Analysis of Various Materials for Service Platform in Wind Turbine Generator

Abstract:

Wind Turbine Industry is always seeking to improve and better its product options to its customers. One way of doing so is by bettering and optimizing its existing product offerings. The structural support component of a Wind Turbine Generator, which is approximately 15% of the total wind turbine cost and includes the tower and rotor yaw mechanism. It is possible to both discreetly increase the strength of the platforms and reduce its overall cost in terms of material costs by selecting suitable alternate material. The new platform is tested for stability under practical loading conditions by the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using ANSYS software. The aim of the project is to minimize the cost and weight of the Service platform by 15-18% without compromising on its structural integrity interfaces.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 766-767)
• Pages: 534-538
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.766-767.534
• Online since: June 2015
• Authors: V. Sriram
• Keywords: ANSYS, Rotor Yaw Mechanism, Tower, Wind Turbine Generator

References

[1] G. Kretsis, A Review of the Tensile, Compressive, Flexural and Shear Properties of Hybrid Fibre-Reinforced Plastics, Composites, Vol. 18, No. 1, 1987, pp.13-23.

DOI: 10.1016/0010-4361(87)90003-6

[2] QuingduoHao, Yanleiwang&jinping ou Development Length of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic (GFRP)/Steel Wire Composite Rebar, CICE 2010 5th International Conference on FRP Composites in Composites in Civil Engineering, September 27-29, 2010, Beijing, China.

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17487-2_62

[3] Kevin Potter (1997) Introduction to Composite Products Chapman and hallpp, pp.9-10.

[4] Autar K. Kaw, Mechanics of Composite Materials, – (second edition) - Taylor & Francis Inc. – CRC press, pp.16-50, 200 – 256.

[5] Bob Matthews Applied stress analysis section xi Composite material (Analysis), pp.1-8.

[6] ICF International March (2007) Energy Trends in Selected Manufacturing Sectors, pp.3-7.

[7] International Energy Agency (IEA) - Tracking Industrial Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emissions – pp.101-137.

[8] Princeton Energy Resources International, LLC - Wind Turbine - Materials and Manufacturing Fact Sheet Prepared for the Office of Industrial Technologies, US Department of Energy – pp.2-6.