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However, they are prone to various types of faults, notably stator winding faults. Previous research indicates that 20\u201340% of three-phase induction motor failures are stator-related, with inter-turn short circuits as a leading cause. These faults can pose significant risks to both the motor and connected equipment. Therefore, the early detection of inter-turn short circuit (ITSC) faults is essential to prevent system breakdowns and improve the safety and reliability of industrial operations. This paper presents a comparative investigation of two distinct diagnostic methodologies for the detection of ITSC faults in induction motors. The first methodology is based on a Motor Current Signature Analysis (MCSA) utilizing the short-time Fourier transform (STFT) for the real-time monitoring of fault-related harmonics. The second methodology is centered around the monitoring of the zero-sequence voltage (ZSV). The findings from several experimental tests performed on a 1.1 kW three-phase induction motor across a range of operating conditions highlight the superior performance of the ZSV method with respect to the MCSA-based STFT method in terms of reliability, rapidity, and precision for the diagnosis of ITSC faults.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/machines13060501","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,9]],"date-time":"2025-06-09T06:46:01Z","timestamp":1749451561000},"page":"501","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Zero-Sequence Voltage Outperforms MCSA-STFT for a Robust Inter-Turn Short-Circuit Fault Diagnosis in Three-Phase Induction Motors: A Comparative Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-2861-2758","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mouhamed","family":"Houili","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratoire de G\u00e9nie Electrique Biskra (LGEB), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Mohamed Khider Biskra, Biskra 07000, Algeria"},{"name":"CISE\u2014Electromechatronic Systems Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Cal\u00e7ada Fonte do Lameiro, P-6201-001 Covilh\u00e3, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8807-9782","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mohamed","family":"Sahraoui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratoire de G\u00e9nie Electrique Biskra (LGEB), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Mohamed Khider Biskra, Biskra 07000, Algeria"},{"name":"CISE\u2014Electromechatronic Systems Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Cal\u00e7ada Fonte do Lameiro, P-6201-001 Covilh\u00e3, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8737-6999","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antonio J.","family":"Marques Cardoso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CISE\u2014Electromechatronic Systems Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Cal\u00e7ada Fonte do Lameiro, P-6201-001 Covilh\u00e3, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Abdeldjalil","family":"Alloui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CISE\u2014Electromechatronic Systems Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Cal\u00e7ada Fonte do Lameiro, P-6201-001 Covilh\u00e3, Portugal"},{"name":"LMSE Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Mohamed Khider, Biskra 07000, Algeria"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"90690","DOI":"10.1109\/ACCESS.2019.2926527","article-title":"A Comprehensive Review of Condition Based Prognostic Maintenance (CBPM) for Induction Motor","volume":"7","author":"Kumar","year":"2019","journal-title":"IEEE Access"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"106908","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ymssp.2020.106908","article-title":"Signal based condition monitoring techniques for fault detection and diagnosis of induction motors: A state-of-the-art review","volume":"144","author":"Gangsar","year":"2020","journal-title":"Mech. 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