An abnormal vibration diagnosis and control method for internal combustion power plant

Abstract

Focusing on the difficulty in vibration control of internal combustion power plant because of its diverse substructures and complex excitation, an abnormal vibration diagnosis and attenuation method based on the system’s whole-body vibration signals is proposed. The characteristics of the exciting forces, such as toppling torque, inertia force (or moment) and coupling centrifugal force, are analyzed. The resonance frequency distribution of the power unit is obtained by modal analysis. Then an expression that could reveal the relationship between the whole-body vibration intensity and the exciting force amplitude is established, and conclusion is drawn that different excitations would drive the system to vibrate at different frequencies. Based on this basic relation, a fault diagnosis method relying on comprehensive analysis of vibration signals in both time and frequency domain is proposed. Vibration attenuation methods targeted at specific faults are also put forward. Finally, the validity of the proposed method is verified by applying it to a 12V280 diesel generator set.