Lubrication Systems for Renewable Energy Equipment
Centralised
For several years now new natural energy sources such as hydropower, bio-fuel, solar, wind and geothermal are becoming much more prevalent in our world. With these so called alternative power plants, natural energy or movement can be transformed into useful electricity or heat.
Lincoln has identified that for such investment intensive assets, operational reliability, uptime and efficiency all play an important role.
Lubrication systems increase the life span of machine components, they protect from wear and corrosion. As a result, they are an inevitable part of modern service and maintenance concepts. Lubrication systems have the task of
bringing the lubricant to the appropriate point in an exact measured quantity, at the right time.
Lincoln is able to offer from its extensive range the single-line and progressive lubrication systems that are widely used by renewable energy industry and some examples are shown below:-
Wind Turbines Worldwide, centralised lubrication systems are an integral part of modern wind turbines. Rotor blades, main bearing, yaw slew, generator bearing and yaw pinion drive are often already equipped with a Lincoln automated centralised lubrication system direct from the manufacturer. Lincoln also offers the retro-fitment of wind turbines with the proven quality of an OEM.
Single-line P603 Pump and QSL/SL Lubricant Injectors Lincoln offers a very robust lubrication system that comprises a P603 or 653 pump and QSL/SL lubricant injectors. QSL and SL injectors are designed for pressure up to 300 bar. As a result, NLGI class 2 greases can be pumped without problems at minus temperatures. All injectors operate independently, so that should a fault occur with an individual injector, all other injectors will continue to supply lubricant. The single-line system is also suitable for fast-separating lubricants which are often used in wind turbines.
The lubrication system can also be combined with ASE1 suction elements for the removal of used lubricant. The ASE1 suction elements were specially developed for single-line systems in wind turbines to carefully remove the old grease from the bearing. The used grease is collected in a collection container and can be recycled – for example it can be reused for the lubrication of the open gear drive.
SE1 Suction elements for used lubricant installed in wind turbine.
Continued on page 12 10 LUBE MAGAZINE No.103 JUNE 2011
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