New Step to Improve the Accuracy of Blade Synchronous Vibration Parameters Identification Based on Combination of GARIV and LM Algorithm

Author(s):  
Weimin Wang ◽  
Sanqun Ren ◽  
Shan Huang ◽  
Qihang Li ◽  
Kang Chen

Generally, turbine blade vibration can be divided into asynchronous vibration and synchronous vibration. Comparing to parameters identification of asynchronous vibration, that of the synchronous vibration is more difficult and needs more sensors. The applicability of the synchronous identification method is more stringent than that of asynchronous identification method. A new method is presented to identify the blade synchronous vibration parameters based on the blade tip-timing (BTT) method and previous achievements in this region. Here, the parameters, such as the frequency of harmonic resonance center, blade vibration amplitude and the initial phase, are obtained by the nonlinear least square fitting algorithm based on relationships between the rotation speed and the blade tip displacement. We call this way as sweep frequency fitting (SFF) method. As the blade is operated at a constant speed that is near the frequency of resonance center, the blade vibration displacement can be obtained by the sensors at different positions, so the blade synchronous vibration Engine Order (EO) can be obtained by the global autoregressive with instrumental variables (GARIV) method. Furthermore the Campbell diagram of blade synchronous vibration can be plotted by the parameters obtained by GARIV method and SFF method. In the experimental study, the parameter identification of blade synchronous vibration is completed and the Campbell diagram of blade vibration is accurately plotted under the excitation of six magnets. Meanwhile, the experimental study and analysis on the harmonic vibration of blade with different numbers of excitation are carried out. The relative deviation of the dynamic frequency of blade between the experimental result and simulation result is less than 1%.

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 1953-1968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weimin WANG ◽  
Xulong ZHANG ◽  
Dongfang HU ◽  
Dengpeng ZHANG ◽  
Paul ALLAIRE

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Kaźmierczak ◽  
Radosław Przysowa

Abstract Blade Tip Timing (BTT) is a non-intrusive method to measure blade vibration in turbomachinery. Time of Arrival (TOA) is recorded when a blade is passing a stationary sensor. The measurement data, in form of undersampled (aliased) tip-deflection signal, are difficult to analyze with standard signal processing methods like digital filters or Fourier Transform. Several indirect methods are applied to process TOA sequences, such as reconstruction of aliased spectrum and Least-Squares Fitting to harmonic oscillator model. We used standard sine fitting algorithms provided by IEEE-STD-1057 to estimate blade vibration parameters. Blade-tip displacement was simulated in time domain using SDOF model, sampled by stationary sensors and then processed by the sinefit.m toolkit. We evaluated several configurations of different sensor placement, noise level and number of data. Results of the linear sine fitting, performed with the frequency known a priori, were compared with the non-linear ones. Some of non-linear iterations were not convergent. The algorithms and testing results are aimed to be used in analysis of asynchronous blade vibration.


2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radosław Przysowa

Abstract In Blade Tip Timing several sensors installed circumferentially in the casing are used to record times of arrival (TOA) and observe deflections of blade tips. This paper aims to demonstrate methodology of model-based processing of aliased data. It focuses on the blade vibration excited by the forces synchronous with engine rotation, which are called integral responses. The driven harmonic oscillator with single degree of freedom (SDOF) is used to analyse blade vibration measured by tip-timing sensors during engine deceleration. When integral engine order EO is known, the linear sine fitting techniques can be used to process data from sensors to estimate amplitude, phase and frequency of blade vibration in each rotation. The oscillator model is implemented in MATLAB and used to generate resonance curves and simulate blade responses observed with tip sensors, installed in the axial compressor. Generated TOA data are fitted to the sine function to estimate vibration parameters. The validated procedure is then employed to analyze real test data.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Liang Zhang ◽  
Qidi Wang ◽  
Xin Li

Blade tip timing (BTT) technology is the most effective means for real-time monitoring of blade vibration. Accurately extracting the time of blade tip reaching the sensors is the key to ensure the accuracy of the BTT system. The tip clearance changes due to various complex forces during high-speed rotation. The traditional BTT signal extraction method does not consider the influence of tip clearance change on timing accuracy and introduces large timing errors. To solve this problem, a quadratic curve fitting timing method was proposed. In addition, based on the measurement principle of the eddy current sensors, the relationship among the output voltage of the eddy current sensor, tip clearance, and the blade cutting magnetic line angle was calibrated. A multisensor vibration parameter identification algorithm based on arbitrary angular distribution was introduced. Finally, the experiments were conducted to prove the effectiveness of the proposed method. The results show that in the range of 0.4 to 1.05 mm tip clearance change, the maximum absolute error of the timing values calculated by the proposed method is 26.0359 us, which is much lower than the calculated error of 203.7459 us when using the traditional timing method. When the tip clearance changed, the constant speed synchronous vibration parameters of No. 0 blade were identified. The average value of the vibration amplitude is 1.0881 mm. Compared with the identification results without changing tip clearance, the average value error of the vibration amplitude is 0.0017 mm. It is proved that within the blade tip clearance variation of 0.4 to 0.9 mm, the timing values obtained by the proposed timing method can accurately identify the vibration parameters of the blade.


Author(s):  
Abbas Rohani Bastami ◽  
Pedram Safarpour ◽  
Arash Mikaeily ◽  
Mohammad Mohammadi

Fracture of blades is usually catastrophic and creates serious damages in the turbomachines. Blades are subjected to high centrifugal force, oscillating stresses, and high temperature which makes their life limited. Therefore, blades should be checked and replaced at specified intervals or utilize a health monitoring method for them. Crack detection by nondestructive tests can only be performed during machine overhaul which is not suitable for monitoring purposes. Blade tip timing (BTT) method as a noncontact monitoring technique is spreading for health monitoring of the turbine blades. One of the main challenges of BTT method is identification of vibration parameters from one per revolution samples which is quite below Nyquist sampling rate. In this study, a new method for derivation of blade asynchronous vibration parameters from BTT data is proposed. The proposed method requires only two BTT sensors and applies least mean square algorithm to identify frequency and amplitude of blade vibration. These parameters can be further used as blade health indicators to predict defect growth in the blades. Robustness of the proposed method against measurement noise which is an important factor has been examined by numerical simulation. An experimental test was conducted on a bladed disk to show efficiency of the proposed method.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Liang Zhang ◽  
Huiqun Yuan ◽  
Xin Li

Blade tip-timing is one of the most effective methods for blade vibration parameters identification of turbomachinery. Once-per revolution (OPR) sensor is usually used to determine the rotating speed and as a time reference. However, the OPR sensor leads to a large measurement error or even failure, or it is difficult to install. A new improved two-parameter method without the OPR sensor is proposed to identify the synchronous vibration parameters of variable rotating speed blades. Three eddy current sensors are required to identify the excitation order, vibration amplitude, resonance rotating speed frequency, resonance frequency, and the initial phase of the blades. Numerical simulation of blade synchronous vibration parameters identification is presented, and the identification error of the method is investigated. The simulation results show that the identification accuracy of this method is better than that of the traditional two-parameter method and the improved method in reference, especially in the identification of the vibration initial phase. Experiments are conducted based on the blade tip-timing vibration measurement system. The results indicate that the standard errors of vibration parameter identification results between the new method and the method in reference are smaller, except for the initial phase. It is consistent with the results of the simulation identification. The synchronous vibration parameter identification of variable rotating speed blades without the OPR sensor is achieved based on the new improved two-parameter method.


2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 341-357
Author(s):  
Pierluigi Porco ◽  
Radoslaw Przysowa ◽  
Daniele Botto

AbstractComposite fan blades are more and more common both in aviation and ground applications. This work aims to characterize the vibration parameters of plastic blades installed in a wind tunnel fan by a non-contact method, namely blade tip timing (BTT). Blade dynamics was predicted with finite element modelling (FEM) and confirmed experimentally by tip timing measurements and analysis of data. BTT results were acquired and compared in two different configurations. A good agreement between predicted and measured frequency values was obtained for the fundamental mode. Significant differences were observed for the second and third modes due to material anisotropy and contact effects which could not be modelled because necessary material data were unavailable.


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