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Neural network auto-associator and method for induction motor monitoring
Assignee: Siemens Corp
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Filing: 1994-06-30
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Granted: 1996-11-19
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Expires: 2014-06-30
Abstract
Abstract A method for detecting a departure from normal operation of an electric motor comprises obtaining a set of normal current measurements for a motor being monitored; training a neural network auto-associator using the set of normal current measurements; making current measurements for the motor in operation; comparing the current measurements with the normal current measurements; and indicating abnormal operation whenever the current measurements deviate more than a predetermined amount from the normal current measurements. The method models a set of normal current measurements for the motor being monitored, and indicates a potential failure whenever measurements from the motor deviate significantly from a model. The model takes the form of an neural network auto-associator which is "trained"--using current measurements collected while the motor is known to be in a normal operating condition--to reproduce the inputs on the output. A new set of current measurements are classified as "good" or "bad" by first transforming the measurement using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and an internal scaling procedure, and then applying a subset of the transformed measurements as inputs to the neural network auto-associator. A decision is generated based on the difference between the input and output of the network.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas Petsche
- 👤 Stephen J. Hanson
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 21:31
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R31/00; G01R31/34; G01R31/343; G06; G06N; G06N3/00; G06N3/02; G06N3/04; G06N3/045; G06N3/0455; G06N3/0499; G06N3/08; G06N3/09; H; H02; H02H; H02H7/00; H02H7/08; H02H7/085; G06F; G06F2218/00; G06F2218/12; H02H1/00; H02H1/0092
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
Apparatus for detecting a departure from normal operation of an electric motor, comprising: sensing means for measuring a set of current values for a motor being monitored; first signal processing means coupled to said sensing means for deriving frequency spectral components associated with said set of current values; a neural network auto-associator coupled to said first signal processing means and further coupled to said sensing means for receiving at least a portion of said frequency spectral components and at least a portion of said set of current values as an input vector and having output terminals for providing an output vector; and second processing means coupled to said output terminals for comparing said input and output vectors for providing an error metric.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
Apparatus for detecting a departure from normal operation of an electric motor, comprising: sensing means for measuring a set of current values for a motor being monitored; first signal processing means coupled to said sensing means for deriving frequency spectral components associated with said set of current values; a neural network auto-associator coupled to said first signal processing means and further coupled to said sensing means for receiving at least a portion of said frequency spectral components and at least a portion of said set of current values as an input vector and having output terminals for providing an output vector; and second processing means coupled to said output terminals for comparing said input and output vectors for providing an error metric.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said first signal processing means performs a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said set of current values correspond to instantaneous values of current.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said set of current values correspond to RMS values of current.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said first signal processing means scales said frequency spectral components in accordance with predetermined weights.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 2, wherein said input vector comprises a subset of said frequency spectral components.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 2, wherein said second processing means provides a set of error metrics and includes means for evaluating said set of error metrics for providing a determination in accordance with predetermined criteria of whether motor operation is normal or not.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein neural network includes an autoassociator which is trained using a set of current values obtained from a motor known to be operating normally.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 8, wherein said set of current values are instantaneous values of current.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein neural network includes sigmoidal means for processing said input vector.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
13 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein neural network includes a hidden layer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
167 words
Apparatus for detecting a departure from normal operation of an electric motor, comprising: sensing means for measuring a set of current values for a motor being monitored; first processing means coupled to said sensing means for deriving frequency spectral components associated with said set of current values in accordance with a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and for scaling said frequency spectral components in accordance with predetermined weights; a neural network auto-associator coupled to said signal processing means and further coupled to said sensing means for receiving at least one of at least a selected portion of said frequency spectral components and at least a portion of said current values as an input vector and having output terminals for providing an output vector, and including a hidden layer, said autoassociator having been trained using a set of current values obtained from a motor known to be operating normally; second processing means coupled to said output terminals for comparing said input and output vectors for providing an error metric.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
167 words
Apparatus for detecting a departure from normal operation of an electric motor, comprising: sensing means for measuring a set of current values for a motor being monitored; first processing means coupled to said sensing means for deriving frequency spectral components associated with said set of current values in accordance with a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and for scaling said frequency spectral components in accordance with predetermined weights; a neural network auto-associator coupled to said signal processing means and further coupled to said sensing means for receiving at least one of at least a selected portion of said frequency spectral components and at least a portion of said current values as an input vector and having output terminals for providing an output vector, and including a hidden layer, said autoassociator having been trained using a set of current values obtained from a motor known to be operating normally; second processing means coupled to said output terminals for comparing said input and output vectors for providing an error metric.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
50 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 12, wherein said values are collected beginning at some time arbitrarily called (zero) and at time K-1, the K measures c 0 , . . . , c K-1 are transformed using said (FFT) to produce an estimate of magnitudes of the frequency spectral components.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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Apparatus in accordance with claim 12, wherein K equals one of 4096 and 16384.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
46 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 12, wherein each said frequency spectral component is scaled by the inverse of the magnitude of the largest of said frequency spectral components, whereby relative magnitudes of said frequency spectral components remain constant and in the range of magnitudes of 0-1.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
118 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 12, wherein Θ is defined as the i th component of said frequency spectral components (FFT components), and for each FFT component, said first processing means provides a quantity x i , where ##EQU16## where τ is a user defined index set that selects some subset of the components of the FFT for defining said portion of said frequency spectral components, τ containing L elements, said L elements being normalized with respect to the largest and smallest elements thereof, a resulting set of L scaled magnitude components x 0 , . . . , x L-1 , r max being defined to represent the maximum RMS value of said current values being monitored.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
46 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 13, wherein for each FFT component, said first processing means provides a vector X, where X=x 0 , . . . , x L , whereby vector X corresponds to L scaled components of the FFT plus the scaled RMS current.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
118 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 14, wherein said hidden layer of said neural network is defined by ##EQU17## where Y i (i=O, . . . , K/2--1) is the ith output node of the network; H is the number of nodes in the hidden layer; w i ,j is a weight on the output of hidden unit j when applied as input to output unit i; Θ i 0 is the threshold for output unit i; v i ,j is a weight on input x j when applied as input to hidden unit i; Θ i 0 is the threshold for hidden unit i; and σ(u)=(1+e -u ) -l where e is the base of the natural logarithm.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
28 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 15, wherein, given values for x i and x i , said second processing means computes said error metric as d, where ##EQU18##
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
49 words
Apparatus in accordance with claim 16, wherein said second processing means repeats the foregoing procedure a total of L times to generate L error metrics d 1 , . . . d L , then indicating that the motor is "good" if ##EQU19## and that it is bad otherwise.
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