A Novel Diagnostic Feature for a Wind Turbine Imbalance Under Variable Speed Conditions

Dependency between the conventional imbalance diagnostic feature and the shaft rotational speed makes imbalance diagnosis challenging for variable-speed machines. This paper focuses on an investigation of this dependency and on a proposal for a novel imbalance diagnostic feature and a novel simplifi...

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Main Authors: Amir R. Askari, Len Gelman, Russell King, Daryl Hickey, Andrew D. Ball
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/21/7073
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description Dependency between the conventional imbalance diagnostic feature and the shaft rotational speed makes imbalance diagnosis challenging for variable-speed machines. This paper focuses on an investigation of this dependency and on a proposal for a novel imbalance diagnostic feature and a novel simplified version for this feature, which are independent of shaft rotational speed. An equivalent mass–spring–damper system is investigated to find a closed-form expression describing this dependency. By normalizing the conventional imbalance diagnostic feature by the obtained dependency, a diagnostic feature is proposed. By conducting comprehensive experimental trials with a wind turbine with a permissible imbalance, it is justified that the proposed simplified version of imbalance diagnostic feature is speed-invariant.
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spelling doaj-art-105872f319fe4b0bb342551a4b43fbc62024-11-08T14:42:03ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202024-11-012421707310.3390/s24217073A Novel Diagnostic Feature for a Wind Turbine Imbalance Under Variable Speed ConditionsAmir R. Askari0Len Gelman1Russell King2Daryl Hickey3Andrew D. Ball4Department of Engineering, School of Computing and Engineering, The University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UKDepartment of Engineering, School of Computing and Engineering, The University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UKSensonics Ltd., 3 Northbridge Rd, Berkhamsted HP4 1EF, UKNatural Power, 120 Bath St, Glasgow G2 2EN, UKDepartment of Engineering, School of Computing and Engineering, The University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UKDependency between the conventional imbalance diagnostic feature and the shaft rotational speed makes imbalance diagnosis challenging for variable-speed machines. This paper focuses on an investigation of this dependency and on a proposal for a novel imbalance diagnostic feature and a novel simplified version for this feature, which are independent of shaft rotational speed. An equivalent mass–spring–damper system is investigated to find a closed-form expression describing this dependency. By normalizing the conventional imbalance diagnostic feature by the obtained dependency, a diagnostic feature is proposed. By conducting comprehensive experimental trials with a wind turbine with a permissible imbalance, it is justified that the proposed simplified version of imbalance diagnostic feature is speed-invariant.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/21/7073signal processingfault diagnosisrotating machinery
spellingShingle Amir R. Askari
Len Gelman
Russell King
Daryl Hickey
Andrew D. Ball
A Novel Diagnostic Feature for a Wind Turbine Imbalance Under Variable Speed Conditions
Sensors
signal processing
fault diagnosis
rotating machinery
title A Novel Diagnostic Feature for a Wind Turbine Imbalance Under Variable Speed Conditions
title_full A Novel Diagnostic Feature for a Wind Turbine Imbalance Under Variable Speed Conditions
title_fullStr A Novel Diagnostic Feature for a Wind Turbine Imbalance Under Variable Speed Conditions
title_full_unstemmed A Novel Diagnostic Feature for a Wind Turbine Imbalance Under Variable Speed Conditions
title_short A Novel Diagnostic Feature for a Wind Turbine Imbalance Under Variable Speed Conditions
title_sort novel diagnostic feature for a wind turbine imbalance under variable speed conditions
topic signal processing
fault diagnosis
rotating machinery
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/21/7073
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