All of the induction motor faults are not detect in beginning and late perception of these faults will cause to very lose tolerance. Thus, fault detection and identification in induction motors have high importance for industrial activities. One of the most fault detection methods is motor current signal analysis. In this paper, we use a new method with title induction motor stator current sign...

Abstract—Singular value decomposition based optimisation of geometric design parameters of a 5-speed gearbox is studied. During the optimisation, a four-degree-of freedom torsional vibration model of the pinion gear-wheel gear system is obtained and the minimum singular value of the transfer matrix is considered as the objective functions. The computational cost of the associated singular value...

This paper presents a new nanolubricant for the intermediate gearbox of the Apache aircraft. Historically, the intermediate gearbox has been prone for grease leaking and this natural-occurring fault has negatively impacted the airworthiness of the aircraft. In this study, the incorporation of graphite nanoparticles in mobile aviation gear oil is presented as a nanofluid with excellent thermo-ph...

The economic feasibilities of four continuous processes to produce biodiesel, including both alkali- and acid-catalyzed processes, using waste cooking oil and the 'standard' process using virgin vegetable oil as the raw material, were assessed. Although the alkali-catalyzed process using virgin vegetable oil had the lowest fixed capital cost, the acid-catalyzed process using waste cooking oil w...

Growing concern regarding energy resources and the environment has increased interest in the study of alternative sources of energy. To meet increasing energy requirements, there has been growing interest in alternative fuels like biodiesel to provide a suitable diesel oil substitute for internal combustion engines. Biodiesels offer a very promising alternative to diesel oil since they are rene...

As a critical power transmission system, planetary gearbox is widely used in many industrial important machines such as wind turbines, aircraft turbine engines, helicopters. Early fault detection and diagnosis of the gearbox will help to prevent unexpected breakdowns of this important equipment. Misalignment is one of the major operating problems in the planetary gearbox which may be caused by ...

0016-2361/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2010.04.028 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 854 7993. ** Principal corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (M. Basing Though many plant oils have a similar energy density to fossil diesel fuel, several properties of plant oils are considerably different from those of diesel. Engine modifications can ove...

In order to reduce wind energy costs, prognostics and health management (PHM) of wind turbine is needed to reduce operations and maintenance cost of wind turbines. The major cost on wind turbine repairs is due to gearbox failure. Therefore, developing effective gearbox fault detection tools is important in the PHM of wind turbine. PHM system allows less costly maintenance because it can inform ...

Model-based gear dynamic analysis and simulation has been a promising way for developing effective gearbox vibration monitoring approaches. In this paper, based on the dynamic model of a one-stage gearbox with spur gears and one tooth crack, statistical indicators and the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) technique are investigated to identify effective and sensitive health indicators for reflec...

Gearboxes sustain a variety of faults such as broken-shafts, eroded, broken, or missing teeth, and even broken-cases. Casing mounted accelerometers can detect fault patterns but the signals are complicated and difficult to interpret. This study considers the tooth loading of ideal gears and gears with defects. A large industrial gearbox used in a 12m electric mining shovel is modeled. The nonli...