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Title: Determination of the combined vibrational and acoustic emission signature of a wind turbine gearbox and generator shaft in service as a pre-requisite for effective condition monitoring
Authors: Soua, S
Van Lieshout, P
Perera, A
Gan, T-H
Bridge, B
Keywords: Signature of healthy wind turbine;Condition monitoring;Acoustic emission;Vibration;Gearbox;Probability of detection
Issue Date: 2013
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: Renewable Energy, 51, 175 - 181, 2013
Abstract: A review of current progress in Condition Monitoring (CM) of wind turbine gearboxes and generators is presented, as an input to the design of a new continuous CM system with automated warnings based on a combination of vibrational and Acoustic Emission (AE) analysis. For wind turbines, existing reportage on vibrational monitoring is restricted to a few case histories whilst data on AE is even scarcer. In contrast, this paper presents combined vibration and AE monitoring performed over a continuous period of 5 days on a wind turbine. The vibrational and AE signatures for a healthy wind turbine gearbox and generator were obtained as a function of wind speed and turbine power, for the full normal range of these operational variables. i.e. 5–25 m/s and 0–300 kW respectively. The signatures have been determined as a vital pre-requisite for the identification of abnormal signatures attributable to shaft and gearbox defects. Worst-case standard deviations have been calculated for the sensor data. These standard deviations determine the minimum defect signal that could be detected within the defined time interval without false alarms in an automated warning system.
Description: This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Renewable Energy. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. Copyright @ 2013 Elsevier B.V.
URI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148112004302
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8394
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2012.07.004
ISSN: 0960-1481
Appears in Collections:Electronic and Computer Engineering
Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers

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