Perspectives on condition monitoring techniques of wind turbines

Quantification of Condition Monitoring Benefit for Offshore Wind Turbines

Condition monitoring (CM) systems are increasingly installed in wind turbines with the goal of providing component-specific information to wind farm operators, theoretically increasing equipment availability via maintenance and operating actions based on this information. In the offshore case, economic benefits of CM systems are often assumed to be substantial, as compared with experience of on...

Acoustic condition monitoring of wind turbines: tip faults

As a significant and growing source of the world’s energy, wind turbine reliability is becoming a major concern. At least two fault detection techniques for condition monitoring of wind turbine blades have been reported in early literature, i.e. acoustic emissions and optical strain sensors. These require off-site measurement. The work presented here offers an alternative non-contact fault dete...

Online Nonintrusive Condition Monitoring and Fault Detection for Wind Turbines

Developing RCM strategy for wind turbines utilizing e-condition monitoring

Renewable energy sources such as wind energy are available without any limitations. In order to extract this energy efficiency, the reliability of such technologies is critical if pay back periods and power generation requirements are to be met. Due to recent developments in the field of wind engineering and in particular the expansion of installed capacity around the world, the need for reliab...

Condition Monitoring for Roller Bearings of Wind Turbines Based on Health Evaluation under Variable Operating States

Lei Fu 1,2, Yanding Wei 1,2,* ID , Sheng Fang 2, Xiaojun Zhou 2 and Junqiang Lou 3 ID 1 The State Key Lab of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, College of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; [email protected] 2 Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, Chin...