Volume 11, 2013, Pages 287–290

2nd International Through-life Engineering Services Conference

Edited By Rajkumar Roy, Ashutosh Tiwari, Andy Shaw, Colin Bell and Paul Phillips

Open Access

Review of Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis Technologies for Wind Turbine Gearbox

  • National Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southam pton (nCATS), Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and the Environm e nt, University of Southam pton, Southam pton SO17 1BJ, UK

Abstract

In order to develop robust condition monitoring and prognosis technologies and systems for wind turbine gearboxes, a comprehensive review of the state-of-art of condition monitoring and fault diagnosis techniques has been carried out. The challenges and opportunities are identified to guide future research in improving the accuracy and ability of condition monitoring and prognosis systems for wind turbine gearboxes. This review also focuses on the fault diagnosis technologies and application of novel sensors in wind turbine gearbox condition monitoring.

Keywords

  • Condit ion monitoring;
  • wind t urbine;
  • gearbox;
  • oil analysis;
  • signal processing;
  • operation and maintenance