Indicative Fault Diagnosis of Wind Turbine Generator Bearings Using Tower Sound and Vibration

The idea of indicative fault diagnosis based on measuring the wind turbine tower sound and vibration is presented. It had been reported by a wind farm operator that a major fault on the generator bearing causes shock and noise to be heard from the bottom of the wind turbine tower. The work in this p...

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Main Authors: Ehsan Mollasalehi, David Wood, Qiao Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-11-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/11/1853