On design and analysis of a drivetrain test rig for wind turbine health monitoring
The reliability of offshore wind turbines is a key factor when estimating maintanence costs, downtime due to component failure and overall efficiency during operational life. Offshore wind turbines have limited accessibility and operate in harsh environments and, as a result, it is difficult to perf...
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ftunibolognairis:oai:cris.unibo.it:11585/722392 2024-09-15T17:50:16+00:00 On design and analysis of a drivetrain test rig for wind turbine health monitoring Balestra L. Nejad A. R. Naldi G. Balestra L. Nejad A.R. Naldi G. 2019 ELETTRONICO http://hdl.handle.net/11585/722392 https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2019-96721 http://www.asmedl.org/journals/doc/ASMEDL-home/proc/ eng eng American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000513310000016 ispartofbook:Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE ASME 2019 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2019 volume:10 firstpage:1 lastpage:8 numberofpages:8 http://hdl.handle.net/11585/722392 doi:10.1115/OMAE2019-96721 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85075890377 http://www.asmedl.org/journals/doc/ASMEDL-home/proc/ Wind Turbines health monitoring drivetrain info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject 2019 ftunibolognairis https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2019-96721 2024-07-01T14:08:31Z The reliability of offshore wind turbines is a key factor when estimating maintanence costs, downtime due to component failure and overall efficiency during operational life. Offshore wind turbines have limited accessibility and operate in harsh environments and, as a result, it is difficult to perform frequent checks on electrical and mechanical component. Drivetrain test rigs (DTR) are crucial to the task of: Validating the design of new components to avoid early life failure, observe the behaviour of components under load over long periods of time in a controlled environment and produce a maintanence plan that minimize costs and frequency of intervention. In this paper, after a brief introduction on the state of the art in DTR technology, is described a methodology that can be used to create an effective conceptual design for a drivetrain test rig, focusing also on the possible downscaling. The paper starts by analyzing the benefits of the drivetrain use in the wind power industry, bringing examples of real test rigs used in industrial and academical world. Once the topic is mastered it is possible to proceed with a description of the various phases needed to obtain the conceptual design, from the definition of layout to the preliminary 3D modeling. The test rig that is here designed, while inspired from full scale dynamometers used in the industry, is thought as a laboratory tool for academical use that can be used by students to investigate fault detection methods and health monitoring systems of wind turbines. It is also included a section dedicated to the possible techniques for downscaling the test rig, based on simple considerations of the drivetrain mechanical behaviour. Downscaling becomes a key factor when facing the need to test turbine components of ever increasing dimensions in laboratories with limited space and budget. The definition of a procedure to create a scaled version will allow laboratories to build test rigs of smaller dimension but with a damage model for the various components still ... Conference Object Arctic IRIS Università degli Studi di Bologna (CRIS - Current Research Information System) Volume 10: Ocean Renewable Energy |
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The reliability of offshore wind turbines is a key factor when estimating maintanence costs, downtime due to component failure and overall efficiency during operational life. Offshore wind turbines have limited accessibility and operate in harsh environments and, as a result, it is difficult to perform frequent checks on electrical and mechanical component. Drivetrain test rigs (DTR) are crucial to the task of: Validating the design of new components to avoid early life failure, observe the behaviour of components under load over long periods of time in a controlled environment and produce a maintanence plan that minimize costs and frequency of intervention. In this paper, after a brief introduction on the state of the art in DTR technology, is described a methodology that can be used to create an effective conceptual design for a drivetrain test rig, focusing also on the possible downscaling. The paper starts by analyzing the benefits of the drivetrain use in the wind power industry, bringing examples of real test rigs used in industrial and academical world. Once the topic is mastered it is possible to proceed with a description of the various phases needed to obtain the conceptual design, from the definition of layout to the preliminary 3D modeling. The test rig that is here designed, while inspired from full scale dynamometers used in the industry, is thought as a laboratory tool for academical use that can be used by students to investigate fault detection methods and health monitoring systems of wind turbines. It is also included a section dedicated to the possible techniques for downscaling the test rig, based on simple considerations of the drivetrain mechanical behaviour. Downscaling becomes a key factor when facing the need to test turbine components of ever increasing dimensions in laboratories with limited space and budget. The definition of a procedure to create a scaled version will allow laboratories to build test rigs of smaller dimension but with a damage model for the various components still ... |
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