HYDRAULICS FEATURE THE GLOBAL WIND ALLIANCE AND THE STORY CONTINUES
WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE WORK OF THE GLOBAL WIND ALLIANCE HAVING COVERED THEIR PHILOSOPHY AND ASPIRATIONS IN A PREVIOUS EDITION.
COLLABORATION Alone, each member company can only offer a part of the solution that global customers require; but by collaborating with others, who can offer complementary products and services, they can compete and win work on a global stage that would otherwise be unobtainable.
We feature the work and receive advice from GWA member Hydac.
MONITORING OIL FLUID CONDITION MONITORING IN WIND POWER PLANTS PROTECTS AGAINST EARLY FAILURE
Renewable energy sources are currently enjoying great popularity amongst the public. Electricity produced from wind energy in particular is expected to undergo a boom.
In order for this to occur, ecologically friendly energy has to become economically more attractive. Wind energy is still plagued by the public perception that the industry survives only with government support. In the past gearbox damage caused enormous costs, because the complexity of the stress on the gearbox during operation was underestimated.
Although conceptually and from a design perspective quite a lot has changed, wind energy turbines do not make it through their complete service life of 20 years without the gearbox having to be replaced.
Replacing the gearbox of a 1.5 MW turbine costs approx. €300 000 – around 20 % of the cost of a complete new turbine. If the gearbox has to be replaced twice during the service life of the turbine, it has a dramatic effect on profitability.
MCS in the filter coolant lubrication system; the filter is to left, in the middle is the MCS and the pump is to the right.
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