IP Library Granted Patent US 10,564,204
Granted Patent B2
US 10,564,204 · App. 15/663,697 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Method and system for diagnostics and monitoring of electric machines

Inventors: Luke Anthony Solomon (Pittsburgh, PA); Stuart Gray (Houston, TX); Michael Richard Doucette (Pittsburgh, PA); Sergio Dominguez (Rugby, GB); Alexander Richard Sieman (Boardman, OH)
Assignee: General Electric Company
G01R31/02G06F1/28G05B23/024G05B23/0254G06N3/02G06N20/00G06N20/10G06N20/20
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Patent No.
US 10,564,204
App. No.
15/663,697
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for use with an electric machine is provided. The system includes a processor and a memory comprising a set of memory modules, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform certain operations. The operations include receiving operational data from the electric machine, and generating, based on the operational data, a first set of diagnostic data, by executing a first memory module from the set of memory modules. The operations further include generating, based on the operational data, a second set of diagnostic data, by executing a second memory module from the set of memory modules, the second memory module including a set of parameters associated with a diagnostics model of the electric machine. Furthermore, the operations include effecting, based on the operational data, the first set of diagnostic data, and the second set of diagnostic data, a change in at least one parameter.

Claims (22)

1. A system for performing diagnostic testing on an electric machine, the system comprising:

a diagnostic unit coupled to the electric machine and configured to retrieve from the electric machine retrieve or to instruct the electric machine to send a set of sensor measurements to determine a state of the electric machine, and including:

a processor; and

a memory stored thereon a set of memory modules, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:

receiving the set of sensor measurements being operational data, from the electric machine,

generating, based on the operational data, a first set of diagnostic data, by executing a first memory module being a non-adaptive module from the set of memory modules,

generating, based on the operational data, a second set of diagnostic data, by executing a second memory module being an adaptive module from the set of memory modules, the second memory module including an adaptive routine including a set of parameters associated with a diagnostics model of the electric machine, and

effecting, based on the operational data, the first set of diagnostic data, and the second set of diagnostic data, in parallel, a change in at least one parameter from the set of parameters, wherein an existence of a fault is determined using both the first set of diagnostic data and the second set of diagnostic data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor measurements include at least one of voltage, current, temperature, vibration signature, and insulation integrity of the electric machine.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the effecting is further based on data received by the processor from a remote terminal, the data received from the remote terminal being associated with an assessment from an operator.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein non-adaptive processing performed by the non-adaptive module is based on a physics-based model of the electric machine.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein non-adaptive processing performed by the non-adaptive module is based on a finite-element-analysis (FEA)-based model of the electric machine.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein non-adaptive processing performed by the non-adaptive module is based on a non-learning-based model of the electric machine.

7. A method for performing diagnostic testing on an electric machine, the method comprising:

coupling a diagnostic unit to the electric machine and receiving from the electric machine or instructing the electric machine, by the diagnostic unit, to send a set of sensor measurements being operational data to determine a state of the electric machine;

generating a first set of diagnostic data by the diagnostic unit, by execution of a first memory module being a non-adaptive module of the diagnostic unit and based on the operational data;

generating a second set of diagnostic data by the diagnostic unit, by execution of a second memory module being an adaptive module of the diagnostic unit and including an adaptive routine including a set of parameters associated with a diagnostic module of the electric machine and based on the operational data; and

effecting, based on the operational data, the first set of diagnostic data, and the second set of diagnostic data, in parallel, a change in at least one parameter of a diagnostic model of the diagnostic unit used to generate the second set of diagnostic data wherein an existence of a fault is determined using both the first set of diagnostic data and the second set of diagnostic data.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the sensor data measurements include at least one of voltage, current, temperature, vibration signature, and insulation integrity of the electric machine.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the effecting is further based on data received by the diagnostic unit from a remote terminal, the data received from the remote terminal being associated with an assessment from an operator.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein non-adaptive processing performed by the non-adaptive module is based on a physics-based model of the electric machine.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein non-adaptive processing performed by the non-adaptive module is based on a finite element analysis (FEA)-based model of the electric machine.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
To: GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066000/0704 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2017
From: SOLOMON, LUKE ANTHONY; GRAY, STUART; DOUCETTE, MICHAEL RICHARD; DOMINGUEZ, SERGIO; SIEMAN, ALEXANDER RICHARD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Reel/Frame 043475/0460 →
Continuity (1)
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