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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
The Texas A&m University System, College Station, TX (US);
Hamid Toliyat, College Station, TX (US);
Masoud Hajiaghajani, Houston, TX (US);
Vivek Meenakshi Sundaram, College Station, TX (US);
Nwamaka Nzeocha, Houston, TX (US);
Yateendra Deshpande, College Station, TX (US);
Mina Rahimian, College Station, TX (US);
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);
THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, College Station, TX (US);
Abstract
Controlling a multiphase electric motor by controlling the transmission of power to a first set of phases of a multiphase electric motor in accordance with a first operating configuration; detecting the presence of a shorted phase in the first set of phases while the first set of phases are being operated in accordance with the first operating configuration; and, responsive to detection of the shorted phase, adjusting control of the transmission of power to the multiphase electric motor such that power is transmitted to a second set of phases in accordance with a second operating configuration.