The Open Fuels & Energy Science Journal

2014, 7 : 78-83
Published online 2014 December 31. DOI: 10.2174/1876973X01407010078
Publisher ID: TOEFJ-7-78

Fault Classification of Hydroelectric Generating Unit Based on Improved Evidence Theory

Jiatang Cheng , Li Ai , Zhimei Duan and Yan Xiong
Engineering College of Honghe University, Yunnan Mengzi 661199, China.

ABSTRACT

Aiming at the problem of the conventional vibration fault diagnosis technology with inconsistent result of a hydroelectric generating unit, an information fusion method was proposed based on the improved evidence theory. In this algorithm, the original evidence was amended by the credibility factor, and then the synthesis rule of standard evidence theory was utilized to carry out information fusion. The results show that the proposed method can obtain any definitive conclusion even if there is high conflict evidence in the synthesis evidence process, and may avoid the divergent phenomenon when the consistent evidence is fused, and is suitable for the fault classification of hydroelectric generating unit.

Keywords:

Classification, Fault diagnosis, Hydroelectric generating unit, Improved evidence theory.