Recognition of Monochrome Thermal Images of Synchronous Motor with the Application of Binarization and Nearest Mean Classifier.

This article discusses the recognition method of imminent failure conditions of synchronous motor. The proposed approach is based on a study of thermal images of the motor. Studies were carried out for four conditions of motor with the application of binarization and nearest mean classifier with Manhattan distance. Pattern creation process used 40 monochrome thermal images. Identification process was carried out for 160 monochrome thermal images. The experiments show that the method can be useful for protection of synchronous motor. Moreover, this method can be used to diagnose equipments in steelworks and other industrial plants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]