TY - JOUR
T1 - Automatic Fault Diagnosis and Prediction of Wind Turbines
AU - Xiang, Jianping
AU - Jiang, Nannan
AU - Watson, Simon Jonathan
PY - 2017/10/15
Y1 - 2017/10/15
N2 - A Morlet wavelet-based compensated algorithm was proposed to calculate the accurate amplitudes of faulty signals. The specific way is to compute the time range and frequency values of the faulty signals at first, and then to compensate the amplitudes calculated for above faulty signals according to the center frequency values of Morlet wavelet coefficients to further obtain the accurate amplitudes. A Simulink model was used to demonstrate the feasibility and generalization of the algorithm. At the same time, the algorithm was used to analyze the electric power signals of a test rig and large turbines. Results show that this algorithm can automatically find the amplitude trend of faulty components in a time sequence, and indicate the residual service life of wind turbines after faults are generated. Based on the information of the residual service life, the maintenance and repairing plan for wind turbines, especially offshore ones, can be developed to lower the cost of wind power in operation and maintenance.
AB - A Morlet wavelet-based compensated algorithm was proposed to calculate the accurate amplitudes of faulty signals. The specific way is to compute the time range and frequency values of the faulty signals at first, and then to compensate the amplitudes calculated for above faulty signals according to the center frequency values of Morlet wavelet coefficients to further obtain the accurate amplitudes. A Simulink model was used to demonstrate the feasibility and generalization of the algorithm. At the same time, the algorithm was used to analyze the electric power signals of a test rig and large turbines. Results show that this algorithm can automatically find the amplitude trend of faulty components in a time sequence, and indicate the residual service life of wind turbines after faults are generated. Based on the information of the residual service life, the maintenance and repairing plan for wind turbines, especially offshore ones, can be developed to lower the cost of wind power in operation and maintenance.
KW - Compensated calculation
KW - Electric power signal
KW - Fault diagnosis
KW - Morlet wavelet transform
KW - Wind turbine
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85036498198
SN - 1674-7607
VL - 37
SP - 821
EP - 828
JO - Dongli Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Chinese Society of Power Engineering
JF - Dongli Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Chinese Society of Power Engineering
IS - 10
ER -