Method for assessing the condition of rotating machinery connected to an electric motor

    公开(公告)号:US10393621B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US15439726

    申请日:2017-02-22

    Applicant: ABB SCHWEIZ AG

    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a method and a computer program for assessing the condition of rotating machinery connected to an electric motor, where the motor (MM) and the rotating machine (RM) comprise a drive train electrically powered from a three phase motor and said motor is connected with a computing device. The invention is characterized in that is comprises the step of classifying the condition of rotating machine (RM) connected to the electric motor (MM) of a drive train with unknown condition, by analyzing all the extracted representative features obtained from the electric signals acquired from the electric motor (MM) of said drive train, by using a trained neural network whose twining was conducted by analyzing the extracted features from N different drive trains of N conditions, where said trained neural network data is stored in unit (3.5) of the computing device (CD, CD′) and next generating an output vector (Z=[Z1, . . . ZN]), wherein the vector (Z) has N elements and if the output vector (Z) has only one element having value equal to 1 and the rest of elements values are equal to 0, determining the index (i) of the element with the value equal to 1, which index (i) indicates that the condition of she drive train under analysis is equal to the ith Condition of the N available known drive train conditions.

    Method for Assessing the Condition of Rotating Machinery Connected to an Electric Motor

    公开(公告)号:US20170268960A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-21

    申请号:US15439726

    申请日:2017-02-22

    Applicant: ABB SCHWEIZ AG

    CPC classification number: G01M13/02 G05B23/024 G06N3/08

    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a method and a computer program for assessing the condition of rotating machinery connected to an electric motor, where the motor (MM) and the rotating machine (RM) comprise a drive train electrically powered from a three phase motor and motor is connected with a computing device. The invention is characterized in that is comprises the step of classifying the condition of rotating machine (RM) connected to the electric motor (MM) of a drive train with unknown condition, by analyzing all the extracted representative features obtained from the electric signals acquired from the electric motor (MM) of said drive train, by using a, trained neural network whose twining was conducted by analyzing the extracted features from N different drive trains of N conditions, where said trained neural network data is stored in unit (3.5) of the computing device (CD, CD′) and next generating an output vector (Z=[Z1, . . . Z8]), wherein the vector (Z) has N elements and if the output vector (Z) has only one element having value equal to 1 and the rest of elements values are equal to 0, determining the index (i) of the element with the value equal to 1, which index (i) indicates that the condition of she drive train under analysis is equal to the ith Condition of the N available known drive train conditions.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING GEAR TOOTH NUMBERS IN A GEARBOX

    公开(公告)号:US20200217753A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-09

    申请号:US16804908

    申请日:2020-02-28

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Inventor: James Ottewill

    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a method and an apparatus for identifying the most likely tooth numbers lot all of the gems in a gearbox, on the basis of measured dynamic signals and the total ratio of the gearbox. A method uses a data obtained from a vibration measuring device delivered to a data acquisition device and a data delivered by a user to a computer device. The method has the step of processing data delivered by a user to the computer device, a step of calculating frequencies of characteristic features for each potential tooth combination for the first embodiment of the invention or of calculating frequencies of characteristic features for each potential tooth combination and a potential speed combination for the second embodiment of the invention a step of measuring the vibration signals and an angular displacement signal of the gearbox or only measuring the vibration signals, relative to the embodiments of the invention, a step of calculating a frequency spectrum from the measured data, a step of determining an amplitude of components of the frequency spectrum, a step of determining the tooth numbers in the gearbox by identifying which potential gear tooth combination maximizes the amplitudes of the components of the frequency spec:man at frequencies of characteristic features or of determining the tooth numbers and an improved speed estimate by identifying which potential gear tooth and a potential speed combination maximizes the amplitudes of the components of the frequency spectrum at frequencies of characteristic feature and a step of presenting the tooth numbers in the gearbox in a computer device or presenting the tooth numbers in the gearbox and an improved speed estimate.

    METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE DISCRETE INSTANTANEOUS ANGULAR SPEED OF AN ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20180241332A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-23

    申请号:US15958317

    申请日:2018-04-20

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Inventor: James Ottewill

    CPC classification number: H02P21/16 H02P21/18 H02P23/14 H02P2207/01

    Abstract: A method for identifying the discrete instantaneous angular speed of electromechanical systems in which electrical rotating machinery is used and in which at least one electrical signal is measured during an operation of the electromechanical system. The method includes measuring analog stator current signals and analog stator voltage signals for at least one phase A, B, C, converting the measurements into a digital discrete form, transmitting the digital discrete signals to a computer device wherein data analysis is performed in a processor unit on the basis of a simplified mathematical model of the dynamics of the motor or generator. During the data analysis an average rotor time constant is calculated, an average supply frequency value is identified, an average angular speed is obtained, and an instantaneous phase difference between the discrete stator current signals and the discrete stator voltage signals is determined. The discrete instantaneous angular speed is identified by combining the average supply frequency value, the instantaneous phase difference between the discrete stator current signals and the discrete stator voltage signals, the average rotor time constant, and a number of pole pairs of the electric motor, given by the user. The result of combining the data is stored in a memory of the processor unit.

    Method and apparatus for identifying gear tooth numbers in a gearbox

    公开(公告)号:US11525758B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-13

    申请号:US16804908

    申请日:2020-02-28

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Inventor: James Ottewill

    Abstract: A method for identifying gear tooth numbers in a gearbox using data obtained from a vibration measuring device delivered to a data acquisition device and data delivered by a user to a computer device, comprising: processing data delivered by a user to the computer device, where the data comprises a gearbox ratio and a number of stages of a gearbox for calculating a potential gear tooth combination in each stage of a gearbox, calculating frequencies of characteristic features for each potential tooth combination using the data delivered at the processing data, measuring vibration signals of the gearbox, calculating a frequency spectrum from measured data delivered at the measuring, determining an amplitude of components, of the frequency spectrum delivered at the calculating a frequency spectrum at frequencies of characteristic features for each potential tooth combination delivered at the calculating frequencies of characteristic features.

    Method for identifying the discrete instantaneous angular speed of an electromechanical system

    公开(公告)号:US10658961B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-19

    申请号:US15958317

    申请日:2018-04-20

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Inventor: James Ottewill

    Abstract: A method for identifying the discrete instantaneous angular speed of electromechanical systems in which electrical rotating machinery is used and in which at least one electrical signal is measured during an operation of the electromechanical system. The method includes measuring analog stator current signals and analog stator voltage signals for at least one phase A, B, C, converting the measurements into a digital discrete form, transmitting the digital discrete signals to a computer device wherein data analysis is performed in a processor unit on the basis of a simplified mathematical model of the dynamics of the motor or generator. During the data analysis an average rotor time constant is calculated, an average supply frequency value is identified, an average angular speed is obtained, and an instantaneous phase difference between the discrete stator current signals and the discrete stator voltage signals is determined. The discrete instantaneous angular speed is identified by combining the average supply frequency value, the instantaneous phase difference between the discrete stator current signals and the discrete stator voltage signals, the average rotor time constant, and a number of pole pairs of the electric motor, given by the user. The result of combining the data is stored in a memory of the processor unit.

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