Fault diagnosis of nuclear power plant sliding bearing-rotor systems using deep convolutional generative adversarial networks

• Published in: Nuclear engineering and technology 2024, Vol.56 (8), p.2958-2973
• Main Authors: Qi Li, Weiwei Zhang, Feiyu Chen, Guobing Huang, Xiaojing Wang, Weimin Yuan, Xin Xiong
• Format: Article
• Language: Korean
• ISSN: 1738-5733; 2234-358X

Sliding bearings are crucial rotating mechanical components in nuclear power plants, and their failures can result in severe economic losses and human casualties. Deep learning provides a new approach to bearing fault diagnosis, but there is currently a lack of a universal fault diagnosis model for studying bearing-rotor systems under various operating conditions, speeds and faults. Research on bearing-rotor systems supported by sliding bearings is limited, leading to insufficient fault data. To address these issues, this paper proposes a fault diagnosis model framework for bearing-rotor systems based on a deep convolutional generative adversarial network (TF-DLGAN). This model not only exhibits outstanding fault diagnosis performance but also addresses the issue of insufficient fault data. An experimental platform is constructed to conduct fault experiments under various operating conditions, speeds and faults, establishing a dataset for sliding bearing-rotor system faults. Finally, the model's effectiveness is validated using this dataset.