An Interference Optimization Induced Electrical Turbine Fault
Prediction and Analysis Method
P. SENTHILKUMAR1, KASMARUDDIN CHE HUSSIN2, MOHAMAD ZAMHARI TAHIR3,
T. PADMAPRIYA4, S. V. MANIKANTHAN5
1Maha Barathi Engineering College,
Kallakurichi,Tamil Nadu,
INDIA
2Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business,
Universiti Malaysia Kelantan,
MALAYSIA
3Faculty of Business and Management,
DRB-HICOM University of Automotive Malaysia,
Pahang,
MALAYSIA
4Melange Publications,
Puducherry,
INDIA
5Melange Academic Research Associates,
Puducherry,
INDIA
Abstract: - Predicting electrical turbine faults is decisive for consistent operation and power generation output.
Based on the operative cycles of the electrical turbine, the faults are predicted to prevent power generation
interruptions. This paper introduces an Interference Optimization-based Fault Prediction Method (IO-FPM) for
serving smooth operation purposes. In this method, the inferred optimization using classifier tree learning is
induced for segregating the operating cycles of the turbine. The maximum and minimum threshold conditions
for turbine operation using resistance and magnitude of the blades are accounted for each operation cycle. The
classifier performs segregation based on low and high thresholds for predicting failure cycles. Such cycles are
altered using pre-maintenance intervals and mechanical fault diagnosis at an early stage. This prevents turbine
failure regardless of external influencing factors.
Key-Words: - Classifier Tree Learning, Electrical Turbine, Fault Prediction, Threshold Condition, power
generation, operating cycle, failure cycle.
Received: October 11, 2022. Revised: September 26, 2023. Accepted: November 7, 2023. Published: December 5, 2023.
1 Introduction
Electrical turbine fault detection is a process that
detects the errors and faults that occur in an
application. Many methods are used for fault
detection in wind power plants. The fault detection
method provides necessary information for the
quality improvement process in wind power plants,
[1]. The structure healthy condition monitoring
(SHCM) technique is used in power plants to
identify the structural aspects of turbines. SHCM
technique gathers information which is related to
electrical turbines that reduce the latency in the
detection process. SHCM technique detects the
healthy condition range of turbines that produce data
for consequence and fault detection processes, [2].
A support vector machine (SVM) based fault
detection method is also used in wind power plants.
The main goal of SVM is to detect the actual cause
of faults in power plants. The SVM algorithm
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evaluates the vibrations, conditions, working
capability, and behavioral patterns of electrical
turbines. The SVM algorithm method improves the
accuracy of electrical turbine fault detection which
enhances the performance range of the power plants,
[3], [4].
Optimization-based methods are also used for
fault detection in wind power plants. The
optimization method is mainly used to improve the
effectiveness and feasibility range of wind power
plants, [5]. A principal component analysis (PCA) is
used as a hybrid turbine fault detection method in
power plants. The PCA uses a feature selection
technique to select the features which contain faults.
The fault features are optimized and used for the
fault detection method which reduces the data
dimension level in the computation process. The
PCA-based method reduces the overall optimization
problems in the fault detection process, [6], [7]. A
novel convolutional neural network (CNN) model is
used for fault detection in power plants. The CNN
model uses a feature extraction method that extracts
the important features from turbine monitoring
systems. The extracted features produce the
necessary data for the fault detection process. The
CNN model trains the datasets that extract features
to reduce the complexity of fault detection. The
CNN model improves the accuracy of fault
detection which improves the performance and
significance range of wind power plants, [4], [8].
2 Related Works
The study, [9], proposed a fault detection method
for wind turbines based on a backpropagation (BP)
neural network and a pair-copula model. The pair-
copula model is implemented here to analyze the
input variables of turbines. Real-time data is
produced via a pair-copula model which provides
relevant data for the calculation process. The BP
neural network is used here to reduce energy
consumption in the fault detection process. The
proposed method detects the exact faults that occur
in wind turbines.
The study, [10], designed an integrated fault
diagnosis method for wind turbines. A feature
extraction technique is used in the method which
extracts the important features which contain defect
signatures. The designed method analyses the data
which are provided by extraction and enhances the
effectiveness level of the systems. It is used as a
defect diagnosis that reduces latency in the fault
detection process. The designed method improves
the performance and feasibility range of wind
turbines.
The study, [11], introduced an optimized
artificial neural network (ANN) based operating
characteristics prediction approach. The main aim of
the approach is to predict the characteristics of gas
turbine combustors. ANN is mainly used here to
predict the root mean square error (RMSE) ratio in
wind turbines. RMSE contains optimal operating
characteristics for further processes. Experimental
results show that the introduced approach increases
the accuracy of the prediction process.
The study, [12], developed a new deep-learning
model for the maintenance prediction process in
wind turbines. A supervisory control and data
acquisition (SCADA) technique is used here to
address the critical issues in wind turbines. SCADA
is used to identify the abnormal conditions,
problems, and threats that are presented in turbines.
SCADA increases the energy-efficiency level of the
systems, [13]. The developed model improves the
effectiveness and significance range of wind
turbines, [14].
The study, [15], proposed a new combined
method for fault detection in wind turbine systems.
Firefly algorithm (FA), chaos map (CM), and
extreme learning machine (ELM) are combined to
detect faults in turbines. The combined method
calculates the actual relationship between problems
and causes. The combined method detects the faults
at high speed which reduces the latency in the
detection process. The proposed method archives
high-performance range in wind turbine systems.
The study, [16], introduced an adaptive
cyclostationary blind deconvolution (ACYBD)
based weak fault detection method for wind
turbines. Instantaneous energy slice bi-spectrum
(IESB) is also implemented in the method to
identify the frequency parameters of turbines. The
ACYBD collect necessary signals and noise signal
for the fault detection process. The proposed method
maximizes the accuracy in fault detection which
improves the flexibility range of wind turbines.
The study, [17], designed a two-stage anomaly
decomposition scheme using multi-variable
correlation extraction for wind turbines. The
designed scheme is a wind turbine fault detection
method that identifies the effective faults in
turbines. An auto encoder is used in the method
which detects the faults based on the frequencies.
The actual behavioural patterns of the turbines are
identified which provide relevant data for detection.
The designed method increases the performance and
feasibility level of wind turbine systems.
The study, [18], proposed a genetic algorithm
(GA) based mathematical model for wind turbine
systems. The proposed method is mainly used to
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analyze the type-I fuzzy logic controlled (FLC)
faults in turbines. The actual power loss reason is
identified via a mathematical model that reduces the
energy consumption in the computation process.
The main aim of the method is to improve the
voltage profile of turbines. The proposed model
improves the significance and reliability range of
wind turbine systems.
3 Proposed Prediction Method
The proposed fault prediction method is designed to
maintain smooth operation and consistent power
generation output in electrical turbines. Figure 1
presents an illustration of the proposed prediction
method.
Fig. 1: Proposed Prediction Method Illustration
The proposed IO-FPM computes two outputs for
improving electrical turbine operations namely
resistance and magnitude of the blades. Using these
values, the minimum and maximum thresholds are
identified to achieve accurate fault prediction.
Instead, if any failure or faults are identified from
the instance, the operation cycles are altered for
better operation purposes. Therefore, the two values
are responsible for segregating low and high
thresholds for predicting failure cycles using
classifier tree learning and achieving failure-less
operation. The resistance and magnitude values of
the blades are computed for classifying operating
cycles for the turbine to identify threshold
conditions. From this continuous process, the faults
in the electrical turbine are identified for
smoothening turbine operation cycles. The
variables,  are used to represent the
number of operation cycles in the electric turbine.
The threshold condition is computed using the
proposed method and faults are identified to prevent
turbine failures. Assume that means the active
electrical turbine and its requirements are
analyzed to reduce faults. Initially, the processing of
electrical turbine 󰇛󰇜 is computed as in equation
(1)
󰇛󰇜 (1)
Such that,
  󰇡
󰇢

 󰇛󰇜 
 󰇛󰇜 󰇞 (2)
As per equation (1) and (2), the variable
denotes the time for identifying turbine faults, is
the time for electrical turbine processing, is the
time for identifying maximum and minimum
threshold conditions and means the total
computing time. The variable  is used to
represent the maximum or minimum threshold
condition using the proposed method. In equation
(1), the condition  is satisfied by the
active electrical turbine to improve the turbine
efficiency in any time interval, the operation cycles
rely on a wide range of users and a large amount of
resources to meet the user requirements. The faults
are predicted using the IO-FP method for reducing
power generation interrupts. The threshold condition
is identified to reduce the faults and failures in the
electrical turbine. The electrical turbine
operation and power generation output  are
computed using the proposed method. The good
condition operation cycles are identified and
monitored for maintaining consistent operation.
Therefore, the turbine failure is identified based on a
threshold condition 󰇛󰇜 is given as
󰇛󰇜  (3)
Such that,
  󰇛󰇜󰇛󰇜
󰇞
(4)
Based on equations (3), (4), and (5), the turbine
failure is identified for smooth operation using the
proposed method, and classifier tree learning is
prominent for segregating the operating cycles for
the turbine.
4 Classifier Tree Learning
The proposed method is designed to identify the
faults in the electrical turbine. The existing electrical
turbine processing is matched with the active
electrical turbine for similarity analysis. For this
instance, to compute whether the threshold
condition is to meet the maximum turbine efficiency
and accurate failure prediction, it is important to
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compute the resistance and magnitude of the blades
for each operation cycle. The deployed operation
cycles are responsible for maintaining consistent
operation from the active electrical turbine. The
input operation is based on minimum and maximum
threshold conditions for identifying failures. In this
computation, the operation received󰇛󰇜 by the
turbine is expressed as
 󰇝󰇛󰇜󰇛󰇜󰇞
(5)
Where󰇛󰇜 and󰇛󰇜 are the
maximum and minimum thresholds identified in
different instances. The variables and
represent the probability of resistance and
magnitude of the blades observed from the instance.
It is to be accounted for that not all operation cycles
can be associated with both and. Now, the
final power generation output for the conditions
 
 and 
 is derived as in
equations (6) and (7). There are some failures or
faults that occur in turbines due to physical and
operational problems of the operation cycles.
Therefore, these failures affect the  at any
instance, for which the final power generation
output  is computed as
󰇡
󰇢
󰇡
󰇢󰇡
󰇢󰇡
󰇢
󰇡
󰇢 󰇡
󰇢󰇞 

(6)



 

 󰇞 
 (7)
The above equation (6) and (7) computes the
final power generation output for predicting failures
following the maximum threshold. Here, the
threshold condition is the uncertain measure, for
which accurate and appropriate computation is
required for the diagnosis of mechanical faults.
Based on the  and threshold conditions,
the early failure prediction is easily achieved. The
active electrical turbine handling depends on the
threshold condition. The classification learning
process is illustrated in Figure 2.
The classification first identifies  and
 in the  for identifying  
alone. In this classification the output is
identified for thresholds of max and min. These
classifications respond to the next cycle or operation
failure across different  (Figure 2). The
above sequence of segregating the operating cycles
for the turbine is pursued using classifier tree
learning. A scenario, based on the operative cycles
of the electrical turbine in appropriate and accurate
time instances is used to predict the faults and to
improve the synchronized working of the turbine.
The consistent operation and power generation
output are achieved using the proposed method and
classifier tree learning to identify and segregate the
minimum and maximum threshold conditions for
accurately predicting failures. The data from, [19],
provides a power generator output, verified at 10
min intervals. The active power and theoretical
prediction are analyzed based on wind speed (m/s)
and direction 󰇛󰇜 that impacts the resistance and
magnitude of the . Based on this, the  is
estimated as in Figure 3.
Fig. 2: Classification Learning Illustration
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Fig. 3: Power Generated and  Analysis
The predictive process is used by the classifier
for segregating min and max for which new cycles
are used for regeneration. The intermediate  is
prevented by reallocating generation from
distinct threshold features. The failing feature
thresholds are suppressed using multiple
meeting the power demands. Therefore the
consecutive classification relies on  for
new across  (Figure 3).
5 Results and Discussion
The metrics of fault prediction, classification rate,
prediction time, and altered cycles are used in the
comparative analysis. The existing methods IFDPA,
[10], and FA-CP-ELM, [15], are incorporated from
the related works section along with the proposed
method.
6 Fault Prediction
Fig. 4: Fault Prediction
The maximum fault predicted from the electrical
turbine based on threshold condition is improved.
Using the proposed method, the inferred
optimization is performed using classifier tree
learning. The proposed method used for rectifying
the turbine failures or altered operating cycles in any
instance achieves high fault prediction as presented
in Figure 4.
7 Classification Rate
Fig. 5: Classification Rate
In this proposed IO-FPM achieves a high
classification rate for computing the resistance and
magnitude of the blades in each cycle based on its
consistent operation and power generation output,
reducing the fault occurrence (Refer to Figure 5).
The failure in the electrical turbine is mitigated
based on segregating the min/max threshold using a
learning process. Therefore, regardless of the
consistent operation is maintained for reducing the
turbine failures.
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8 Prediction Time
Fig. 6: Prediction Time
This proposed method achieves a high
prediction time compared to the other factors as
represented in Figure 6. The identification of
failures and faults to ensure the support of the
electrical turbine prevents failures. Therefore, the
proposed method identifies the threshold condition
of the operating cycles based on the resistance and
magnitude of the blades required to achieve high
fault prediction time.
9 Altered Cycles
Fig. 7: Altered Cycles
This proposed method used to maintain the
consistent operation and power generation output in
electrical turbines for segregating the operating
cycles achieves fewer failures and computing time is
represented in Figure 7. If the failure is high in this
process, the particular cycles can be altered. The
maximum threshold reduces the turbine failures
with less altered cycles.
10 Conclusion
This article introduced the Interference
Optimization-based Fault Prediction Method for
effective turbine fault detection. Using this method
to predict the fault occurrence in an electrical
turbine based on minimum and maximum threshold
conditions is identified using resistance and
magnitude of the blades is addressed for each
operation cycle. The minimum and maximum
threshold conditions are classified through classifier
tree learning. This learning is used to identify power
generation interrupts and segregate the operating
cycles for the turbine. Based on the high and low
thresholds, the failure cycles are identified. The
maximum threshold detected cycles are halted and
changed using pre-maintenance intervals. The
mechanical faults are diagnosed at an early stage
using threshold conditions for identifying the
turbine failure and operation faults. This proposed
fault prediction method uses classifier tree learning
for serving smooth operation purposes based on
segregating low and high thresholds. From the
comparative analysis, it is seen that the proposed
method achieves 13.03% high fault prediction and
9.52% less operation cycle alterations.
A common approach for preventing electrical
faults in wind turbines is the suggested IO-FPM
system. While IO-FPM's classification accuracy in
electrical fault prevention is generally good, there
are instances of complex problems, including those
with prolonged operating times and challenging
fault characteristics to identify in wind turbines. A
significant field for future research is investigating
more techniques that execute better in fault feature
extraction and selection for increased classification
accuracy and operating speed.
The proposed approach aims to create a defect
detection system for wind turbines on multiple
dimensions, including crucial component
monitoring and overall turbine effectiveness
monitoring, which includes the generator. The
performance of the statistical technique was tested
on a real-world instance involving wind turbines,
and it proved effective at recognizing anomalous
behaviors before the emergence of flaws. It could be
done to improve the proposed approach to include
more significant aspects. The advancement of this
technique into the prediction of electrical faults is a
potential future growth of this strategy. Faults that
happened need to be linked to particular patterns on
the control charts in the process of defining the
anomalous behavior. This helps to determine the
cause precisely and sets the stage for later
automation of the fault prediction.
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P. Senthilkumar, Kasmaruddin Che Hussin,
Mohamad Zamhari Tahir, T. Padmapriya, S. V. Manikanthan
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