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Granted Patent B2
US 8,860,382 · App. 13/903,616 · Granted Oct 14, 2014

Method for damping torsional oscillations in a drive train component

Inventors: Christian Freier (Zellingen, DE); Andreas Vath (Leidersbach, DE); Sebastian Grimm (Wuerzburg, DE)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,860,382
App. No.
13/903,616
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for damping torsional oscillations in a drive train component, in particular a gearbox, in particular in a power production plant, includes adjusting a load on the output side in the drive train as a function of a difference between a rotational speed of an input shaft of the drive train component and a rotational speed of an output shaft of the drive train component.

Claims (23)

1. A method for damping torsional oscillations in a drive train component of a drive train, the drive train component having an input shaft and an output shaft, the method comprising:

adjusting a load on an output side in the drive train as a function of a difference between a rotational speed of the input shaft and a rotational speed of the output shaft.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational speed difference is regulated to a set point by adjusting the load on the output side.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the rotational speed difference is determined while considering a transmission ratio, the set point being zero.

4. The method according claim 1 , wherein one or more of the rotational speed of the input shaft and the rotational speed of the output shaft are measured.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein one or more of an acceleration of the input shaft and an acceleration of the output shaft are measured.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein one or more of the acceleration of the input shaft is measured by at least two sensors and the acceleration of the output shaft is measured by at least two sensors.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the load is adjusted as a function of a difference between a torsional moment of the input shaft and a torsional moment of the output shaft instead of the load being adjusted as a function of the difference between the rotational speeds of the input shaft and the output shaft.

8. The method according claim 1 , wherein a band blocking filter is used, the blocking frequency of which is set as a function of a measured rotational speed in the drive train.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a load moment of a generator is adjusted as output-side load.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein an additive actuating moment for the load moment is adjusted.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the drive train component is a gearbox in a power production plant.

12. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the one or more of the rotational speed of the input shaft and the rotational speed of the output shaft are measured by sensors.

13. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the one or more of the acceleration of the input shaft and the acceleration of the output shaft are measured by sensors.

14. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the band blocking filter is a notch filter.

15. A computing unit configured to implement a method for damping torsional oscillations in a drive train component of a drive train, the drive train component having an input shaft and an output shaft, the method comprising:

adjusting a load on an output side in the drive train as a function of a difference between a rotational speed of the input shaft and a rotational speed of the output shaft.

16. A drive train component, comprising:

an input shaft and an output shaft;

one or more of a first sensor configured to measure a rotational speed, an acceleration, or a torsional moment of the input shaft and a second sensor configured to measure a rotational speed, an acceleration, or a torsional moment of the output shaft; and

a computing unit configured to implement a method for damping torsional oscillations in the drive train, the method comprising:

adjusting a load on an output side in the drive train as a function of a difference between the rotational speed of the input shaft and the rotational speed of the output shaft.

17. The drive train component according to claim 16 , wherein the drive train component is for a wind power plant.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2016
From: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
To: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
Reel/Frame 037729/0297 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2013
From: FREIER, CHRISTIAN; VATH, ANDREAS; GRIMM, SEBASTIAN
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 031387/0527 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 010 420 · May 29, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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