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Wavelet analysis of electric adjustable speed drive waveforms

Conference ·
OSTI ID:653230
 [1];  [2]
  1. Polytechnic Univ., Brooklyn, NY (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
  2. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The three most common adjustable speed drives (ASDs) used in HVAC equipment, namely, pulse-width modulated (PWM) induction drive, brushless-dc drive, and switched-reluctance drive, generate non-periodic and nonstationary electric waveforms with sharp edges and transients. Deficiencies of Fourier transform methods in analysis of such ASD waveforms prompted an application of the wavelet transform. Results of discrete wavelet transform (DWT) analysis of PWM inverter-fed motor waveforms are presented. The best mother wavelet for analysis of the recorded waveforms is selected. Data compression properties of the selected mother wavelet are compared to those of the fast Fourier transform (FFT). Multilevel feature detection of ASD waveforms using the DWT is shown.

OSTI ID:
653230
Report Number(s):
CONF-980123--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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