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Konstanze Kölle, Research Scientist, PhD

Konstanze Kölle, Research Scientist, PhD
The blades, the hub, and the main shaft of a wind turbine harness the kinetic energy of the wind and convert it into rotational mechanical energy. The speed of this rotation is too slow to drive the generator efficiently, so a gearbox converts the high-torque and low-speed mechanical energy of the main shaft into the…
Power from the yaw motors is transmitted to the yaw ring through a reduction gearbox which provides both speed reduction and torque multiplication. This yaw drive uses a planetary gearbox with the motor mounted vertically at the top. Planetary gearboxes are often used on commercial wind turbines because they offer high reduction ratios from a…
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