Condition monitoring of wind turbines: Techniques and methods

Wind Turbines (WT) are one of the fastest growing sources of power production in the world today and there is a constant need to reduce the costs of operating and maintaining them. Condition monitoring (CM) is a tool commonly employed for the early detection of faults/failures so as to minimise down...

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Veröffentlicht in:Renewable energy 2012-10, Vol.46, p.169-178
Hauptverfasser: García Márquez, Fausto Pedro, Tobias, Andrew Mark, Pinar Pérez, Jesús María, Papaelias, Mayorkinos
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Zusammenfassung:Wind Turbines (WT) are one of the fastest growing sources of power production in the world today and there is a constant need to reduce the costs of operating and maintaining them. Condition monitoring (CM) is a tool commonly employed for the early detection of faults/failures so as to minimise downtime and maximize productivity. This paper provides a review of the state-of-the-art in the CM of wind turbines, describing the different maintenance strategies, CM techniques and methods, and highlighting in a table the various combinations of these that have been reported in the literature. Future research opportunities in fault diagnostics are identified using a qualitative fault tree analysis. ► This paper provides a review of the state-of-the-art in the CM of wind turbines. ► It describes the different maintenance strategies, CM techniques and methods. ► It is highlighted the various combinations of these reported in the literature. ► Future research opportunities in fault diagnostics are identified using a qualitative FTA.
ISSN:0960-1481
1879-0682
DOI:10.1016/j.renene.2012.03.003