Automatic Condition Monitoring and Early Fault Detection of Gearbox

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Wang ◽  
Qiang Miao ◽  
Chengdong Wang ◽  
Jingqi Xiong
Keyword(s):  
Condition Monitoring ◽  
Wavelet Packet ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Evaluation Index ◽  
Dynamic Threshold ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Machinery Condition Monitoring ◽  
Maintenance Program ◽  
Gear Fault

Condition based maintenance (CBM) improves decision-making performances for a maintenance program through machinery condition monitoring. Therefore, it is a key step to trace machinery health condition for CBM. In this paper, a novel method is proposed to establish a health evaluation index named automatic evaluation index (AEI) and its corresponding dynamic threshold using Wavelet Packet Transform (WPT) and Hidden Markolv Model (HMM). In this process, WPT is used to decompose signal into detail signals and exhibits prominent gear fault features. In addition, HMM employed here is to recognize two concerned states of gear in the whole life validation, including normal gear state and early gear fault state. It is also important to build a dynamic threshold to differentiate the two states automatically. The proposed dynamic threshold not only renews by itself according to the history values of AEI but also easily and automatically detects occurrence of gear early fault. Finally, a set of whole life time data ending in gear failure is used to verify the proposed method effectively. Further, some related parameters included in this method are discussed and the obtained results show that condition monitoring performance of the proposed method is excellent in detection of gear failure.

Internet/Intranet Based Remote Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis Scheme and System for Steam Turboset

2005 ◽  
Vol 293-294 ◽  
pp. 365-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Yong He ◽  
Wen Xiu Lu ◽  
Fu Lei Chu
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Power System ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Condition Monitoring ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Electric Power System ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Time Data ◽  
On Line ◽  
Line Condition

The steam turboset is the key equipment of the electric power system. Thus, it is very important and necessary to monitor and diagnose the running condition and the faults of the steam turboset for the safe and normal running of the electric power system. In this paper, the Internet/Intranet based remote condition monitoring and fault diagnosis scheme is proposed. The corresponding technique and methods are discussed in detail. And a real application system is developed for the 300MW steam turboset. In this scheme, the system is built on the Internet/Intranet and the Client/Server construction and Web/Server model are adopted. The proposed scheme can guarantee real-time data acquisition and on-line condition analysis simultaneously. And especially, the remote condition monitoring and fault diagnosis can be implemented effectively. The developed system has been installed in a power plant of China. And the plant has obtained great economic benefits from it.

Modeling and Parameter Identification for Condition Monitoring of Surface-Mount Permanent Magnet Machines Under Magnet Demagnetization

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanny Pinto Delgado ◽  
Ziyou Song ◽  
Heath F. Hofmann ◽  
Jing Sun
Keyword(s):  
Permanent Magnet ◽  
Condition Monitoring ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Parameter Estimator ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Machine Model ◽  
Surface Mount

Abstract Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines (PMSMs) have been preferred for high-performance applications due to their high torque density, high power density, high control accuracy, and high efficiency over a wide operating range. During operation, monitoring the PMSM’s health condition is crucial for detecting any anomalies so that performance degradation, maintenance/downtime costs, and safety hazards can be avoided. In particular, demagnetization of PMSMs can lead to not only degraded performance but also high maintenance cost as they are the most expensive components in a PMSM. In this paper, an equivalent two-phase model for surface-mount permanent magnet (SMPM) machines under permanent magnet demagnetization is formulated and a parameter estimator is proposed for condition monitoring purposes. The performance of the proposed estimator is investigated through analysis and simulation under different conditions, and compared with a parameter estimator based on the standard SMPM machine model. In terms of information that can be extracted for fault diagnosis and condition monitoring, the proposed estimator exhibits advantages over the standard-model-based estimator as it can differentiate between uniform demagnetization over all poles and asymmetric demagnetization between north and south poles.

scholarly journals Condition Monitoring of Blade in Turbomachinery: A Review

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 210717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdelrhman ◽  
Lim Meng Hee ◽  
M. S. Leong ◽  
Salah Al-Obaidi
Keyword(s):  
Condition Monitoring ◽  
Fatigue Failure ◽  
Signal Analysis ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Monitoring Techniques ◽  
Analysis Methods

Blade faults and blade failures are ranked among the most frequent causes of failures in turbomachinery. This paper provides a review on the condition monitoring techniques and the most suitable signal analysis methods to detect and diagnose the health condition of blades in turbomachinery. In this paper, blade faults are categorised into five types in accordance with their nature and characteristics, namely, blade rubbing, blade fatigue failure, blade deformations (twisting, creeping, corrosion, and erosion), blade fouling, and loose blade. Reviews on characteristics and the specific diagnostic methods to detect each type of blade faults are also presented. This paper also aims to provide a reference in selecting the most suitable approaches to monitor the health condition of blades in turbomachinery.

scholarly journals The modified beta transmuted family of distributions with applications using the exponential distribution

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. e0258512
Author(s):  
Phillip Oluwatobi Awodutire ◽  
Oluwafemi Samson Balogun ◽  
Akintayo Kehinde Olapade ◽  
Ethelbert Chinaka Nduka
Keyword(s):  
Exponential Distribution ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Time Data ◽  
New Family ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Of Distributions

In this work, a new family of distributions, which extends the Beta transmuted family, was obtained, called the Modified Beta Transmuted Family of distribution. This derived family has the Beta Family of Distribution and the Transmuted family of distribution as subfamilies. The Modified beta transmuted frechet, modified beta transmuted exponential, modified beta transmuted gompertz and modified beta transmuted lindley were obtained as special cases. The analytical expressions were studied for some statistical properties of the derived family of distribution which includes the moments, moments generating function and order statistics. The estimates of the parameters of the family were obtained using the maximum likelihood estimation method. Using the exponential distribution as a baseline for the family distribution, the resulting distribution (modified beta transmuted exponential distribution) was studied and its properties. The modified beta transmuted exponential distribution was applied to a real life time data to assess its flexibility in which the results shows a better fit when compared to some competitive models.

scholarly journals Analysis of the feasibility of an array of MEMS microphones to machinery condition monitoring or fault diagnosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
pp. 3958-3958
Author(s):  
Lara del-Val ◽  
Alberto Izquierdo ◽  
Juan J. Villacorta ◽  
Luis Suarez ◽  
Marta Herráez
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Condition Monitoring ◽  
Machinery Condition Monitoring ◽  
Mems Microphones

scholarly journals Noise performance of microwave humidity sounders over their life time

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imke Hans ◽  
Martin Burgdorf ◽  
Viju O. John ◽  
Jonathan Mittaz ◽  
Stefan A. Buehler
Keyword(s):  
Uncertainty Propagation ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Noise Spectrum ◽  
Data Series ◽  
Allan Deviation ◽  
Noise Performance ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Accessible Information ◽  
Long Time

Abstract. The microwave humidity sounders Special Sensor Microwave Water Vapour Profiler (SSMT-2), Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B (AMSU-B) and Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) to date have been providing data records for 25 years. So far, the data records lack uncertainty information essential for constructing consistent long time data series. In this study, we assess the quality of the recorded data with respect to the uncertainty caused by noise. We calculate the noise on the raw calibration counts from the deep space view (DSV) of the instrument and the Noise Equivalent Differential Temperature (NEΔT) as a measure for the radiometer sensitivity. For this purpose, we use the Allan Deviation that is not biased from an underlying varying mean of the data and that has been suggested only recently for application in atmospheric remote sensing. Moreover, we use the bias function related to the Allan Deviation to infer the underlying spectrum of the noise. As examples, we investigate the noise spectrum in flight for some instruments. For the assessment of the noise evolution in time, we provide a descriptive and graphical overview of the calculated NEΔT over the life span of each instrument and channel. This overview can serve as an easily accessible information for users interested in the noise performance of a specific instrument, channel and time. Within the time evolution of the noise, we identify periods of instrumental degradation, which manifest themselves in an increasing NEΔT, and periods of erratic behaviour, which show sudden increases of NEΔT interrupting the overall smooth evolution of the noise. From this assessment and subsequent exclusion of the aforementioned periods, we present a chart showing available data records with NEΔT < K. Due to overlapping life spans of the instruments, these reduced data records still cover without gaps the time since 1994 and may therefore serve as first step for constructing long time series. Our method for count noise estimation, that has been used in this study, will be used in the data processing to provide input values for the uncertainty propagation in the generation of a new set of Fundamental Climate Data Records (FCDR) that are currently produced in the project Fidelity and Uncertainty in Climate data records from Earth Observation (FIDUCEO).

scholarly journals Vestas V90-3MW Wind Turbine Gearbox Health Assessment Using a Vibration-Based Condition Monitoring System

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Romero ◽  
Y. Lage ◽  
S. Soua ◽  
B. Wang ◽  
T.-H. Gan
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Condition Monitoring ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Normal Operation ◽  
Wind Turbine Gearbox ◽  
Operation Conditions

Reliable monitoring for the early fault diagnosis of gearbox faults is of great concern for the wind industry. This paper presents a novel approach for health condition monitoring (CM) and fault diagnosis in wind turbine gearboxes using vibration analysis. This methodology is based on a machine learning algorithm that generates a baseline for the identification of deviations from the normal operation conditions of the turbine and the intrinsic characteristic-scale decomposition (ICD) method for fault type recognition. Outliers picked up during the baseline stage are decomposed by the ICD method to obtain the product components which reveal the fault information. The new methodology proposed for gear and bearing defect identification was validated by laboratory and field trials, comparing well with the methods reviewed in the literature.

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