A low-intrusion load and efficiency evaluation method for in-service motors using vibration tests with an accelerometer

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1341-1349

  Zhang, He ^a,b   Zanchetta, Pericle ^a   Bradley, Keith J ^a   Gerada, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy and efficiency measurement; induction machines; industrial power system; vibration

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY EVALUATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INDUCTION MACHINES; INDUSTRIAL POWER SYSTEMS; MOTOR LOADS; MOTOR MONITORING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIMOTOR; OPERATING CONDITION; PLANT EFFICIENCY; SHAFT SPEED; VIBRATION SIGNATURE; VIBRATION TEST;

ACCELEROMETERS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INDUCTION MOTORS; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954883641     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2010.2049550     Document Type: Article

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