Gearbox Development for an Emergency Brake System of the Wind Turbine

Abstract The article justifies the need to use independent power supply sources in the Arctic regions. It gives arguments in favour of using wind-driven power plants as autonomous power sources. It describes the problems of operating wind energy equipment in the arctic climate. As a solution of the...

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Published in:IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Main Authors: Sirotkin, E, Yamazaki, K, Miroshnichenko, A
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: IOP Publishing 2020
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/459/2/022010
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/459/2/022010/pdf
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Summary:Abstract The article justifies the need to use independent power supply sources in the Arctic regions. It gives arguments in favour of using wind-driven power plants as autonomous power sources. It describes the problems of operating wind energy equipment in the arctic climate. As a solution of the above operational problems, it is proposed to use an emergency brake system in wind power plants. We proposed a design of an emergency brake system exemplified by a 3 kW vertical-axial wind turbine. We calculated the gearbox parameters for the proposed design and created a computer model of the gearbox based on the obtained parameters. We also analysed the advantages of the developed gearbox and the design of the emergency brake system in general.