e-POSTER: Wind Turbine Gearbox Remaining Lifetime Prediction and Early Failure Detection
21 May 19
1:30 PM
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1:55 PM
Tracks:
Operations and Maintenance, Poster Presentations
In North America, wind farm maintenance is exceptionally challenging, the actual lifetime can be shorter than the expected 20 years, with the gearbox sometimes being the main issue, or it can be actually longer and provides opportunities for performance optimization through power uprates. Wind farm owners need to be able to predict the Remaining Useful Lifetime (RUL) of their gearboxes, in order to safeguard functional performance, optimize maintenance planning and reduce cost. Winergy and Siemens PLM Software have developed an approach to estimate the RUL of a complete wind park by combining the historical wind data, a Digital Twin of the wind turbine and design and material properties of the rotating gearbox components.