The Diagnostic Method for Open-Circuit Faults in Inverters Based on Extended State Observer

To reduce the influence of unknown disturbance on open-circuit fault diagnosis of inverters in the motor drive system, an open-circuit fault diagnosis method, which is based on extended state observer, is proposed for inverters. A mixed logic dynamic model of the inverters is established by analyzing the current flow path when the system works normally and there are open-circuit faults. A voltage extended state observer is designed for the mixed logic dynamic model. The open-circuit faults are detected according to the phase voltage residual between the observed voltage and the actual voltage. The position of the faulty switches is determined by querying the voltage residual information table. Finally, the simulation results show that the method can effectively reduce the influence of the unknown interference on the inverter faults diagnosis, improve the fault diagnosis rate, and verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the method.