A new visual and sound monitoring system for emergency engine generators

Author

Sumita, Jiro ; Takada, Hidetoshi ; Konya, Yoshitaka ; Muroyama, Seiichi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Res. & Dev., NTT Power & Building Facilities Inc., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

732

Lastpage

737

Abstract

NTT´s telecom buildings are equipped with emergency engine generators for use in the event an outage occurs in the commercial power supply. To ensure they are in proper operating condition, these engine generators must be tested to inspect their starting capability at regular intervals of one to three months. This paper discusses the results of verification tests conducted on pseudo-malfunctions using a method that quantitatively detects abnormal engine conditions through frequency analysis of engine sound

Keywords

fault diagnosis; machine testing; standby generators; telecommunication power supplies; uninterruptible power supplies; abnormal engine conditions detection; commercial power supply; emergency engine generators; engine sound frequency analysis; pseudo-malfunctions; sound monitoring system; starting capability; telecommunication UPS; verification tests; visual monitoring system; Acoustic testing; Character generation; Engines; Inspection; Personnel; Petroleum; Power generation; Remote monitoring; System testing; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference, 1998. INTELEC. Twentieth International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5069-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTLEC.1998.793641

Filename

793641