Abstract
M. Ing.
The design of electric motor systems as we know it today, is very important and has a direct influence on the reliability of the system. In this dissertation, recommendations in design are given to obtain a reliable electric motor system. This dissertation covers a literature review of reliability engineering, and this is then applied to an electric motor system in order to determine the reliability of the system. This dissertation is divided into five parts: Problem definition, theory and literature survey, economics of reliability engineering, analysis and synthesis of an electrical motor system, conclusions and recommendations. Part I describes the environment of an electric motor system and presents some fundamental concepts of reliability engineering. It emphasizes the importance of reliability analysis in the design of electric motor systems. Part II describes some theory and literature about reliability. It emphasizes some existing reliability analysis methods for development of electric motor systems. The reliability prediction method is very useful for analysis of electric motor systems. The author emphasizes that economics of reliability engineering should be taken into account in the design process in Part III. The analysis of life cycle costs is very important. Life cycle costs (LCC) usually consist of the initial investment, preventive maintenance costs, repair costs and the costs for production losses and outages due to failures and disturbances. Life cycle costing methodology is useful in analyzing the design, reliability and maintenance during trade off of technical systems and equipments. Part IV focuses a specific electric motor system. Some existing reliability analysis methods are used to analyse reliability of electric motor systems. It is highlighted how to improve the reliability of electric motor systems. Some economics considerations are also presented in this section. The main conclusion reached in this dissertation is that failure data feedback, and accurate records are very important for reliability engineering. The author makes some recommendations for reliability of an electric motor system in design. This dissertation may contain direct information from sources indicated generally by. This is however generally contextualized within the main aim of the research. This is the result of specific communication obstacles.