aelectricalman
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Your THD for voltage and current at the input of the drive are not too unusual and show about 2-6% THD voltage distortion and honestly are not that surprising - the predominant harmonics are 5th and 7th (again, not a huge suprise) but elevated for a 24 pulse drive - not achieving perfect cancellation of lower order harmonics.
After looking at the trending and spectrum's, I don't think these are the smoking gun but would have to look more closely at the whole system/model. It is likely that the situation you are monitoring is not the level or event/issue that caused damage.
The failure of the filters on the 18 pulse drive are curious. A filter is generally applied at the "lowest expected harmonic" otherwise, you could AMPLIFY the harmonics that are there. So, here is a scenario - the new 24 pulse drive produces a decent amount of 5, 7, 11, 13 and the 18 pulse drive has an 11th or 17th filter - the filters could amplify the lower order harmonics and fail. Just speculation - lots to understand - I don't even know if both are on at the same time or one replaced the other.
The 24 pulse replaced the 18 pulse. There is only one motor on this entire transformer. It is now a 500hp motor with the 24 pulse drive. I really appreciate all the help you provided. This has been a very educational thread.