David Clark, Condition Monitoring Specialist, Bachmann Electronics, www.bachmann.info Of the traditional vibration condition-monitoring approaches and techniques from industry (paper mills, refineries, power plants), less than 20% are applicable to wind for various reasons. Condition monitoring approaches used in test and measurement are also largely not feasible. So if these approaches are largely not useful, then…
High-speed communications for smart grids
The demands placed on state-of-the-art wind farms to respond to the power grid as if a single conventional power station requires use of a central wind-farm controller and high-speed communications. For that, Bachmann electronic presents bluecom – a communication solution developed for smart grids. ‘bluecom’ is based on conventional Ethernet technology and provides affordable and…