Electronic Torsional Vibration Elimination for Synchronous Motor Driven Turbomachinery

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christof Sihler ◽  
Simon Schramm ◽  
Valerio Rossi ◽  
Andrea Lenzi ◽  
Valerio Depau
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical System ◽  
Power Electronics ◽  
Torsional Vibration ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Torque Ripple ◽  
Air Gap ◽  
Vibration Measurement ◽  
Vibration Level ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Electrical Drive

The oil and gas industry has a growing demand for electrically driven trains operated at variable speeds. Variable frequency electrical drives enable increased operational flexibility and energy efficiency. One drawback of power electronics driven systems is the generation of non-fundamental air-gap torque ripple components due to electrical harmonics. The air-gap torque ripple can interact with the mechanical system at natural torsional frequencies of the drive train. Uncontrolled excited torsional vibration can silently lead to coupling failure due to fatigue. The coincidence of electrical drive harmonics and natural torsional frequencies of the mechanical system is sometimes unavoidable, due to the large variable speed range of the compressor as for process requirements. For those types of applications, a damping system utilizing available power electronics has been developed that can be applied to new units but also as a retrofit solution in existing variable speed trains. Electronic torsional vibration elimination (eTVe) is based on an angular vibration measurement in the mechanical system and an interface to the existing inverter control of the electrical drive. An important milestone of the eTVe development was achieved in 2010, in site testing this new solution to Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) production trains and demonstrating that it can completely eliminate torsional vibrations. With eTVe a residual torsional vibration level was achieved that was lower than the vibration level measured while the LNG train was only gas turbine driven. This torsional performance was achieved with a standard load commutated inverter drive (LCI). LCIs are one of the most widespread electrical drive technology for gas compression trains because of excellent reliability records, and it is the only one referenced solution for electric power larger than 45 MW.

Torsional Vibration Protection System

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerio Depau ◽  
Valerio Rossi ◽  
Stefano Ponticelli
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Torsional Vibration ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Vibration Measurement ◽  
Synchronous Generators ◽  
Torsional Mode ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Measurement Systems ◽  
Damping Control

The increasing use of variable frequency drives (VFDs) and island mode power generation due to remotely located sites make these Oil and Gas industry plants vulnerable to sub-synchronous torsional interactions. These interactions can occur with synchronous generators supplying island-like power systems with large VFDs, but also in synchronous motor-driven turbomachinery, especially with increased nominal power and complexity of the drive train. The increasing number of site issues evidences the lack of suitable torsional vibration measurement systems. This paper describes applications of the TVPS, a device developed to address turbomachinery torsional vibration problems. The system answers the need for ruggedness and durability for long term monitoring and can be installed on any turbocompressor or turbogenerator unit without imposing additional requirements. TVPS applications experienced by the authors will be described in this paper, including coupling of the TVPS with an active torsional mode damping control successfully tested on an LNG production train.

Vibration source properties of cargo trains: free field vibration and trackside measurement analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (2) ◽  
pp. 4652-4659
Author(s):  
Eliam Vlijm
Keyword(s):  
Free Field ◽  
Vibration Measurement ◽  
Vibration Source ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
Vibration Level ◽  
Vibration Signals ◽  
Measurement Analysis ◽  
Train Speed ◽  
Rail Deflection

Annoyance caused by railway operations has gained increasing attention in the Netherlands. This has led to a multimillion research project into different aspects of train passages as a source of vibration. The project is initiated by the Dutch railway operator ProRail. In advance of this project a study has been performed on vibration signals at free field caused by cargo train passages at four different sites. The signals have been compared to trackside measurements. The trackside measurements consist of fibre optic measurements of the rail deflection at pre-installed locations different from the free field vibration measurement sites. Different vibration level indicators have been studied like train speed, axle loads and wheel roughness indicators and their correlation with vibration levels. Vibration levels are defined in several ways, a frequency weighted running mean square value (so-called Veffmax), a 2-second RMS level (unweighted) and levels per frequency band. Special attention is given to the variation in time of the measured vibration signals during the train passage to see whether 'bad quality' wheel passages can be identified. The results give valuable input for a future case study in which wheel quality and its influence on vibration levels will be studied further.

scholarly journals Experimental Study of the Shaft Penetration Factor on the Torsional Dynamic Response of a Drive Train

Machines ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Meeus ◽  
Björn Verrelst ◽  
David Moens ◽  
Patrick Guillaume ◽  
Dirk Lefeber
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Torsional Vibration ◽  
Torsional Stiffness ◽  
Vibration Measurement ◽  
Dynamic Amplification Factor ◽  
Torsional Mode ◽  
Penetration Factor ◽  
Torsional Response ◽  
Major Interest ◽  
Drive Trains

Typical rotating machinery drive trains are prone to torsional vibrations. Especially those drive trains that comprise one or more couplings which connect the multiple shafts. Since these vibrations rarely produce noise or vibration of the stationary frame, their presence is hardly noticeable. Moreover, unless an expensive torsional-related problem has become obvious, such drive trains are not instrumented with torsional vibration measurement equipment. Excessive levels can easily cause damage or even complete failure of the machine. So, when designing or retrofitting a machine, a comprehensive and detailed numerical torsional vibration analysis is crucial to avoid such problems. However, to accurately calculate the torsional modes, one has to account for the penetration effect of the shaft in the coupling hub, indicated by the shaft penetration factor, on the torsional stiffness calculation. Many guidelines and assumptions have been published for the stiffness calculation, however, its effect on the damping and the dynamic amplification factor are less known. In this paper, the effect of the shaft penetration factor, and hence coupling hub-to-shaft connection, on the dynamic torsional response of the system is determined by an experimental study. More specifically, the damping is of major interest. Accordingly, a novel academic test setup is developed in which several configurations, with each a different shaft penetration factor, are considered. Besides, different amplitude levels, along with both a sweep up and down excitation, are used to identify their effect on the torsional response. The measurement results show a significant influence of the shaft penetration factor on the system’s first torsional mode. By increasing the shaft penetration factor, and thus decreasing the hub-to-shaft interference, a clear eigenfrequency drop along with an equally noticeable damping increase, is witnessed. On the contrary, the influence of the sweep up versus down excitation is less pronounced.

Torque ripple optimization for synchronous reluctance motors based on a virtual permanent magnet harmonic machine model

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-338
Author(s):  
Yixiang Xu ◽  
Chong Di ◽  
Xiaohua Bao ◽  
Dongying Xu
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Permanent Magnet ◽  
Torque Ripple ◽  
Air Gap ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Machine Model ◽  
Asymmetric Rotor ◽  
Rotor Flux ◽  
Air Gap Magnetic Field ◽  
Intermediate Variables

The torque ripple is affected by both the stator and the rotor magnetic field harmonics. In synchronous reluctance motors (SynRM), there are only rotor permeance harmonics existing on the rotor side for the absence of the rotor windings. Since the asymmetric rotor flux barriers are widely applied in the SynRM rotor, it is difficult to calculate the rotor permeance accurately by the analytical method. In this article, the effects of the rotor permeance harmonics on the air-gap magnetic field are studied by a virtual permanent magnet harmonic machine (VPMHM), which is a finite-element (FE) based magnetostatic analysis model. The air-gap flux density harmonics produced by the SynRM rotor are extracted from the VPMHM model and used as the intermediate variables for the torque ripple optimization. The proposed method does not need to solve the transient process of motor motion. Hence, the time of the optimization process can be significantly shortened. Finally, a full electric cycle is simulated by dynamic FE simulation, and the torque ripple is proved to be effectively reduced.

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