Enhanced Phase Demodulation for Vibration-based Fault Detection of Wind Turbine Drivetrain

Mohamed A.A. Ismail*, Ayman Abdallah

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Vibration-based fault detection plays a vital role in monitoring rotary machinery systems such as aircraft Propulsion systems and wind turbines. Detecting their failures early is crucial for ensuring their safety and reliability. One of the main challenges is identifying system faults using non-stationary vibration measurements caused by variable-speed operation. In many cases operating speed has high fluctuations (>±10%) that limit the fault detection performance. In this paper, we introduce an improved method for extracting speed profile from a vibration signal utilizing a geometric feature within a rotating machinery system such as gearboxes, actuators and ball-screws. The performance of the enhanced method has been successfully validated using international benchmarking datasets for wind turbine gearboxes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication15th Global Reliability and Prognostics and Health Management Conference, PHM-Beijing 2024
EditorsHuimin Wang, Steven Li
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798350354010
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event15th IEEE Global Reliability and Prognostics and Health Management Conference, PHM-Beijing 2024 - Beijing, China
Duration: 11 Oct 202413 Oct 2024

Publication series

Name15th Global Reliability and Prognostics and Health Management Conference, PHM-Beijing 2024

Conference

Conference15th IEEE Global Reliability and Prognostics and Health Management Conference, PHM-Beijing 2024
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period11/10/2413/10/24

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Keywords

  • Wind turbines
  • order-tracking
  • planetary gearbox
  • sensorless fault diagnosis
  • vibration-based diagnosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Policy
  • Health(social science)
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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