Method of monitoring a rotating machine configured for energy transfer having a plurality of subsystems

Abstract

A method of monitoring a rotating machine configured for energy transfer having a plurality of subsystems, each subsystem includes one cylinder. In the method a measurement signal of a vibration of the rotating machine is obtained and the vibration measurement signal (2) is sampled into a plurality of vibration subsignals (21, 22, 23, 24, 25), each vibration subsignal (21, 22, 23, 24, 25) corresponding to one full revolution of the rotating machine. A reference vibration subsignal (20) is determined based on an average of the plurality of vibration subsignals (21, 22, 23, 24, 25). The reference vibration subsignal (20) is sampled into a plurality of signal snippets (201, 202, 203, 204, 205), each signal snippet (201, 202, 203, 204, 205) assigned to one subsystem of the rotating machine. A cross-correlation analysis of the plurality of signal snippets (201, 202, 203, 204, 205) is performed for identifying a potential fault state of the rotating machine. The disclosure further discloses a rotating machine configured for energy transfer having a plurality of subsystems, each subsystem including one cylinder, is provided, wherein the rotating machine further includes a control unit adapted to perform a method according the disclosure.

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