. The observer design needs an exploitable model able to give an accurate description of the dynamic behaviour of the system. However, system modelling and observer design can not easily be accomplished when the dynamic behaviour of the system must be described by non linear models. The multiple model approach can be used to tackle these difficulties. This thesis deals with black box modelling, state estimation and fault diagnosis of nonlinear systems represented by a decoupled multiple model. This kind of multiple model provides a high degree of generality and flexibility in the modelling stage. Indeed, the decoupled multiple model is composed of submodels which dimensions can be different. Thus, this feature is a significant difference between the decoupled multiple model and the classical used multiple model where all the submodels have the same dimension. After a brief introduction to the multiple model approach, the parametric identification problem of a decoupled multiple model is explored. Algorithms for robust observers synthesis with respect to perturbations, modelling uncertainties and unknown inputs are afterwards presented. These algorithms are based on three kinds of observers called proportional, proportional-integral and multiple-integral. Lastly, identification, observers synthesis and fault sensitivity signals generation are illustrated via a simulation example of a bioreactor

Cette thèse porte sur la représentation T-S des systèmes non linéaires et les non-linéarités qui leur sont associées (saturation et paramètres variants dans le temps) pour la commande et le diagnostic. Ainsi, une nouvelle approche utilisant la transformation par secteurs non linéaires permet de ré-écrire le système sous forme polytopique en prenant en compte la présence de paramètres variants dans le temps. Cette forme polytopique est ensuite utile pour la synthèse d'observateurs assurant l'estimation simultanée de l'état et des paramètres du système. Une application au diagnostic est également considérée en comparant les valeurs des paramètres estimés en ligne avec leurs valeurs nominales supposées connues et représentatives du mode de fonctionnement non défaillant. Concernant la commande, la contrainte de saturation est représentée sous forme de modèle T-S et est intégrée au modèle du système. La synthèse de plusieurs lois de commande assurant la stabilité du système bouclé, en prenant en compte les limites de saturation est proposée. La poursuite de modèle de référence est également traitée avec la mise en évidence des conditions structurelles de poursuite pour les modèles non linéaires sous forme T-S. L'accent est mis sur les différents critères de choix de commande en fonction des buts recherchés / A first contribution of this thesis is to propose a systematic procedure to deal with the state and parameter estimation for nonlinear time-varying systems. It consists in transforming the original system into a T-S model with unmeasurable premise variables using the sector nonlinearity transformation. Then a joint state and parameter observer is designed and the convergence conditions of the joint state and parameter estimation errors are established. The second contribution of this thesis is the stabilization problem under saturation constraints. In fact, we aim to present a new approach for the saturation nonlinearity study, where the sector nonlinearity transformation is used to represent the nonlinear behaviour of a saturated actuator under a T-S form. The T-S representation of the saturation is used to integrate the limitation constraints into the control synthesis, such that the system stability is ensured and the controller gains are calculated according to the saturation level. The model reference tracking control problem is also addressed. It aims to highlight the encoutered difficulties and the proposed solutions to achieve the tracking objective. Through analytical studies, by presenting clear structural conditions and control strategies, we try to point and answer some major interogations, that are : "how the model reference is to be chosen ? " and "which tracking criterion to consider to achieve a certain objective ? ". The case of constrained control input is also considered with a special focus on the anticipation for the saturated control

Cette thèse traite le problème de l'estimation d'état, du diagnostic et de commande tolérante aux défauts des systèmes non linéaires représentés par un modèle de Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) à variables de prémisse non mesurables. De nombreux algorithmes pour la synthèse d'observateurs robustes vis-à-vis des perturbations, des imperfections de modélisation et des entrées inconnues sont présentés en se basant sur quatre types d'observateurs : les observateursproportionnels, les observateurs à entrées inconnues, les observateurs proportionnel intégral (PI) et multi-intégral (PMI). Par la suite, ces derniers sont utilisés pour le diagnostic de fautes affectant des systèmes non linéaires. Ceci est réalisé au moyen de trois stratégies. La première utilise l'observateur à entrée inconnue par découplage afin de rendre l'observateur insensible à certains défauts et permettre de détecter et d'isoler les défauts en construisant des bancs d'observateurs. En raison des conditions structurelles souvent insatisfaites, le découplage total des défauts de l'erreur d'estimation d'état n'est pas réalisable. Afin de s'affranchir de ces contraintes, la seconde stratégie utilise les observateurs PI et PMI pour estimer simultanément l'état et les défauts du système. La troisième stratégie qui utilise le formalisme H8 vise à concevoir un générateur de résidus minimisant l'influence des perturbations et maximisant l'influence des défauts. Un choix adéquat des paramètres du générateur de résidus permet la détection, la localisation et l'estimation des défauts. Enfin, une loi de commande tolérante aux défauts par poursuite de trajectoire d'un modèle de référence estproposée en exploitant les observateurs PI et PMI / This thesis deals with state estimation, fault diagnosis and fault tolerant control of nonlinear systems represented by a Takagi-Sugeno model with unmeasurable premise variables. The problem of state estimation of nonlinear systems with T-S model with unmeasurable premise variable is explored. Algorithms for robust observers synthesis with respect to perturbations, modeling uncertainties and unknown inputs are afterward presented. These algorithms are based on four kinds of observers called proportional, unknown input observers (UIOs), proportional-integral (PI) and multiple-integral (PMI) . The application on model-based diagnosis is studied based on three strategies. The first one uses unknown input observer to decouple some faults and makes the observers insensitive to certain faults. This allows to detect and isolate faults by constructing observers banks. Due to strong structural conditions on designing UIOs decoupling the faults on the state estimation error is not possible. To avoid this problem, the second strategy uses PI and PMI observers in order to estimate simultaneously the state and the faults of the system. The third strategy uses the H8 formalism. This aims to minimize the influence of perturbations and to maximize the effects of faults on the residual signal. An adequate choice of the residual generator parameters allows to detect, to isolate and to estimate the faults affecting the system. Lastly, a fault tolerant control law is proposed by reference trajectory tracking based on the use of PI and PMI observers