Condition Monitoring of Rotating Electrical Machines

• Main Authors: Tavner, Peter, Ran, Li, Penman, Jim, Sedding, Howard
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Stevenage The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2008; Institution of Engineering and Technology; Institution of Engineering and Technology (The IET); Institution of Engineering & Technology; IET
• Edition: 2
• Series: IET power and energy series v.56
• Subjects: Electric generators; Electric machinery; Electric machinery > Monitoring; Electric motors; Electrical; Machine Design; Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering; Monitoring; Power networks, systems, stations & plants; Power Resources; Rotational motion; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; electric machines; rotating electrical machines; condition monitoring
• ISBN: 0863417418; 9780863417412; 0863419917; 9780863419911; 0863417396; 9780863417399
• DOI: 10.1049/PBPO056E

Condition monitoring of engineering plant has increased in importance as engineering processes are automated and manpower is reduced. However, electrical machinery receives attention only at infrequent intervals when plant is shut down and the application of protective relays to machines has also reduced operator surveillance. A first edition of Condition Monitoring of Electrical Machines, written by Tavner and Penman, was published in 1987. The economics of industry have now changed, as a result of the privatisation and deregulation of the energy industry, placing emphasis on the importance of reliable operation of plant, throughout the whole life cycle, regardless of first cost. The availability of advanced electronics and software in powerful instrumentation, computers, and digital signal processors (DSP) has simplified our ability to instrument and analyse machinery. As a result condition monitoring is now being applied to a wider range of systems, from fault-tolerant drives of a few hundred watts in the aerospace industry, to machinery of a few hundred megawatts in major capital plant. In this new book the original authors have been joined by Ran, an expert in power electronics and control, and Sedding, an expert in the monitoring of electrical insulation systems. Together the authors have revised and expanded the earlier book, merging their own experience with that of machine analysts to bring it up to date. The book is aimed at professional engineers in the energy, process engineering and manufacturing industries, plus research workers and students.