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Wind turbines must function at optimal levels to
efficiently harness and convert wind energy to
electricity. To insure peak performance and maintain
high turbine availability, a state of the art condition
monitoring system called SWANwind can be applied.
Regardless of when failures occur during a wind
turbine's life cycle, they start as small discrepancies and
progress to larger ones that result in secondary
damage,
unacceptable operating conditions or
catastrophic failure. Traditional condition monitoring
techniques such as vibration analysis do not provide a
clear indication of problems until late in the failure
process, if at all, and perform poorly in low speed
machinery.
SWANwind offers a cost effective way for
monitoring the mechanical condition of wind turbines
for the purpose of early detection of mechanical
degradation and wear. The patented Swantech stress
wave monitoring and analysis system is ideal for
applications where the equipment being monitored is
subject to rapidly changing operating conditions and
external forces, The SWANwind system uses sound,
rather than motion, to identify and directly measure
friction and mechanical deterioration. Stress wave
measurements, provide a direct measurement of the
friction and wear, even early in the turbines life cycle.
Thus stress wave analysis provides a major advantage:
an early warning of developing problems, so that
maintenance actions can be conveniently scheduled and
undertaken while actual damage is still of a minor
nature. Stress wave monitoring can even be used to
identify lubrication problems.
See a Power Engineering Article on Swantech Wind Turbine Technology - Click Here
 Swantech
has participated with well known manufacturers of wind
turbine equipment, as well as major integrators, on
demonstrations of the effectiveness of the stress
wave technology in a wide range of trials. In
every instance stress wave technology has
demonstrated its effectiveness and superiority. For
example, stress wave can detect issues within a
planetary gear system. The SWANwind condition monitoring system
and diagnostic tools
provide continuous monitoring of the the
health of land-based and offshore turbines
providing: |
- Correlation of operational and environmental parameters
from SCADA systems
- Integration with Condition Monitoring
Maintenance Systems (CMMS)
- Reduction in the number of site visits for
mechanical assessments
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| SWANwind technology provides additional
important benefits for the OEM: |
- Effective design and reliability testing,
identifying component and manufacturing
defects.
- Confirms machinery performance levels
during commissioning
- Reduces the effect of infant mortality
issues and the overall financial exposure
during warranty term.
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SWANwind Features |
- Field
retrofit installations on existing wind turbines
- Multiple options
for on-site communications
- Continuous monitoring of thrust bearings, gearbox, generator
bearings, planetary gears, main drive and lubrication system
- Automated data collection and analysis with site SWANserver
- Optional Internet connectivity for remote access, automatic
file transfer.
. e-mail alerts and system administration
- Option for additional field input signals: analog and status
- Optional automated delivery of data in XML file format
- Start
with a single wind turbine and expand fleet as required
- Rugged construction and exterior rated packaging
The SWANwind System
The SWANwind system includes, as a minimum, one SWANguard unit, plus a
site SWANserver running SWANview
software. Communications between the SWANserver and the SWANguards can be
via Spread Spectrum radio, Cellular, WiMAX, fiber optic or IP
LAN or WAN networking technologies. The SWANguard unit
will monitor wind turbine stress wave levels and collect stress wave "snapshots" whenever readings exceed
pre-assigned "advisory' or "alert" thresholds. Using their desktop PCs and a web
browser maintenance personnel can view the
collected information and run an analysis on the data to determine the general health of the wind turbine and,
determine the probable source(s) of the mechanical degradation. If other operational
or environmental parameters are being
monitored (such as RPM and wind speed) then it is possible to correlate stress wave energy levels with those parameters and
gain further operational insight. Although the SWANview analysis software provides a powerful
analytical tool, it is easy to use and requires minimal training on the part of the technician or maintenance
personnel doing the work. |
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