b'Engineer Innovation | Energy & Utilitiesconnection to my laboratorys server. With Simcenter SCADAS Mobile and Simcenter SCADAS XS, I am confident I will obtain high-quality, well-conditioned data that I will be able to further analyze in the lab. The good quality of results is critical in my job as I have only limited access to the item under test. One advantage of Simcenter testing solutions is the seamless integration of the hardware and software. With the SimcenterTM TestlabTM software, I can prepare my test in the lab, for example, creating a basic geometry of the turbines with the diameters and the shapes, or prepare calculations on the complete synchronous and asynchronous frequency range. When onsite, I focus on measurements using Understanding the structuralSimcenter SCADAS Mobile as a dynamics in operational conditions throughput recorder. I am always To get full insight into the turbinescertain of the precision and quality of operating conditions, some tests arethe measured data that I will analyze performed during operation. Lafleurlater back in the laboratory. carries out measurements to confirm that vibration levels do not exceed theThe modularity of the solution also regulatory norms and standards, or usesmeets Lafleurs needs when it comes to modal analysis to find out at whichlaboratory analysis: I can use the frequency the maximum level ofinformation coming from the same vibration occurs in the turbine. Sinceaccelerometer to calculate multiple excitation forces cannot be measuredvalues, for example, speed and when the turbine is in operation,displacement. Since we adopted the Lafleur relies on operational modalSimcenter value-based licensing analysis (OMA) and operationalscheme, I can use tokens to perform the deflection shape (ODS) techniques toanalysis I need, from an operational understand the structural dynamics ofmodal analysis to a sound intensity the turbine. The ODS also helps himcalculation. I also appreciate the project separate stator from rotor frequencies,workflows in the software and the easy while the OMA filters outdata documentation.electromagnetic harmonics from the structural modes. Multidisciplinary intelligence With Simcenter Testlab software, Lafleur Equipped with SimcenterTM SCADASTMhas access to a wealth of analysis tools Mobile software or Simcenter SCADASto gain deeper insights into the data XS hardware, Lafleur performssets. He shares his findings with measurements and a first assessmentcolleagues from the multidisciplinary onsite before he brings the data back toteam. For example, vibration the laboratory for further analysis. Tomeasurements are correlated and Lafleur, the advantages of hardware likecompared with temperature and Simcenter SCADAS XS are obvious. electromagnetic measurements. The IREQ investigations allow Hydro-Qubec Simcenter SCADAS Mobile andto implement innovative methods to Simcenter SCADAS XS providereduce maintenance time and intervals maximum flexibility, says Lafleur. Theyso they only need to perform necessary can easily be brought to the mostmaintenance using nonintrusive remote test sites to performmethods. measurements in operating conditions. There I can carry out my measurementsIREQs multidisciplinary team works on autonomously, even without aprojects that require them to find 40'