Rotating machine abnormality detection device and method and rotating machine

• US 10,247,599 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2015
• Issued: 04/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Klaus Schmidt
• Original Assignee: Kobe Steel Limited
• Inventors: Takahashi, Eiji, Araki, Kaname, Takaki, Shugo, Matsumoto, Yasuharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Saint Surin, Jacques M
• Application Number:
  US15/328,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20170219420A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,323 Days
• Field of Search: 73584
• CPC Class Codes: G01H 1/003 of rotating machines G01H1/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01H 17/00 Measuring mechanical vibrations or ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves, not provided for in the preceding groups see provisionally also G01H1/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 7/025 Measuring arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A rotating machine abnormality detection device and a rotating machine abnormality detection method according to the present invention are designed to detect an abnormality in a rotating machine including a rotary member rotatable about a predetermined axis, and detect an initial abnormality in the rotating machine based on first measurement data obtained by measuring a vibration in an ultrasonic wave band caused by the rotary member. A rotating machine according to the present invention includes the rotating machine abnormality detection device.

Claims

1. A rotating machine abnormality detection device for detecting an abnormality in a rotating machine including a rotary member rotatable about a predetermined axis, comprising:

an ultrasonic wave measuring section for measuring a vibration in an ultrasonic wave band caused by the rotary member;

an abnormality detecting section for detecting an initial abnormality in the rotating machine based on first measurement data obtained by the ultrasonic wave measuring section; and

a vibration measuring section for measuring a vibration in an audible band caused by the rotary member, wherein

the abnormality detecting section determines, after detecting the initial abnormality, at least one of an abnormality type and an abnormality degree based on second measurement data obtained by the vibration measuring section,

the rotary member includes a pair of sub rotary members engageable with each other, and a casing housing the pair of sub rotary members,

abnormality types include a first abnormality in which the sub rotary members come into contact with each other, and a second abnormality in which at least one of the sub rotary members comes into contact with the casing, and

the ultrasonic wave measuring section and the vibration measuring section are mounted on an outer surface of the casing.

2. A rotating machine abnormality detection device according to claim 1, wherein

the abnormality detecting section calculates a first frequency spectrum of the first measurement data obtained by the ultrasonic wave measuring section, and calculates a specific first feature amount in the first frequency spectrum of the first measurement data to detect an initial abnormality in the rotating machine based on the first feature amount.

3. A rotating machine abnormality detection device according to claim 2, wherein:

the first feature amount is an integrated value within a predetermined frequency range of the first frequency spectrum of the first measurement data; and

the abnormality detecting section compares the calculated integrated value with a predetermined threshold value, and determines that there is an initial abnormality in the rotating machine when the integrated value is equal to or greater than the threshold value.

4. A rotating machine abnormality detection device according to claim 1, wherein

the abnormality detecting section determines at least one of an abnormality type and an abnormality degree based on second measurement data obtained by the vibration measuring section before the detection of an initial abnormality and second measurement data obtained by the vibration measuring section after the detection of the initial abnormality.

5. A rotating machine abnormality detection device according to claim 4, wherein

the abnormality detecting section calculates a specific second feature amount in the second measurement data obtained by the vibration measuring section before the detection of an initial abnormality and a third feature amount in the second measurement data that is of the same type as the second feature amount and obtained by the vibration measuring section after the detection of the initial abnormality, to determine at least one of an abnormality type and an abnormality degree based on the second and third feature amounts.

6. A rotating machine abnormality detection device according to claim 5, wherein:

the second feature amount is for a second frequency spectrum of the second measurement data obtained by the vibration measuring section before the detection of an initial abnormality;

the third feature amount is for a third frequency spectrum of the second measurement data obtained by the vibration measuring section after the detection of the initial abnormality; and

the abnormality detecting section compares the second frequency spectrum of the second measurement data with the third frequency spectrum of the second measurement data to determine at least one of an abnormality type and an abnormality degree based on a comparison result.

7. A rotating machine abnormality detection device according to claim 6, wherein

the pair of sub rotary members includes a first sub rotary member and a second sub rotary member, the first sub rotary member has a plurality of projecting portions and the second sub rotary members has a plurality of recessed portions, the first sub rotary member rotates counterclockwise and the second sub rotary member rotates clockwise so that corresponding ones of projecting portions and the recessed portions are facing each other with a predetermined gap,

the abnormality detecting section determines as an occurrence of the first abnormality when an intensity of a frequency corresponding to a period indicated by CT1×

b=CT2×

a in the third frequency spectrum differs from that in the second frequency spectrum in a normal pattern;

where a rotational period of the first sub rotary member is CT1, a rotational period of the second sub rotary member is CT2, and a ratio between the number of projecting portions of the first sub rotary member and the number of recessed portions of the second sub rotary member is a;

b.

8. A rotating machine abnormality detection device according to claim 6, wherein

the pair of sub rotary members includes a first sub rotary member and a second sub rotary member, the first sub rotary member has a plurality of projecting portions and the second sub rotary members has a plurality of recessed portions, the first sub rotary member rotates counterclockwise and the second sub rotary member rotates clockwise so that corresponding ones of projecting portions and the recessed portions are facing each other with a predetermined gap,

the abnormality detecting section determines as an occurrence of the second abnormality when an intensity of a frequency corresponding to a period of CT1 in the third frequency spectrum is different from that in the second frequency spectrum in a case that a projecting portion of the first sub rotary member comes into contact with the casing;

and

the abnormality detecting section determines as an occurrence of the second abnormality when an intensity of a frequency corresponding to a period of CT2 is different from that in the second frequency spectrum in a case that a projecting portion of the second sub rotary member that defines a recessed portion comes into contact with the casing,

where a rotational period of the first sub rotary member is CT1, a rotational period of the second sub rotary member is CT2.

9. A rotating machine, comprising a rotating machine abnormality detection device according to claim 1.

10. A rotating machine abnormality detection device according to claim 1, wherein the pair of sub rotary members includes a first sub rotary member and a second sub rotary member, the first sub rotary member has a plurality of projecting portions and the second sub rotary members has a plurality of recessed portions, the first sub rotary member rotates counterclockwise and the second sub rotary member rotates clockwise so that corresponding ones of projecting portions and the recessed portions are facing each other with a predetermined gap, and

wherein the projecting portion and the recessed portion are not in contact with each other and define the predetermined gap G therebetween in a normal state.

11. A rotating machine abnormality detection method for detecting an abnormality in a rotating machine including a rotary member rotatable about a predetermined axis, the rotary member including a pair of sub rotary members engageable with each other, and a casing housing the pair of sub rotary members, the method comprising:

an ultrasonic wave measuring step of measuring a vibration in an ultrasonic wave band caused by the rotary member using an ultrasonic wave measuring section mounted on an outer surface of the casing;

an abnormality detecting step of detecting an initial abnormality in the rotating machine based on first measurement data obtained in the ultrasonic wave measuring step;

a vibration measuring step of measuring a vibration in an audible band caused by the rotary member using a vibration measuring section mounted on an outer surface of the casing; and

a second abnormality detecting step of determining, after detecting the initial abnormality, at least one of an abnormality type and an abnormality degree based on second measurement data obtained in the vibration measuring step, abnormality types including a first abnormality in which the sub rotary members come into contact with each other, and a second abnormality in which at least one of the sub rotary members comes into contact with the casing.