Research of Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis Techniques for Wind Turbine Gearbox

Abstract:

Wind power industry enormously expanded during the last several years. However, wind turbines are subjected to different sorts of failures, which lead to the increasement of the cost. The wind turbine gearbox is the most critical component in terms of high failure rates and long time to repair. This paper described common failures and root causes of wind turbine gearboxes. Then it focused on fault diagnosis and monitoring techniques for the wind turbine gearbox. The challenges and future research directions were presented, and the simulator rig of wind turbine gearbox was designed to develop condition monitoring and fault diagnosis techniques for wind turbine gearbox.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 197)
• Pages: 206-210
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.197.206
• Online since: September 2012
• Authors: Xian You Zhong, Liang Cai Zeng, Chun Hua Zhao, Jin Zhang, Shi Qing Wan
• Keywords: Acoustic Emission (AE), Bearing, Condition Monitoring, Fault Diagnosis, Gearbox, Oil Analysis, Vibration Analysis (VA), Wind Turbine (WT)

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