Models of reliability prediction of electric machine taking into account the state of major structural units
Abstract
It is shown that conventional mathematical models for calculation of the reliability of electric machine structural units, based on the theory of planning an experiment, do not take into account the peculiarities of their properties variation during the process of manufacture and long-term operation. Taking into consideration the multiple factors of the assigned problem, the prospect of the use of fuzzy logic postulates in the creation of models for calculation of reliability is substantiated. An approach to such models building is formed.
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Models o Reliabili y P edic ion o Elec ic
Machine Taking in o Accoun he S a e o Majo
S uc u al Uni s
Mykhaylo ZAGIRNYAK1, Viachesla PRUS1, Oleksand SOMKA1, I o DOLEZEL2
1Depa men o Elec ic Machines and De ices, Ins i u e o Elec omechanics, Ene gy Sa ing, and Au oma ic
Con ol Sys ems, K emenchuk Mykhailo Os oh adskyi Na ional Uni e si y, Pe sho a ne a s ee 20,
39600 K emenchuk, Uk aine
2Depa men o Theo e ical Elec ical Enginee ing, Facul y o Elec ical Enginee ing,
Uni e si y o Wes Bohemia, Uni e zi ni 8, 306 14 Pilsen, Czech Republic
[email p o ec ed], iachesla[email p o ec ed], [email p o ec ed], [email p o ec ed]
DOI: 10.15598/aeee. 13i5.1397
Abs ac . I is shown ha con en ional ma hema i-
cal models o calcula ion o he eliabili y o elec ic
machine s uc u al uni s, based on he heo y o plan-
ning an expe imen , do no ake in o accoun he pecu-
lia i ies o hei p ope ies a ia ion du ing he p ocess
o manu ac u e and long- e m ope a ion. Taking in o
conside a ion he mul iple ac o s o he assigned p ob-
lem, he p ospec o he use o uzzy logic pos ula es in
he c ea ion o models o calcula ion o eliabili y is
subs an ia ed. An app oach o such models building is
o med.
Keywo ds
Elec ic machine, uzzy logic, eliabili y, ib a-
ion.
1. In oduc ion
In elec ic machines (EM) ope a ion, he main ask is
o secu e equi ed eliabili y along wi h highes pos-
sible ene gy e iciency. The conside ed p oblem can
be sol ed comple ely only unde he condi ion o ak-
ing in o accoun eal physical p ocesses aking place in
EM in s a ic and dynamic ope a ion modes, which is
no always possible. This is explained by inadequacy
o heo e ical ideas abou EM pa ame e s change, by
change o losses in ce ain uni s, and also by absence
o eliable me hods o hei de e mina ion unde un-
ce ain y o he condi ions o s uc u al componen s in
he p ocess o ope a ion [1], [2], [3].
2. Mo i a ion
Exis ing models o eliabili y o EM s uc u al uni s
a e mos ly based on he heo y o planning an expe -
imen . They connec eliabili y e alua ion pa ame e s
wi h ope a ion modes o EM. Fo example, eliabili y
o a di ec cu en elec ic mo o o a powe wheel is
de e mined by ela ion o a ailu e a e [4]
λm=Vekw·10−60.0011 op
a
exp [ 0.113ε−
−0.019ib+ 0.08εib]+0.062 ·103.77kτ+ 0.951,
(1)
whe e Ve– a e age ope a ing speed o he au omo-
bile; kw– coe icien aking in o conside a ion ope -
a ing condi ions a g oups o en e p ises o di e en
indus ies; op
a– ela ion be ween ime op o ope a ion
o an ali e elec ic mo o and o al ime ao anspo
cycle; ε– ol age be ween adjacen commu a o ba s;
ib– cu en densi y unde he b ush; kτ– ela i e co-
e icien o o e hea ing occu ed du ing he ope a ing
cycle.
Such models a e c ea ed o a ce ain EM ypes and
canno be gene alized o o he se ies and e sions. Be-
sides, he mechanism o aking in o conside a ion he
change o he p ope ies o s uc u al assemblies du -
ing hei aging is absen in hem. The mos in o ma i e
o he exis ing eliabili y models ake in o accoun he
ime o EM ope a ion by in oduc ion o addi ional co-
e icien s [4]
F( ) = Pn
i=1 ciFi( ) =
=Pn
i=1 ci1−exp −
aibi,
(2)
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whe e n– in e als numbe ; ci– weigh coe icien ;
bi,ai– pa ame e s o Weibull dis ibu ion a he i- h
in e al.
Ob iously, he coe icien ciis o be a iable in his
case. Howe e , ecommenda ions as o i s de e mi-
na ion a e p ac ically absen , which makes impossible
p ac ical use o Eq. (2).
Thus, he e occu s a necessi y o de elopmen o new
models explici ly aking in o accoun he indices o e-
liabili y depending on he s a e o he basic s uc u al
uni s.
The pu pose o he pape consis ed in he esea ch
o a ia ions o he p ope ies o EMs s uc u al uni s
and elemen s wi h he ollowing subs an ia ion o hei
in luence on he pa ame e s de e mining he indices o
EMs eliabili y.
As in e ela ion o ac o s, which desc ibe condi-
ions o EM s uc u al componen s and hei in e e-
la ion wi h eliabili y ac o s, is no unambiguous, he
p omising way o sol e his ask is he use o uzzy
logic.
3. Theo e ical Pos ula es
Du ing he esea ch, he main ypes o s uc u al uni
aul s in luencing he eliabili y indices we e singled
ou . They include a ious ypes o damages o bea -
ing uni , s a o co e, windings, o o (a ma u e) and
swi ching poin s.
Fac o s showing du ing ope a ion and cha ac e izing
he s a e o hese uni s change due o p esence and de-
elopmen o ce ain de ec s. So, o collec o and bea -
ing uni s hese a e, espec i ely, hei empe a u es θc
and θb, ib a ion eloci y νand angula equency ω
o o o o a ion, o he winding – empe a u e θW
and ib a ion eloci y ν. Vib a ion eloci y νand cu -
en densi y Jb unde he b ush a e ypical o con ac
ings, e c. As e e y uni o elemen is in luenced by
i s own ac o s, and he deg ee o hei a ia ion is no
de e mined eliably, hei mu ual in luence and connec-
ion wi h de ec s o s uc u al uni s can be aken in o
accoun wi h he use o uzzy logic pos ula es [5].
In his case, he mos e icien app oach consis s in
di ec ealiza ion o in e connec ion o he s a e o uni s
and in luencing ac o s wi h eliabili y indices. I en-
ables ob aining a gene alized model o EM eliabili y in
a a he simple o m. Howe e , his app oach canno
always be applied because o a high deg ee o unce -
ain y o in e connec ions be ween pa ame e s o sep-
a a e uni s when he e is a ela i ely la ge numbe
o in luencing ac o s. So, i is mo e e icien o use
uni models ela ing in luencing ac o s o s uc u al
de ec s; la e hese models a e ans o med in o EMs
eliabili y models wi h he use o he basic pos ula es
o eliabili y heo y [6].
Despi e seeming a ie y o di e en de ec s o s uc-
u al uni s and elemen s, hei in luence on EM elia-
bili y is mainly educed o de e io a ion o he mal and
ib a ion p ocesses.
As de ec s and damages o elec ic machines s uc-
u al uni s a e dis ibu ed in a andom manne and
a e o di e en na u e, i was p oposed o inc ease he
numbe o he analyzed pa ame e s o he mal and i-
b a ion p ocesses.
Rela ions used in calcula ion models and connec -
ing he pa ame e s o hese p ocesses wi h he s a e o
s uc u al uni s a e o be ex emely simpli ied and con-
c e ized. I enables singling ou signi ican pa ame e s
in luencing ib a ion and empe a u e componen s and
ela es all he es o a iable alues.
As aul s and damages o EM s uc u al componen s
a e andomly dis ibu ed and ha e di e en o igin, in
o de o ex end he numbe o analyzed ac o s o i-
b a ion i was con i med he necessi y o es ima ion
he ac o s o mechanical and elec omagne ic na u e
sepa a ely.
As a esul , ela ions o ib a ion eloci y compo-
nen s, depending on pa ame e s in luencing i ob ained
he o m:
ν = (ω;δe;kk1),(3)
νz= (ω; ∆ ; ∆a;kk2),(4)
whe e ν and νz– gene al le el o ib a ion eloc-
i y caused by o o and bea ings imbalance in adial
and axial di ec ions; δe– adial clea ance in bea ings;
kk1, kk2– s uc u al coe icien s; ∆ and ∆a– axial and
ace unou , espec i ely.
Elec omagne ic ib a ion is desc ibed by a depen-
dence o he o m
νm= ( 0;Bµ;Bν;kχ;kd1;kk3),(5)
whe e 0– double equency o he ne wo k; Bµ– am-
pli ude o he ee h ha monic o s a o ield; Bν– am-
pli ude o he non- ee h ha monic o he s a o ield; kχ
– coe icien o he o o slo s slan ; kd1– de o ma ion
coe icien , kk3– s uc u al coe icien .
As he numbe o signi ican pa ame e s in Eq. (3),
Eq. (4), Eq. (5) does no exceed h ee, he inal com-
pu a ions a e based upon hese pa ame e s o e e y
sepa a e case using expe imen al design heo y.
Values o ib a ion componen s ob ained by Eq. (3),
Eq. (4), Eq. (5) make i possible o calcula e he esul -
ing alue o ib a ion eloci y on he basis o ela ion
ν=p(νm+ν )2+ν2
z.(6)
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When he maximum alue o winding o e hea is cal-
cula ed, especially in he case o damaged lamina ed
co es, i is necessa y o addi ionally ake in o accoun
he i egula i y o i s empe a u e dis ibu ion. I can
be aken in o accoun by a dependence o he o m
θmax = (∆ϑin, λi,∆pi),(7)
whe e ∆ϑin – excess o ai empe a u e inside he ma-
chine, λi,∆pi– local alues, espec i ely, o he mal
conduc i i y coe icien and speci ic s eel losses.
Apa om he desc ibed pa ame e s, he use o
spec al componen s o ib a ion eloci y a he sup-
ply ol age equency and o a ion equency, as well as
measu emen o empe a u e a he poin s o assumed
maximum by means o embedded empe a u e indica-
o a e also e icien .
Solu ion o he p oblem o eliabili y es ima ion in
he men ioned o mula ion equi es applica ion o an
expe sys em making logic conclusions o wo ypes:
•Es ima ion o de ia ion o each pa ame e ( em-
pe a u e, ib a ion eloci y, e c.) o he uni in
ela ion o no mal alues o his machine in ime
and equency domains, aking in o accoun he
ope a ing condi ion (cu en load, en i onmen
empe a u e, s a ing condi ion, e c.).
•De e mina ion o he de ec ype and es ima ion
o he emaining ime o ope a ion o he uni ac-
co ding o he esul s o calcula ion o he i s
s age.
In his case combina ion o he classical expe sys-
em wi h uzzy logic in assigning specialized ules o
Fig. 1: Diag am o an expe sys em o es ima ion o he eli-
abili y o EMs wi h unc ions o uzzy conclusion.
diagnos ics o he s a e o EMs enables a mo e com-
plex app oach o he p oblem o calcula ion o hei
eliabili y, which is explained by Fig. 1.
As an example he bea ing uni was analyzed
(Fig. 2).
I can be seen in Fig. 2 ha i consis s o a case cap
1 wi h a bea ing in e ace 3 and he bea ing p ope
including olling elemen s 4, an inne ace 5 igidly
moun ed on sha 2 and an ou e ace 6. Due o man-
u ac u e de ec s and imp ope ins alla ion o he bea -
ing, as well as when he case cap is lashed o skewed,
such de ec s as c umpling o wo king su aces o aces
and olling elemen s (plas ic de o ma ion unde he ac-
ion o ib a ion, shock o s a is ical loads), des uc-
ion o sepa a o (unde he ac ion o cen i ugal o ce
and impac on he sepa a o o a ious-size olling el-
emen s), des uc ion o aces, olling elemen s and he
body o he machine ( aces skews, shock o e loads) oc-
cu in he uni . In his case gaps δappea in in e aces,
he e occu shi s o he axis o bea ing moun ing (an-
gle α), o ces F, de e mining he applica ion o he load
and ic ion in ensi y, edis ibu e.
Fig. 2: Design diag am o a bea ing uni .
The inpu pa ame e s o uzzy logic include ib a-
ion componen s ν, νm, ν , νz, calcula ed acco ding o
Eq. (3), Eq. (4), Eq. (5), Eq. (6) bo h o absence and
p esence o damage, wo ha monics o he adial com-
ponen o ib a ion eloci y a he supply equency
and wo ha monics o he axial componen o ib a ion
eloci y a supply ol age equency de e mined by he
pa ame e s o he ins alled bea ing, empe a u e θlo
he end pa s on he side o he uni damage in acco -
dance wi h Eq. (7).
The ope a ing p inciple o he model consis s in com-
pa a i e analysis o he inpu pa ame e s wi h he ol-
lowing ecalcula ion o e o - ee unning ime Tde-
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pending on exceeding o one o h ee ins alled le els by
one o hem o by some o hem simul aneously.
The model was c ea ed wi h he use o he possibil-
i ies p o ided by he applica ion package o he wo k
wi h uzzy logic [7]. The gene al iew o he model is
p esen ed in Fig. 3. Fuzzy condi ions a e o med ac-
co ding o he alues o nine inpu a iables and he
assignmen o he membe ship unc ion co esponds o
hei h ee le els (low, medium and high).
Fig. 3: Gene al iew o a uzzy model o a bea ing uni .
Unde he condi ion o s uc u al aul lessness o all
he o he s uc u al componen s o he EM he de el-
oped model enables de e mina ion o : slackening o he
bea ing i acco ding o g ow h o he adial compo-
nen and winding hea ing; balls de ec s – a addi ional
inc ease o spec al componen s a he equencies di-
isible by he supply equency; pi o des uc ion –
acco ding o g ow h o ib a ion in he axial di ec ion
and o he ypes o de ec s.
4. Expe imen al Resea ches
Du ing he esea ch he main ypes o s uc u al uni
aul s in luencing he eliabili y indices we e singled
ou . They include a ious ypes o damages o bea -
ing uni , s a o co e, windings, a o o (a ma u e) and
cu en collec ion uni s.
Theses o e ed in he pape we e es ed du ing expe -
imen al esea ch when he e iciency o eliabili y model
was being es ima ed o a bea ing uni o AOL12-4 in-
duc ion mo o wi h a ed-in aul o he ou e ing.
The aul was ob ained by a uni o m dec ease o he
ing diame e due o i s g inding o . This de ec e-
sul s in he s a ic and dynamic eccen ici y o he ai
gap, as well as in pa ial magne ic sa u a ion o he
ac i e co e because o he mo o o e load. I becomes
appa en in he inc ease o ib a ion componen s a
he double equency o powe supply and he basic
o a ion equency.
Besides, he posi ion o he axis he cap was changed
by i s imp ope ins alla ion. Pa ame e s δand α, as
well as he equi ed s uc u al pa ame e s we e di ec ly
aken in o accoun in he model p ope .
Expe imen al da a we e ob ained on he basis o a
compu e -aided complex wi h he s uc u e shown in
Fig. 4. A measu ing pa o he complex is buil on
he basis o a ce i ied measu ing module LCa d E14-
440, including an analog-digi al con e e (ADC) and
channels o disc e e inpu /ou pu (DIO) connec ed o
a pe sonal compu e (PC).
Fig. 4: S uc u e o he measu ing complex.
ADC block has 16 di e en ial channels o analog in-
pu o which he senso s o measu emen o basic pa-
ame e s can be connec ed h ough in e aces schemes
(IS 1–4): al e na e cu en senso (CS) wi h ope a -
ing ange 0..100 A and educed e o o 1.5 %, al e -
na e ol age senso (VS) wi h ope a ing ange 0..750 V
and educed e o o 1 %, ib a ion senso s (VBS1,
2) wi h ope a ing ange up o 4000 Hz, and mea-
su ing inaccu acy o ib a ion pa ame e a wo king
bank no mo e han 1.5 %. Con ol o IS cha ac e is-
ics is pe o med h ough DIO channels. Tempe a u e
senso s (TS) 700-101BAA-B00 wi h ope a ing ange -
70..+500 ◦C and sensibili y ±0.06 %, and a o a ion
equency senso (RFS) based on op ical achome e
BE-5H wi h z= 1000 o −1and equency measu e-
men uni , a e connec ed o PC sepa a ely h ough an
in e ace con e e (IC).
Inpu pa ame e s o he uzzy model we e de e -
mined by means o i e old measu emen wi h he ol-
lowing s a is ic p ocessing o he esul s. Magne ic
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ib a ion was sepa a ed om he o e all one due o
swi ching o he EM supply ol age.
The ob ained alues o ib a ion eloci y:
νe 1= 0.74 mm ·s−1;νe 2= 1.16 mm ·s−1;
νez1= 0.8 mm ·s−1;νez2= 0.95 mm ·s−1,
whe e νe 1, νe 2;νez1, νez2– espec i ely adial and ax-
ial oo -mean-squa e alues o ib a ion eloci y o EM
wi hou damages (1) and wi h damaged (2) bea ing
uni (Fig. 5).
Co esponding alues o empe a u e θla e espec-
i ely 67 and 70 ◦C (Fig. 5).
Fig. 5: Resul s o he change o he EM winding slo empe a-
u e: 1 – undamaged EM; 2 – EM wi h a damage.
In his case admissible alue νe o es ed EMs, ac-
co ding o S anda d 20815-93 is 1.12 MM/C, and alue
o he excessi e empe a u e o he winding o he p e-
sc ibed insula ion class B in EM – 80 ◦C.
To inc ease he eliabili y o iden i ica ion o he con-
side ed de ec s he esul s o spec al analysis o adial
componen o ib a ion o kha monics in ela ion o
ol age supply equency ( he 3 d and he 17 h ha -
monics in Fig. 6, which change unde damage p esen
shows appea ance o unbalance and elec ical asymme-
y o EM s uc u e) we e used.
Resul s o de e mina ion o e o - ee unning ime,
acco ding o simula ion da a using uzzy logic, di e
om expe imen al alues ob ained h ough mean al-
ues o ib a ion eloci y and empe a u e using expe i-
men al design heo y wi hin 17 %. Taking in o consid-
e a ion he ambigui y o he condi ion o o he s uc-
u al componen s, such an e o is admissible in his
case.
Fig. 6: Resul s o spec al analysis o a adial componen o
ib a ion: 1 – undamaged EM; 2 – EM wi h a damage.
Besides, he modeling esul s enable e alua ion o
he mu ual in luence o he inpu pa ame e s and, hus,
iden i ica ion o mani es a ion o basic de ec s. I p o-
ides he possibili y o accu a e de e mina ion o he
damage ype and he s a e o he conside ed uni a e
ele an imp o emen o he model.
5. Conclusion
The e iciency o he use o uzzy logic pos ula es in
he c ea ion o elec ic machine eliabili y p edic ion
models has been p o ed. I p o ides he possibili y o
aking in o accoun he a ia ion o he s a e o majo
s uc u al uni s and elemen s by es ima ion o hei
he mal and ib a ion pa ame e s.
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Abou Au ho s
Mykhaylo V. ZAGIRNYAK was bo n in 1947.
He g adua ed om Lugansk Machine-Cons uc ion
Ins i u e in 1970 and was quali ied as an Elec ical
Enginee , Lugansk, Uk aine. He ecei ed he deg ee o
Can.Sc. (Ph.D.) om Kha ko Poly echnical Ins i u e
in 1977, and he deg ee o DSc. om Kha ko S a e
Poly echnical Uni e si y in 1996, bo h in Elec ical
Enginee ing. He was isi ing esea che wi h he
Depa men o Elec ical Enginee ing, Uni e si y o
Ken ucky, Lexing on, USA unde IREX P og am
(1983–1984) and Fulb igh P og am (1997–1998). His
esea ch in e es s a e in he a ea o calcula ion o
magne ic ields o elec omagne ic sepa a o s, elec ic
machines and o he elec omagne ic de ices. P esen ly
he is ec o o K emenchuk Mykhailo Os oh adskyi
Na ional Uni e si y and Chai man and P o esso o
Elec ic Machines and De ices Depa men (K e-
menchuk, Uk aine).
Viachesla V. PRUS was bo n in 1973. He g ad-
ua ed om Kha ko S a e Poly echnical Uni e si y
in 1996 and was quali ied as an Elec ical Enginee .
He ecei ed he deg ee o Can.Sc. (Ph.D.) om
Ins i u e o Elec odynamics o Na ional Academy o
Science o Uk aine in 2004. His esea ch in e es s a e
in he a ea o elec ic machines and elec omagne ic
de ices. P esen ly he is Associa e P o esso o Elec ic
Machines and De ices Depa men o K emenchuk
Mykhailo Os oh adskyi Na ional Uni e si y (K e-
menchuk, Uk aine).
Oleksand O. SOMKA was bo n in 1989. He
ecei ed his M.Sc. deg ee om K emenchuk Mykhailo
Os oh adskyi Na ional Uni e si y in 2012. His
esea ch in e es s a e in he a ea o eliabili y o
elec ic machines. P esen ly he is a pos -g adua e
s uden o Elec ic Machines and De ices Depa men
o K emenchuk Mykhailo Os oh adskyi Na ional
Uni e si y (K emenchuk, Uk aine).
I o DOLEZEL was bo n in 1949. He ob ained
his M.Sc. deg ee om he Facul y o Elec ical
Enginee ing a he Czech Technical Uni e si y in
P ague in 1973. His in e es s a e aimed mainly a
ma hema ical and compu e modeling o elec omag-
ne ic ields and coupled p oblems in hea y cu en
and powe applica ions. He is an au ho o co-au ho
o wo monog aphs (USA), abou 450 esea ch pa-
pe s (o e 50 in jou nals wi h impac ac o s) and
se e al la ge codes. Membe o Scien i ic boa ds o
nume ous in e na ional con e ences, edi o ial boa ds
and o he bodies. P esen ly he wo ks wi h he Czech
Technical Uni e si y in P ague (Facul y o Elec ical
Enginee ing), Academy o Sciences o he Czech
Republic (Ins i u e o The momechanics) in P ague
and Uni e si y o Wes Bohemia (Facul y o Elec ical
Enginee ing) in Pilsen.
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