CA2974847C - Method for detecting cavitation - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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Abstract
Description
Cavitation can occur during the operation of a hydraulic machine. Cavitation generally occurs in operating ranges that are outside the optimum operating range for which the hydraulic machine was primarily designed. Cavitation may lead to increased wear of the hydraulic machine. In certain operating states, the occurrence of cavitation cannot be reliably predicted, especially in the transitional areas of no cavitation -cavitation. Many circumstances influence cavitation behavior. Among the factors responsible for discrepancies in the prediction are the influence of air pressure, water temperature, sediment concentration in the water or the degree to which the hydraulic surfaces are worn down. At the same time, on the one hand the exact dependence of the cavitation on the parameters mentioned is often not sufficiently known, and on the other hand some of the parameters cannot be detected with sufficient accuracy. Therefore, in order to exclude cavitation reliably, certain operating ranges must be avoided. As a result, the usable operating range of a hydraulic machine is restricted.
Another strategy for reducing the harmful effects of cavitation is pursued in the case of some turbines, in that air is fed into the water at suitable locations.
The feeding-in of the air generally requires compressors, which have a not inconsiderable energy consumption. Since, as described above, it cannot be accurately predicted in which operating ranges harmful cavitation will occur, in the case of these turbines the blowing-in of air is already activated as a
The adverse effects mentioned could be avoided if incipient cavitation could be reliably measured.
The object of the present invention is therefore to provide a method for measuring cavitation that is reliable and can be easily applied and can be used during the operation of the hydraulic machine in order to detect incipient cavitation and to choose the operating state in such a way that cavitation is just avoided.
Various methods for detecting cavitation by means of measuring instruments are known. One possibility is for example the use of structure-borne sound sensors that are designed specifically for very high frequencies (100 kHz to 1 MHz) and are attached to the turbine casing. For further processing, it has proven to be beneficial to form two characteristic values (W. Knapp, C. Schneider, R. Schilling "Ein Monitor-System zur akustischen KavitationsUberwachung von Wasserturbinen"
[A monitoring system for the acoustic cavitation monitoring of water turbines], 8th international seminar on "Wasserkraftanlagen" [hydroelectric power plants], TU Wien [Vienna University of Technology], 1994). Characteristic value 1 represents the sum effective value of the highpass-filtered time signal.
Characteristic value 2 is a counting signal. The evaluator in this case counts the peaks in a predefined time window.
The inventor has thoroughly investigated variants of the measuring and evaluation methods that are known and
Investigations that were carried out on 4 different hydraulic machines gave different limit values for each of these hydraulic machines. The limit values on these machines could only be determined because it was known for these machines, or was otherwise possible to observe, when cavitation occurs and when it does not.
During the operation of a randomly chosen hydraulic machine, it is neither known nor can be otherwise observed when cavitation occurs. Therefore, the measuring and evaluation methods that are known and described above cannot be applied in practice to a randomly chosen hydraulic machine, since the required limit values for the hydraulic machine are not known and cannot be determined without an extremely great effort (for example by fitting windows in the water-carrying channels through which the occurrence of cavitation could be visually observed).
The inventor has recognized that the stated object can be achieved by finding an alternative measuring and evaluation method which indicates cavitation by the measured variable exceeding a limit value, it being possible for the limit value to be chosen such that it is the same globally for any randomly chosen hydraulic machine. This global limit value can then be fixed on one or more hydraulic machines that are well known and/or accessible for viewing, and be used for the measuring method on a randomly chosen hydraulic machine.
The way in which this is achieved is based on a novel and inventive evaluation method, which is described below. The measuring and evaluation method according to the invention is likewise based on measurement with the aid of structure-borne sound sensors. The basis for the evaluation method that is used is the raw signal from one or more structure-borne sound sensors. The signal of the at least one sensor is detected over a time period which is of such a length that it comprises at least one rotation of the impeller. Proceeding from this raw signal, the following evaluation steps are carried out:
Choice of the frequency band to be considered: the detected structure-borne signal is filtered with a bandpass filter. Filtering limits that have proven to be practicable are f_min=100 kHz and f_max=300 kHz. The method also still works however with filtering limits that deviate from the values mentioned, for example with f min=200 kHz and f max-600 kHz.
Preparation of the signal: if appropriate, the filtered signal is scaled, in order to take into account the gain factor of the sensor used. Subsequently, the mean value of the signal is subtracted, in order to compensate for a possible offset of the signal. This is followed by denoising the signal with a suitable filtering function.
Division of the signal with respect to the position of the impeller of the hydraulic machine: during the measurement, the impeller of the hydraulic machine rotates. The known rotational speed can be used to calculate the time interval Delta T 360, in which the impeller has turned once through 3600. The time \
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Spectral decomposition of the prepared partial signals:
the signal is spectrally decomposed for each time interval, and the spectrum obtained provides information on the spectral composition of the signal.
Application of an event counter: an event counter is applied to the respective spectrum. For this purpose, a threshold value must be fixed. This threshold value is global, i.e. not dependent on the hydraulic machine being measured. Details of fixing the threshold value are described further below. There is an event to be counted if at least one evaluation point comes to lie above the threshold value thus fixed. If a number of successive points lie above the threshold, there is likewise a single event, which however is given a higher weighting, as described below.
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Comparison with the limit value: the characteristic value is compared with a limit value. The limit value is the same for all hydraulic machines. If the characteristic value exceeds the limit value, there is cavitation, and suitable means for avoiding damage can be taken (for example altering the operating state or blowing in air).
Global determination of the threshold value and the limit value: the threshold value and the limit value were fixed by the inventor on the basis of the 4 hydraulic machines investigated. The same threshold value and the same limit value were obtained for all 4 machines. The absolute value of the threshold value and the limit value only depends here on the gain factor or the sensitivity of the sensors used and the parameters of the evaluation method (for example on the frequency \
It is also possible to work with a number of threshold values and limit values. If for example it is wished to indicate cavitation that is just beginning, a second, lower threshold value and a second corresponding limit value are chosen. For the occurrence of cavitation that is beginning, the inventor fixed a threshold value of 0.01 V2 and a limit value of 10 (likewise under the conditions mentioned in the paragraph above).
Finally, it should also be mentioned that the sensor or sensors used must of course be attached at suitable locations of the hydraulic machine (for example on the
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detection of a signal of the at least one sensor over a time period which comprises at least one rotation of the impeller;
bandpass filtering of the signal;
preparation of the signal;
temporal division of the signal into suitable time intervals, wherein the next three steps following this are carried out separately on the individual partial signals: (1) spectral decomposition; (2) application of an event counter in the frequency domain, wherein an event is present if a signal point lies above a fixed threshold value, wherein a number of successive signal points above the threshold value count as a single event;
(3) determination of the extent of the events in the frequency band; calculation of at least one characteristic value from the number and the extent of the events of all the partial signals, wherein a metric which contains a multiplication of the number of events with the extent of the events is used; comparison of the at least one characteristic value with at least one limit value.
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