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 …

A review of research on wind turbine bearings' failure analysis and fault diagnosis

H Peng, H Zhang, Y Fan, L Shangguan, Y Yang - Lubricants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bearings are crucial components that decide whether or not a wind turbine can work
smoothly and that have a significant impact on the transmission efficiency and stability of the …

[HTML][HTML] A review of wind turbine main bearings: design, operation, modelling, damage mechanisms and fault detection

E Hart, B Clarke, G Nicholas… - Wind Energy …, 2020 - wes.copernicus.org
This paper presents a review of existing theory and practice relating to main bearings for
wind turbines. The main bearing performs the critical role of supporting the turbine rotor, with …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of variability and uncertainty of wind and waves on fatigue damage of a floating wind turbine drivetrain

S Wang, T Moan, Z Jiang - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effect of variability and uncertainty of wind and wave conditions
on the short-term fatigue damage of a 10-MW floating wind turbine drivetrain. Global …

Structural reliability analysis of wind turbines: A review

Z Jiang, W Hu, W Dong, Z Gao, Z Ren - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
The paper presents a detailed review of the state-of-the-art research activities on structural
reliability analysis of wind turbines between the 1990s and 2017. We describe the reliability …

On design, modelling, and analysis of a 10‐MW medium‐speed drivetrain for offshore wind turbines

S Wang, AR Nejad, T Moan - Wind Energy, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The design of a medium‐speed drivetrain for the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) 10‐
MW reference offshore wind turbine is presented. A four‐point support drivetrain layout that …

[HTML][HTML] Review of computational fluid dynamics in the design of floating offshore wind turbines

R Haider, X Li, W Shi, Z Lin, Q Xiao, H Zhao - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
The growing interest in renewable energy solutions for sustainable development has
significantly advanced the design and analysis of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) …

Wind turbine main‐bearing loading and wind field characteristics

E Hart, A Turnbull, J Feuchtwang, D McMillan… - Wind …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates the relationship between wind turbine main‐bearing loads and the
characteristics of the incident wind field in which the wind turbine is operating. For a 2‐MW …

An integrated approach for wind turbine gearbox fatigue life prediction considering instantaneously varying load conditions

F Ding, Z Tian, F Zhao, H Xu - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Wind power is a significant clean energy source. Operation & maintenance (O&M) costs
account for about 25% of the cost of wind power, and it is critical to improve the reliability of …

Stochastic dynamic load effect and fatigue damage analysis of drivetrains in land-based and TLP, spar and semi-submersible floating wind turbines

AR Nejad, EE Bachynski, MI Kvittem, C Luan, Z Gao… - Marine Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the feasibility of using a 5 MW drivetrain which is designed for a land-
based turbine, on floating wind turbines. Four types of floating support structures are …