Advanced Dual RNN Architecture for Electrical Motor Fault Classification

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a remarkable increase in the usage of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) for addressing and solving electrical field problems. This research primarily aims to present an advanced approach to classify different motor faults based on their time-series data by implementing a new Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) model that consists of mixed Long short-term memory (LSTM), Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), and two Fully Connected (FC) layers. The main idea of this study centers on developing one comprehensive model capable of categorizing primary motor faults. The proposed model is supposed to classify 10 different classes, extracted from the Machinery Fault Database (MaFaulDa), which are normal (no-fault), vertical misalignment, horizontal misalignment, imbalance, overhang-ball, overhang-cage, overhang-outer race, underhang-ball, underhang-outer race, and underhang-cage. Classifying 10 different situations can be considered as a notable classification problem. Additionally, the learning period did not include any data augmentation, which reflects the model’s power in training over the available data. Significantly, the accuracy of the model is enhanced by setting precise values for hyperparameters, including network structure (number of layers and neurons), learning rate, regularization, optimizer type, number of epochs, and more. The obtained train-validation-test accuracies from the proposed model are 99.87%, 99.599%, and 99.48%, respectively. The accuracy of the model represents the highest accuracy among other publications. This advanced approach offers numerous advantages, including early-stage fault detection, improved robustness in industrial maintenance, and generating fast and intelligent alerts, thereby reducing the possible damage to electrical instruments.