Stefan Oerlemans, Engineer, Siemens, The Netherlands
Helge Aagaard Madsen, Research Specialist, DTU Wind Energy, Denmark
Joris Peeters, Manager Drive Train Design, ZF Wind Power Antwerpen NV, Belgium
Let’s take closer look at a typical sensor for a large wind turbine. The sensor mounts to the main frame; its gear is driven by the yaw ring. This sensor employs an incremental encoder that tracks nacelle position, along with a group of limit switches dedicated to cable twist control Here we can see the…
A wind turbine is a sophisticated system of components that must all work together to efficientlyproduce power. Like most sophisticated systems, it can be divided into sections. Some sections are dedicated to capturing the wind energy. Other sections convert the mechanical kinetic energy into electrical energy. All of the sections depend on a control system…