Tribological challenges and advancements in wind turbine bearings: A review

A Dhanola, HC Garg - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2020 - Elsevier
The power generation from wind farms is growing very fast all over the world, and wind
energy is now playing the most significant role to aid sustainable development since the last …

Gearbox power loss. Part I: Losses in rolling bearings

CMCG Fernandes, PMT Marques, RC Martins… - Tribology …, 2015 - Elsevier
This work is devoted to the analysis, modeling and validation of gearbox power loss,
considering the influence of the gears, rolling bearings and seals, the influence of the …

Ionic liquids as an additive in fully formulated wind turbine gearbox oils

R Monge, R González, AH Battez… - Wear, 2015 - Elsevier
This work presents the friction and wear behaviour of two fully formulated (polyalphaolefin-
and mineral-based) wind turbine gearbox oils separately additivated with two ionic liquids …

Transient thermal analysis of grease-lubricated spherical roller bearings

F Ma, Z Li, S Qiu, B Wu, Q An - Tribology International, 2016 - Elsevier
Based on the local heat source analysis approach, a mathematical model for accurately
calculating heat generation rate of grease-lubricated spherical roller bearings (SRBs) is …

Real-time rolling bearing power loss in wind turbine gearbox modeling and prediction based on calculations and artificial neural network

HRF Fotso, CVA Kazé, GD Kenmoé - Tribology International, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the bearing power loss in gearbox for wind turbines under actual
operating wind speed. Actual power loss values are calculated using calibrated SKF model …

Torque loss and wear of FZG gears lubricated with wind turbine gear oils using an ionic liquid as additive

CMCG Fernandes, AH Battez, R González… - Tribology …, 2015 - Elsevier
This work presents a study of the tribological behavior of a mineral fully-formulated wind
turbine gear oil additised with [BMP][NTf 2] ionic liquid. The target application is the wind …

Friction torque in thrust ball bearings lubricated with polymer greases of different thickener content

D Gonçalves, S Pinho, B Graça, AV Campos… - Tribology …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work a series of experimental tests were performed in thrust ball bearings lubricated
with polymer greases. The tested greases were formulated with the same base oil but …

Torque loss of type C40 FZG gears lubricated with wind turbine gear oils

CMCG Fernandes, RC Martins, JHO Seabra - Tribology International, 2014 - Elsevier
Five fully formulated wind turbine gear oils were characterised. The gear oils have 320 ISO
VG grade and different formulations: ester, mineral, PAO, PAG and mineral+ PAMA. A back …

Coefficient of friction equation for gears based on a modified Hersey parameter

CMCG Fernandes, RC Martins, JHO Seabra - Tribology International, 2016 - Elsevier
The present work is first of all a bibliographic revision about the coefficient of friction
equations for gears. The available expressions were compared and used to predict …

The effect of gas turbine lubricant base oil molecular structure on friction

J Airey, M Spencer, R Greenwood, M Simmons - Tribology International, 2020 - Elsevier
The effect of molecular structure of lubricant polyol ester base oils on friction was studied. A
Mini-Traction Machine was used to produce Stribeck curves under representative oil system …