Sessions
Predicting fatigue and lifetime of operating wind assets
Supply chain, logistics and O&M on land and at sea
When: Thursday, 30 November 2017, 9:30 - 10:45
Where: G105
Session description
Local wind farm conditions can have a strong influence on turbine fatigue and lifetime. It is important to understand the link between weather conditions and fatigue damage. This session will consider a number of modelling techniques to allow this link to be made and to assess remaining useful lifetime for turbine components.
Learning objectives
- Explain how weather conditions influence component failure
- Show how to calculate remaining useful life of components and turbines
- Examine the link between weather conditions and main bearing load
Session chair
Michael Wilkinson
Senior Engineer, DNV GL - Energy
Speakers
The financial benefits of various catastrophic failure prevention strategies in a wind farm: two market studies (UK-Spain)
Nurseda Yildirim
University of Zaragoza/CIRCE
Modelling wind turbine failures based on weather conditions
Maik Reder
PhD Fellow, CIRCE - University of Zaragoza
How to calculate Remaining Useful Life on Wind Farms
Jose Javier Ripa
Senior Engineer, UL Renewables
Investigation of the Relationship Between Main Bearing Loads and Wind Field Characteristics
Edward Hart
PhD Student, University of Strathclyde
