Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detecting faults in wind turbines
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Application No.: US15985226Application Date: 2018-05-21
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Publication No.: US10852214B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Wei Qiao , Jun Wang , Liyan Qu
- Applicant: NUtech Ventures
- Applicant Address: US NE Lincoln
- Assignee: NUtech Ventures
- Current Assignee: NUtech Ventures
- Current Assignee Address: US NE Lincoln
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G01M13/04
- IPC: G01M13/04 ; F03D17/00 ; G01M13/045

Abstract:
A wind turbine generator fault detection method is described. The method includes obtaining a first signal from a generator of a wind turbine and a second signal from a vibration sensor coupled to the wind turbine, the first signal representing an output current of the generator, and the second signal being a time-sampled signal representing vibrations of a bearing in the wind turbine. Determining a shaft rotation frequency signal from the first signal, the shaft rotation frequency signal representing a time-varying rotational speed of a shaft of the wind turbine. Resampling an envelope of the second signal based on the shaft rotation frequency signal to provide a third signal, the third signal being an angular sampled signal. Detecting, by the at least one processor, a fault in the bearing of the wind turbine by identifying a characteristic signature of a bearing fault in the third signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180335366A1 Detecting Faults in Wind Turbines Public/Granted day:2018-11-22
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