A Novel Method for Detecting Ferromagnetic Wear Debris with High Flow Velocity

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Abstract
Inductance detection is an important method for detecting wear debris in ship lubricating oil. Presently, an LCR (inductance, resistance, capacitance) meter is generally used to detect wear debris by measuring the inductance change of the sensing coil. When ferromagnetic debris passes through the sensing coil, a pulse will appear in the inductance signal. Previous studies have shown that the amplitude of the inductance pulse decreases significantly with the increase in the particles’ velocity. Therefore, it is difficult to detect ferromagnetic debris with a high flow velocity using an LCR meter. In this paper, a novel method, high-frequency voltage acquisition (HFVA), is proposed to detect ferromagnetic debris. Different from previous methods, the wear debris was detected directly by measuring the voltage change of the sensing coil, while the synchronized sampling method was utilized to ensure the higher-frequency acquisition of the sensor output signal. The experimental results show that when the velocity of particles increased from 6 mm/s to 62 mm/s, the amplitude of the signal pulse obtained by HFVA decreased by only 13%, which was much lower than the 85% obtained by utilizing the LCR method.
Funding Information
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (51909019, 3132019330, 3132019336, No. 2021RQ037)
  • Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (51909019, 3132019330, 3132019336, No. 2021RQ037)
  • Projects for Dalian Youth Star of Science and Technology (51909019, 3132019330, 3132019336, No. 2021RQ037)

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