Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis Capabilities for Wind Turbine Hydraulic Pitch Systems

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Hauptverfasser: Dallabona, Alessio, Blanke, Mogens, Pedersen, Henrik C., Papageorgiou, Dimitrios
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author Dallabona, Alessio
Blanke, Mogens
Pedersen, Henrik C.
Papageorgiou, Dimitrios
author_facet Dallabona, Alessio
Blanke, Mogens
Pedersen, Henrik C.
Papageorgiou, Dimitrios
contents Wind energy is the leading non-hydro renewable technology. Increasing reliability is a key factor in reducing the downtime of high-power wind turbines installed in remote off-shore places, where maintenance is costly and less reactive. Defects in the pitch system are responsible for up to 20% of a wind turbine downtime.Thus, monitoring such defects is essential for avoiding it. This paper presents a generic assessment of the diagnosis capabilities in hydraulic pitch systems, which are used in high-power wind turbines. A mathematical model of the non-linear system dynamics is presented along with a description of the most frequent faults that occur. Structural analysis is used to assess which defects can be detected in the pitch system. The structural properties are furthermore explored to investigate the possibility of reducing the amount of sensors without compromising the fault diagnosis capabilities. Robustness to model uncertainty is finally addressed and generic principles for estimating the detectable magnitude of wear and tear are presented.
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spellingShingle Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis Capabilities for Wind Turbine Hydraulic Pitch Systems
Dallabona, Alessio
Blanke, Mogens
Pedersen, Henrik C.
Papageorgiou, Dimitrios
Systems and Control
Wind energy is the leading non-hydro renewable technology. Increasing reliability is a key factor in reducing the downtime of high-power wind turbines installed in remote off-shore places, where maintenance is costly and less reactive. Defects in the pitch system are responsible for up to 20% of a wind turbine downtime.Thus, monitoring such defects is essential for avoiding it. This paper presents a generic assessment of the diagnosis capabilities in hydraulic pitch systems, which are used in high-power wind turbines. A mathematical model of the non-linear system dynamics is presented along with a description of the most frequent faults that occur. Structural analysis is used to assess which defects can be detected in the pitch system. The structural properties are furthermore explored to investigate the possibility of reducing the amount of sensors without compromising the fault diagnosis capabilities. Robustness to model uncertainty is finally addressed and generic principles for estimating the detectable magnitude of wear and tear are presented.
title Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis Capabilities for Wind Turbine Hydraulic Pitch Systems
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.09018