This survey considers commercially available condition monitoring systems (CMSs) currently applied in the wind industry. Information has been gathered over several years from conferences and websites, and includes information available from product brochures, technical documents and discussion with company representatives. The research was carried out as part of the Supergen Wind Energy Technologies Consortium, whose objective is to devise a comprehensive CMS for practical application on WTs. The survey also indentifies some of the advantages and disadvantages of existing commercial CMSs alongside discussion of access, cost, connectivity and commercial issues surrounding the application of WT CMSs.

Chapter Contents:

• 14.1 Introduction
• 14.2 Reliability of wind turbines
• 14.3 Monitoring of wind turbines
• 14.4 Commercially available condition monitoring systems
• 14.5 Future of wind turbine condition monitoring
• 14.6 Summary
• 14.7 References

Inspec keywords: wind turbines; maintenance engineering; power generation reliability; condition monitoring

Other keywords: WT CMS; reliable condition monitoring techniques; power generation industry; industrial companies; wind industry; product brochures; supergen wind energy technologies consortium; effective condition monitoring techniques; commercially available condition monitoring systems; WT; wind turbines reliability

Subjects: Reliability; Plant engineering, maintenance and safety; Wind power plants