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Virtual Sensor for Real-Time Bearing Load Prediction Using Heterogeneous Temporal Graph Neural Networks

Authors :
Zhao, Mengjie
Taal, Cees
Baggerohr, Stephan
Fink, Olga
Source :
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2024): Proceedings of the European Conference of the PHM Society 2024 Technical Papers
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Accurate bearing load monitoring is essential for their Prognostics and Health Management (PHM), enabling damage assessment, wear prediction, and proactive maintenance. While bearing sensors are typically placed on the bearing housing, direct load monitoring requires sensors inside the bearing itself. Recently introduced sensor rollers enable direct bearing load monitoring but are constrained by their battery life. Data-driven virtual sensors can learn from sensor roller data collected during a batterys lifetime to map operating conditions to bearing loads. Although spatially distributed bearing sensors offer insights into load distribution (e.g., correlating temperature with load), traditional machine learning algorithms struggle to fully exploit these spatial-temporal dependencies. To address this gap, we introduce a graph-based virtual sensor that leverages Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to analyze spatial-temporal dependencies among sensor signals, mapping existing measurements (temperature, vibration) to bearing loads. Since temperature and vibration signals exhibit vastly different dynamics, we propose Heterogeneous Temporal Graph Neural Networks (HTGNN), which explicitly models these signal types and their interactions for effective load prediction. Our results demonstrate that HTGNN outperforms Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), which struggle to capture both spatial and heterogeneous signal characteristics. These findings highlight the importance of capturing the complex spatial interactions between temperature, vibration, and load.<br />Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2024): Proceedings of the European Conference of the PHM Society 2024 Technical Papers
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2404.02304
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.36001/phme.2024.v8i1.3998