A new method for automatically identifying the shaft orbit moving direction of hydroelectric generating set

Purpose – Shaft orbit is an important characteristic for vibration monitoring and diagnosing system of hydroelectric generating set. Because of the low accuracy and poor reliability of traditional methods in identifying the shaft orbit moving direction (MD), the purpose of this paper is to present a novel automatic identification method based on trigonometric function and polygon vector (TFPV).Design/methodology/approach – First, some points on shaft orbit were selected with inter‐period acquisition method and joined together orderly to form a complex plane polygon. Second, by using the coordinate transformation and rotation theory, TFPV were applied comprehensively to judge the concavity or convexity of the polygon vertices. Finally, the shaft orbit MD is identified.Findings – The simulation and experiment demonstrate that the method proposed can effectively identify the common shaft orbit MD.Originality/value – In order to identity the shaft orbit MD effectively, a novel automatic identification method ...