IP Library Granted Patent US 12,308,639
Granted Patent B2
US 12,308,639 · App. 17/629,935 · Granted May 20, 2025

Method for identifying asymmetrical vibrations when operating an electrical device connected to a high-voltage grid

Inventors: Holger Herterich (Nuremberg, DE); Franz Klammler (Passail, AT); Ruediger Kutzner (Zirndorf, DE); Harald Mayer (Roethenbach an der Pegnitz, DE); Marc Weber (Nuremberg, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
H02J13/00002G01R23/16G01R31/62H02J13/00032H02J2203/10
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Patent No.
US 12,308,639
App. No.
17/629,935
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for identifying asymmetrical vibrations during the operation of an electric device which is connected to a high-voltage grid: Operational noise of the electric device is detected using acoustic sensors which output measured values. The measured values and/or values derived therefrom are transmitted to a communication unit via a close-range communication connection and then transmitted to a data processing cloud via a far-range communication connection. The measured values and/or the values derived from the measured values are separated into frequency components by the data processing cloud using a Fourier transformation, thereby obtaining a frequency spectrum. Odd and even frequency components of the frequency spectrum are ascertained on the basis of a base frequency of the high-voltage supply grid and put into a ratio R relative to one another. The presence of asymmetrical vibrations is indicated if the ratio R exceeds a specified threshold.

Claims (15)

1. A method of identifying asymmetrical vibrations during an operation of an electrical device which is connected to a high-voltage grid, the method comprising:

acquiring operational noise of the electrical device using acoustic sensors which provide measurement values on an output side;

transmitting the measurement values and/or values derived from the measurement values to a communication unit via a short-range communication connection;

transmitting the measurement values and/or the values derived from the measurement values from the communication unit to a data processing cloud via a long-range communication connection;

breaking down the measurement values and/or the values derived from the measurement values into their frequency components in the data processing cloud by way of a Fourier transformation so as to obtain a frequency spectrum;

ascertaining odd and even frequency components of the frequency spectrum based on a fundamental frequency of the high-voltage grid and determining a ratio R between the odd and even frequency components; and

if the ratio R exceeds a predetermined threshold value concluding a presence of asymmetrical vibrations of the electrical device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , which comprises storing the measurement values and/or values derived from the measurement values in a memory unit of the communication unit.

3. The method according to claim 2 , which comprises ascertaining a geographic location of the communication unit and of the electrical device connected thereto and transmitting the geographic location to the data processing cloud by way of an antenna for position determination, which is arranged in the communication unit.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the communication unit is a mobile telephone.

5. The method according to claim 1 , which the communication unit is one of a plurality of communication units each having a memory for storing the measurement values and/or values derived from the measurement values.

6. The method according to claim 1 , which comprises acquiring the acoustic signals at various locations in close vicinity to the electrical device.

7. The method according to claim 1 , which comprises acquiring the acoustic signals over a predefined period.

8. A computer program for a computation device, the computer program being configured for executing the method according to claim 1 .

9. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory storage medium containing a computer program configured for executing the method according to claim 1 when the program is loaded into a computer.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2025
From: SIEMENS AG ÖSTERREICH
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 070070/0488 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2022
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 060175/0698 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: HERTERICH, HOLGER; KUTZNER, RUEDIGER; MAYER, HARALD; WEBER, MARC
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 060157/0854 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: KLAMMLER, FRANZ
To: SIEMENS AG OESTERREICH
Reel/Frame 060157/0895 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 211 040.1 · Jul 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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