An optimized time varying filtering based empirical mode decomposition method with grey wolf optimizer for machinery fault diagnosis

Abstract A time varying filtering based empirical mode decomposition (EMD) (TVF-EMD) method was proposed recently to solve the mode mixing problem of EMD method. Compared with the classical EMD, TVF-EMD was proven to improve the frequency separation performance and be robust to noise interference. However, the decomposition parameters (i.e., bandwidth threshold and B-spline order) significantly affect the decomposition results of this method. In original TVF-EMD method, the parameter values are assigned in advance, which makes it difficult to achieve satisfactory analysis results. To solve this problem, this paper develops an optimized TVF-EMD method based on grey wolf optimizer (GWO) algorithm for fault diagnosis of rotating machinery. Firstly, a measurement index termed weighted kurtosis index is constructed by using kurtosis index and correlation coefficient. Subsequently, the optimal TVF-EMD parameters that match with the input signal can be obtained by GWO algorithm using the maximum weighted kurtosis index as objective function. Finally, fault features can be extracted by analyzing the sensitive intrinsic mode function (IMF) owning the maximum weighted kurtosis index. Simulations and comparisons highlight the performance of TVF-EMD method for signal decomposition, and meanwhile verify the fact that bandwidth threshold and B-spline order are critical to the decomposition results. Two case studies on rotating machinery fault diagnosis demonstrate the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed method.

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