Vibration Characteristics of the Dual Electric Propulsion System of Vessels under Electromechanical Coupling Excitation

Abstract

An electromechanical coupling driving system is a commonly used system for large overloading ships. In this paper, a dual input electromechanical coupling model, including an inverter power supply, three-phase induction motor, fixed-axis gear, and load, is established. The influences of the gear error, inverter, and coupling stiffness on the vibration characteristics of the system are studied, and the influences of each parameter on the vibration characteristics are analyzed. The inverter power supply part considers the constant voltage–frequency ratio control and sinusoidal pulse width modulation, as well as the inverter. The motor part uses the dynamic motor model based on the equivalent circuit. The fixed-axis gear section uses a translation–torsion model with time-varying mesh stiffness and damping. The mechanical part and the motor part are coupled with the load torque of the motor. The results show that the greater the error of the gear, the greater the vibration of the system, and the rotation frequency error is the main factor. Secondly, by comparing the influence of error value and accuracy difference on vibration, we found that when an accuracy difference exists, the dominant factor of system vibration is the accuracy difference. Thirdly, the use of an inverter also increases the vibration of the electromechanical coupling system. Finally, we found that the lower stiffness of the elastic coupling reduced the vibration of the system.

Keywords

• vibration
• gear train
• electromechanical coupling
• translational-torsional model