Detection of Faults in Planetary Gearboxes in Wind Turbines
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Detection of Faults in Planetary Gearboxes in Wind Turbines
CoPED ID
330650ab-31cc-45ed-a80d-7e8a6cf6621c
Status
Closed
Value
No funds listed.
Start Date
Sept. 30, 2017
End Date
Sept. 29, 2021
Description
The gearbox is one of the most expensive components of a wind turbine. However, the average lifetime of a gearbox is considerably shorter in comparison to the lifetime of the overall wind turbine. Therefore, this project aims to develop the theory for explaining the modes by which wind turbine gearboxes fail, and how to design gearboxes to better deal with these modes of failure. This will include investigating the means of detecting the onset of faults in the gearbox, the development of analytical models to simulate the dynamic behaviour of the gearbox, and experimental testing to support the developed theory.
| University of Cambridge | LEAD_ORG |
| Hugh Hunt | SUPER_PER |
| James McBride | STUDENT_PER |
Subjects by relevance
- Wind energy
- Wind turbines
- Simulation
- Wind power stations
Extracted key phrases
- Wind turbine gearbox
- Overall wind turbine
- Wind Turbines
- Planetary Gearboxes
- Detection
- Average lifetime
- Expensive component
- Faults
- Analytical model
- Dynamic behaviour
- Experimental testing
- Short
- Comparison