A new method for automatically identifying the shaft orbit moving direction of hydroelectric generating set

Abstract

Purpose

Shaft orbit is an important characteristic for vibration monitoring and diagnosing system of hydroelectric generating set. Because of the low accuracy and poor reliability of traditional methods in identifying the shaft orbit moving direction (MD), the purpose of this paper is to present a novel automatic identification method based on trigonometric function and polygon vector (TFPV).

Design/methodology/approach

First, some points on shaft orbit were selected with inter‐period acquisition method and joined together orderly to form a complex plane polygon. Second, by using the coordinate transformation and rotation theory, TFPV were applied comprehensively to judge the concavity or convexity of the polygon vertices. Finally, the shaft orbit MD is identified.

Findings

The simulation and experiment demonstrate that the method proposed can effectively identify the common shaft orbit MD.

Originality/value

In order to identity the shaft orbit MD effectively, a novel automatic identification method based on TFPV is proposed in this paper. The problem of identifying the shaft orbit MD is transformed into the problem about orientation of complex polygons, which are formed orderly by points on orbit shaft, and TFPV are applied comprehensively to judge the concavity or convexity of the polygon vertices.

Citation

Luo, Z., Zhou, J., Xiang, X., He, Y. and Peng, S. (2010), "A new method for automatically identifying the shaft orbit moving direction of hydroelectric generating set", Sensor Review, Vol. 30 No. 3, pp. 197-203. https://doi.org/10.1108/02602281011051371