<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Diesel generator sets (DGU) are very widely used in autonomous power supply systems. An example is marine power plants, diesel locomotives with electric power transmission, uninterruptible power supply units, etc. The power of ship DGUs reaches 2–6 or more MW in one unit. The number of units on ships can be different, but, as a rule, at least two. In this paper, we propose a method of monitoring the dynamic electromechanical system “diesel synchronous generator”. The method aims at using a synchronous generator machine as a multifunctional accurate and sensitive sensor for diagnostic parameters of the electromechanical system. The proposed method of technical diagnostics is based on continuous monitoring of non-uniformity of diesel torque, fluctuations in the instantaneous angular velocity and instantaneous angular acceleration of the diesel crankshaft. These data are the results of a spectral analysis of stator currents and voltages of a synchronous generator.</p></abstract>

Diesel generator sets (DGU) are very widely used in autonomous power supply systems. An example is marine power plants, diesel locomotives with electric power transmission, uninterruptible power supply units, etc. The power of ship DGUs reaches 2–6 or more MW in one unit. The number of units on ships can be different, but, as a rule, at least two. In this paper, we propose a method of monitoring the dynamic electromechanical system “diesel synchronous generator”. The method aims at using a synchronous generator machine as a multifunctional accurate and sensitive sensor for diagnostic parameters of the electromechanical system. The proposed method of technical diagnostics is based on continuous monitoring of non-uniformity of diesel torque, fluctuations in the instantaneous angular velocity and instantaneous angular acceleration of the diesel crankshaft. These data are the results of a spectral analysis of stator currents and voltages of a synchronous generator.

Spectral Analysis of Output Voltages and Currents as a Criterion for Technical Diagnostics of Synchronous Generators of Ship Diesel Engine

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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Diesel generator sets (DGU) are very widely used in autonomous power supply systems. An example is marine power plants, diesel locomotives with electric power...

Spectral Analysis of Output Voltages and Currents as a Criterion for Technical Diagnostics of Synchronous Generators of Ship Diesel Engine

Published Online: Aug 10, 2020

Page range: 12 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2020-0018

Keywords
acceleration, angular velocity, diagnostics, diesel, generator, spectrum, stator current, voltage

© 2020 A. Gasparjans et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Spectral Analysis of Output Voltages and Currents as a Criterion for Technical Diagnostics of Synchronous Generators of Ship Diesel Engine

Published Online: Aug 10, 2020

Page range: 12 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2020-0018

Keywordsacceleration, angular velocity, diagnostics, diesel, generator, spectrum, stator current, voltage

© 2020 A. Gasparjans et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
acceleration, angular velocity, diagnostics, diesel, generator, spectrum, stator current, voltage