Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : February 28, 2017 - March 03, 2017
In field operation wind turbines generators are influenced by stochastic and unsteady wind loads. This results in high forces straining the wind turbines in all six degrees of freedom. For a design optimization of wind turbine components with the aim of achieving a better load distribution and an optimal utilization of material as well as reduced costs and increased availability, a better knowledge on the local load conditions and the interaction of all drivetrain components is required. Investigating full nacelles on a system test bench offers the opportunity to establish the relationships between the external wind and grid loads and the internal component stresses.
This contribution presents such a test setup including its potentials and first experiences from the operation at the Center for Wind Power Drives (CWD) at RWTH Aachen University.
