Condition monitoring system, condition monitoring method, condition monitoring program, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11619669-B2
Application number	US-201816480285-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2018
Priority date	Jan 25, 2017
Publication date	Apr 4, 2023
Grant date	Apr 4, 2023

Abstract

The condition monitoring system includes an acquisition unit and a generation unit. The acquisition unit acquires waveform data from a measuring device to measure an electrical signal that is either output or input of a converter. The waveform data represents a waveform of the electrical signal. The generation unit generates, based on the waveform data, analysis data to monitor the condition concerning the converter. The generation unit obtains, by frequency analysis, a plurality of combinations, each including a value of a frequency and a value of a feature quantity that is either intensity or phase, based on the waveform data when a value of the drive frequency varies and thereby generate the analysis data having at least three variables including the frequency, the feature quantity, and the drive frequency.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A condition monitoring system configured to monitor a condition concerning a converter, the converter being configured to convert energy of a mover unidirectionally from kinetic energy to electric energy or from electric energy to kinetic energy, or bidirectionally between kinetic energy and electric energy, the mover performing a periodic motion at a variable drive frequency, the condition monitoring system comprising:
a measuring device configured to measure an electrical signal that is either output or input of the converter, wherein
the converter includes either a power generator or a motor that includes a stator and the mover,
the stator includes armature windings, and
the measuring device includes a sensor electrically coupled to armature windings to detect a current flowing through the armature windings;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire waveform data from the measuring device, the waveform data representing a waveform of the electrical signal;
a generation unit configured to generate analysis data based on the waveform data, the analysis data being used to monitor the condition concerning the converter,
the generation unit being configured to obtain, by frequency analysis, a plurality of combinations, each including a value of a frequency and a value of a feature quantity that is either intensity or phase, based on the waveform data when a value of the drive frequency varies and thereby generate the analysis data having at least three variables including the frequency, the feature quantity, and the drive frequency;

a diagnosis unit configured to diagnose, based on the analysis data generated by the generation unit, the condition concerning the converter; and
an output unit configured to output a result of the diagnosis made by the diagnosis unit, the result output by the output unit includes data representing at least the condition concerning the converter.

2. The condition monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein
the generation unit is configured to perform sort processing for rearranging the analysis data according to the drive frequency.

3. The condition monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein
the analysis data is configured to display an image in which a plurality of pixels, of which pixel values each represent the feature quantity, are arranged two-dimensionally along axes of the frequency and the drive frequency.

4. The condition monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein
the diagnosis unit is configured to diagnose the condition concerning the converter based on a value of the feature quantity, corresponding to a value of a particular frequency among multiple values of the frequency, by reference to the analysis data.

5. The condition monitoring system of claim 4 , wherein
the diagnosis unit is configured to determine a coefficient n when a value of the feature quantity, corresponding to multiple combinations, satisfies a predetermined condition, and thereby determine the particular frequency based on the value of the coefficient n thus determined, each of the multiple combinations including a value of the drive frequency and a value of the frequency that are given by a predetermined relational expression using at least the drive frequency fx, the frequency fy, and the coefficient n.

6. The condition monitoring system of claim 5 , wherein
the predetermined relational expression, further using a reference frequency fs 1 of the electrical signal, is fy=fs 1 +n×fx.

7. The condition monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein
the mover is configured to perform a rotary motion at the drive frequency.

8. The condition monitoring system of claim 7 , wherein
the mover includes a field winding, and
the condition monitoring system further includes an estimation unit configured to obtain the value of the drive frequency using at least output of the field winding.

9. The condition monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein
the converter constitutes a power generation facility.

10. A condition monitoring method for monitoring a condition concerning a converter, the converter being configured to convert energy of a mover unidirectionally from kinetic energy to electric energy or from electric energy to kinetic energy, or bidirectionally between kinetic energy and electric energy, the mover performing a periodic motion at a variable drive frequency, the condition monitoring method comprising:
measuring, using a measuring device, an electrical signal that is either output or input of the converter, wherein
the converter includes either a power generator or a motor that includes a stator and the mover,
the stator includes armature windings,
the measuring device includes a sensor electrically coupled to the armature windings to detect a current flowing through the armature windings;

acquisition processing of acquiring waveform data from the measuring device, the waveform data representing a waveform of the electrical signal;
generation processing of generating analysis data based on the waveform data, the analysis data being used to monitor the condition concerning the converter,
the generation processing including obtaining, by frequency analysis, a plurality of combinations, each including a value of a frequency and a value of a feature quantity that is either intensity or phase, based on the waveform data when a value of the drive frequency varies and thereby generating the analysis data having at least three variables including the frequency, the feature quantity, and the drive frequency;

diagnosing, based on the analysis data generated by the generation unit, the condition concerning the converter; and
outputting a result of the diagnosis made by the diagnosis unit, the result output by the output unit includes data representing at least the condition concerning the converter.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd
• Panasonic In Iellectual Property Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tabuchi Shin
• Kanai Satoshi
• Nishiyama Hiromichi

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