Dynamic Parameter Limiting Based on Asset Performance and Health Status

• US 20180287545A1
• Filed: 04/03/2017
• Published: 10/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2017
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited (General Electric Company)
• Original Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology Limited (General Electric Company)
• Inventors: Sieman, Alexander Richard, Solomon, Luke Anthony, Doucette, Michael Richard
• Application Number:
  US15/477,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20180287545A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 29/0241 the fault being an overvoltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 29/60 Controlling or determining the temperature of the motor or of the drive H02P29/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 5/00 Arrangements specially adapted for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of two or more electric motors H02P6/04, H02P8/40 take precedence

Abstract

A system that may include a controller coupled to an electric machine is provided. The controller may be configured to receive status data from the electric machine and perform a diagnostic test on the status and based on result of the diagnostic test, the controller can instruct a driver of the electric machine to alter a drive regimen of the electric machine.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a controller configured to receive status data from an electric machine and perform a diagnostic test on the status data, and based on a result of the diagnostics test, instruct a driver of the electric machine to alter a drive regimen of the electric machine by reducing a voltage output of a power converter coupled to the electric machine, while the electric machine continues to operate, thereby extending the electric machine'"'"'s lifetime.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the driver of the electric machine is a variable frequency drive.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the status data includes measured data associated with at least one of a temperature of the electric machine, a vibrational signature of the electric machine, an insulation integrity of the electric machine, a voltage of the electric machine, and a current of the electric machine.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the diagnostic test includes comparing at least one of the status data with historical patterns.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the diagnostic test includes comparing the at least one of the status data with at least one predetermined threshold stored in a memory.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the diagnostic test includes detecting a condition of the electric machine.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the condition is selected from the group consisting of an insulation degradation condition in the electric machine, a shorted stator turn, eccentricity, and a broken rotor bar condition.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to instruct the driver to reduce a voltage across the electric machine when the condition is the insulation degradation condition.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to instruct the driver to reduce a torque of the electric machine when the condition is the broken rotor bar condition.

10. A system, comprising:

a set of electric machines in which each electric machine is connectable to one of an electric grid and a driver;

a controller configured to receive status information from each electric machine in the set, and, based on a diagnostic test on status information respective to a specified electric machine in the set, instruct the specified electric machine to disconnect from one of the electric grid and the driver and connect to the other one of the electric grid and the driver.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to instruct the specified electric machine to power off.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein when the specified electric machine is instructed to connect to a variable frequency drive, the controller further provides a control instruction to the variable frequency drive.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the control instruction is indicative of a control regimen to be undertaken by the variable frequency drive to control the specified electric machine.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the status information includes measured data associated with at least one of a temperature of each electric machine in the set, a vibrational signature of each electric machine in the set, an insulation integrity of each electric machine in the set, a voltage of each electric machine in the set, and a current of each electric machine in the set.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the diagnostic test includes comparing the status information respective to the specified electric machine with at least one of (i) a historical pattern and (ii) a predetermined threshold.

16. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including;

receiving status data from an electric machine;

performing a diagnostics test on the status data; and

instructing a driver of the electric machine to alter a control regimen of the electric machine based on results of the diagnostics test by reducing a voltage output of a power converter coupled to the electric machine, while the electric machine continues to operate, thereby extending the electric machine'"'"'s lifetime.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the status data includes measured data associated with at least one of a temperature of the electric machine, a vibrational signature of the electric machine, an insulation integrity of the electric machine, a voltage of the electric machine, and a current of the electric machine.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the diagnostic test includes comparing the status data with at least one of (i) a historical pattern and (ii) a predetermined threshold.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the driver is a variable frequency drive and the operations further include instructing the variable frequency drive to change a torque of the electric machine.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the driver is a variable frequency drive and the operations further include instructing the variable frequency drive to change a voltage of the electric machine.