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Wind Turbine Reliability – The Importance of Highly Reliable Pitch Control and Blade Sensing Systems

By Windpower Engineering | July 20, 2011

Increase Turbine Reliability

Increase Turbine Reliability

In this 40 minute webinar, learn how two common hazards can hamper a wind turbine’s production. Wind-turbine owners and operators may experience a significant reduction of generated power, reducing overall turbine efficiency, if they don’t take into account:

    • Blade Icing
  • Failed Slip Rings Issues
  • Increased Reliability


In this free webinar, we explore how Moog Blade Sensing Ice Detection Systems can monitor the load of each blade, providing real-time data indicating presence and level of ice build-up. We also examine key challenges with transmitting power and data signals from the nacelle through slip rings to the pitch-control system. Costly downtime can be eliminated by using fiber-brush technology and rugged mechanical components in the slip ring. Moog representatives show how they designed a slip ring that addresses these requirements for reliability and maintainability and thereby reduces a wind turbine’s overall operating cost.


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Filed Under: Construction, O&M, Safety, Towers, Uncategorized, Webinars
Tagged With: brush technology, pitch control, slip rings, turbine blades, webinars, wind turbine
 

Comments

  1. slip ring says

    February 12, 2014 at 5:10 am

    please leave enough space for the rotary and not consider the fixed installation brush holder position, then the slip ring will be more flexible and can improve the performance of the entire product.
    more information:http://www.moflon.com

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