Turbine Engine Health/Maintenance Status Monitoring with Use of Phase-Discrete Method of Blade Vibration Monitoring (original) (raw)

2005, RTO-MP-AVT-121 on 'Evaluation, Control and Prevention of High Cycle Fatigue in Gas Turbine Engines for Land, Sea and Air Vehicles'

The intended aim of the paper was to present a short review of more than 12 years of experience of ITWL in the field of applying the signal of actual rotational speed (aperiodic and oscillation components thereof) to the expert diagnosing of aero-engines, including identification of high-cycle fatigue (HCF) of critical structural members. What has been presented is some essential metrological bearings of the non-contact technique of measuring the engine’s rpm with some flexible key phasors (i.e. vibrating compressor/turbine blades). Also, methods of numerical analysis of measuring signals, in use nowadays, have been discussed. With the jet engine of the SO-3 type (in use on the TS-11 “Iskra” combat trainer) as an example, are discussed algorithms of both the identification of disadvantageous aeromechanical effects (energy state of the engine - i.e. the source of accelerated HCF wear of structural components) and the early detection of symptoms of fatigue failures to compressor blades and the bearing system. The discussed problems have been illustrated with examples selected as to emphasise practicalities of applying a new source of diagnostic information to ‘actively’ control the process of fatigue wear (HCF + LCF) of engine components and to forecast the engine health/maintenance status.

Rotating blades monitoring using standard turbine instrumentation

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2019

Ensuring the reliability of the steam turbine is fundamental task for its proper operation. Early detection of any failure avoids material and financial losses. A very important task in turbomachinery diagnostics is monitoring of rotating blades vibration, especially in terms of the last stages of low-pressure turbine parts, where, in general, the vibration can reach the important level due the blades length. The commonly used methods are based on stress evaluation using strain gauges or on the non-contact measurement of blade tips – blade tip-timing (BTT) method. Rising demand for low-cost monitoring systems suitable for blade monitoring has led to development of a new approach based on signal processing of standard turbine instrumentation. The symptoms of blade vibration could be also visible in signals from relative shaft vibration (SV) sensors, which are standardly installed in turbine journal bearings. This paper illustrates the principles and possibilities of the approach base...

Diagnostics gas turbine rotors in non stationary states

2011

Vibration tests of marine gas turbine engines are performed as research of on-line and off-line types. On-line Systems generally monitored one or two vibration symptoms, which asses the limited and/or the critical values of parameters and they, potentially, can warn and/or shutdown engines. Off-line Systems are usually used for vibration analysis during non-steady state of work. The paper presents comparison of different methods of analysis of vibration symptoms measured under run-up and shut-down processes of marine gas turbine engines. Results of tests were recorded on gas turbine engine DR76 type of the COGAG type propulsion system. Main goal of the research was qualified on helpfulness and unambiguous result, from synchronous measurement, order tracking and auto tracking. All vibration symptoms were chosen from the methodology of the diagnosing gas turbine engines operated in the Polish Navy, called Base Diagnosing System. Second purpose of the paper was the estimation of the po...

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