Detection and Quantization of Bearing Fault in Direct Drive Wind Turbine via Comparative Analysis

Bearing fault is usually buried by intensive noise because of the low speed and heavy load in direct drive wind turbine (DDWT). Furthermore, varying wind speed and alternating loads make it difficult to quantize bearing fault feature that indicates the degree of deterioration. This paper presents th...

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Main Authors: Wei Teng, Rui Jiang, Xian Ding, Yibing Liu, Zhiyong Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2378435
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description Bearing fault is usually buried by intensive noise because of the low speed and heavy load in direct drive wind turbine (DDWT). Furthermore, varying wind speed and alternating loads make it difficult to quantize bearing fault feature that indicates the degree of deterioration. This paper presents the application of multiscale enveloping spectrogram (MuSEnS) and cepstrum to detect and quantize bearing fault in DDWT. MuSEnS can manifest fault modulation information adaptively based on the capacity of complex wavelet transform, which enables the weak bearing fault in DDWT to be detected. Cepstrum can calculate the average interval of periodic components in frequency domain and is suitable for quantizing bearing fault feature under varying operation conditions due to the logarithm weight on the power spectrum. Through comparing a faulty DDWT with a normal one, the bearing fault feature is evidenced and the quantization index is calculated, which show a good application prospect for condition monitoring and fault diagnosis in real DDWT.
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spelling doaj-art-395d8bbfac474a54a73fdb41f1381abe2025-02-03T01:33:06ZengWileyShock and Vibration1070-96221875-92032016-01-01201610.1155/2016/23784352378435Detection and Quantization of Bearing Fault in Direct Drive Wind Turbine via Comparative AnalysisWei Teng0Rui Jiang1Xian Ding2Yibing Liu3Zhiyong Ma4School of Energy, Power and Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, ChinaSchool of Energy, Power and Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, ChinaSchool of Energy, Power and Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, ChinaSchool of Energy, Power and Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, ChinaSchool of Energy, Power and Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, ChinaBearing fault is usually buried by intensive noise because of the low speed and heavy load in direct drive wind turbine (DDWT). Furthermore, varying wind speed and alternating loads make it difficult to quantize bearing fault feature that indicates the degree of deterioration. This paper presents the application of multiscale enveloping spectrogram (MuSEnS) and cepstrum to detect and quantize bearing fault in DDWT. MuSEnS can manifest fault modulation information adaptively based on the capacity of complex wavelet transform, which enables the weak bearing fault in DDWT to be detected. Cepstrum can calculate the average interval of periodic components in frequency domain and is suitable for quantizing bearing fault feature under varying operation conditions due to the logarithm weight on the power spectrum. Through comparing a faulty DDWT with a normal one, the bearing fault feature is evidenced and the quantization index is calculated, which show a good application prospect for condition monitoring and fault diagnosis in real DDWT.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2378435
spellingShingle Wei Teng
Rui Jiang
Xian Ding
Yibing Liu
Zhiyong Ma
Detection and Quantization of Bearing Fault in Direct Drive Wind Turbine via Comparative Analysis
Shock and Vibration
title Detection and Quantization of Bearing Fault in Direct Drive Wind Turbine via Comparative Analysis
title_full Detection and Quantization of Bearing Fault in Direct Drive Wind Turbine via Comparative Analysis
title_fullStr Detection and Quantization of Bearing Fault in Direct Drive Wind Turbine via Comparative Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Detection and Quantization of Bearing Fault in Direct Drive Wind Turbine via Comparative Analysis
title_short Detection and Quantization of Bearing Fault in Direct Drive Wind Turbine via Comparative Analysis
title_sort detection and quantization of bearing fault in direct drive wind turbine via comparative analysis
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2378435
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