Approaches to enhance power density of gearboxes for wind turbines

Based on pitting strength, some approaches to enhance power density of gearboxes for wind turbines are discussed. The calculation load is greatly reduced by power division. Allowable stress numbers are effectively increased by improving property of quality materials, precision heat treatment or shot peening. Load capacities can be also obviously enhanced by improving the tooth shape of morphology optimization of tooth root, tooth correction or superfinishing of tooth surface. The center distance is effectively decreased by minishing minimum allowable safety factor or enlarging face width. The power density of gearbox can be further improved by means of structure optimization of planet carrier or uniform load of planetary gear transmission.     

Junction stiffness analysis and vibration noise prediction of wind power speed-increase gearbox

In order to study the vibration characteristics and radiation noise of wind power speed-increase gearbox, a torsional vibration model of wind power speed-increase gearbox is established based on the analysis of supporting stiffness of bearing and contact stiffness of gear pairs. By solving the vibration differential equation with the help of Matlab, the frequency and corresponding vibration mode are obtained. With taking stiffness excitation, error exaction and meshing impact exaction into account, the dynamic finite element model of speed-increase gearbox is set up, and the dynamic response simulation is carried out. Regarding vibration displacement of the nodes on gearbox surface as boundary condition, an acoustic boundary element model of speed-increase gearbox is built. The surface acoustic pressure of gearbox and the radiation noise of field points are solved by the direct boundary element method. The results show that there is a great difference between torsion frequency and excitation frequency of wind power speed-increase gearbox, and so the resonance doesn't occur. The maximum structural noise and radiation noise mainly appear near the double octave of the gears meshing frequency of high-speed grade.     

Dynamic analysis of wind turbine gearbox

By inputting reduced matrix of stiffness and mass, a dynamic model including flexible housing, ring gear and carrier for a 3 MW wind turbine gearbox is established based on MASTA. And analysis results show that the kinetic percentage of housing is maximum near the gear mesh frequency and response is maximum at the 1st mesh frequency of HSS gear. The analysis results show certain agreement with vibration test results. This paper can provide reference for avoiding vibration in gearbox design.     

Load modling and analysis of wind turbine under consideringthe space coordinate transformation

Based on coordinate transformation and mechanical analysis, load transformation between blade root and rotor coordinate system for wind turbine is derived.And an analysis model closer to actual working condition is established.Taking a 5 MW wind turbine as analysis object, analyzing results of the new model, traditional simplified model and GH Bladed model are compared, and results are good enough to validate this new model has higher reliability and accuracy.In addition, based on analyzing to load component, through access to instance data of each factor in process of coordinate transformation, the impact of each factor can be accurately analyzed, which is of great significance to control and reduce load.     

Evaluation and analysis on the extreme load of wind turbine blade

According to the international standard of German GL 2010, a wind turbine of 850 kW is applied to the corresponding wind power generation unit and its situation of pneumatic rated power and sympathetic vibration is analyzed with Bladed software. The result verifies the reliability of wind turbine in operation. Further, after all the wind regimes in GL standard are calculated and analyzed comparatively, the extreme wind regimes which mainly influence the aerodynamic performance of the wind blade are obtained, namely, Dlc4.2b, Dlc1.3a, etc. Later on, the evaluation criteria of wind turbine blade taking the load of blade root as standard are established and implemented with the built-in demo data of Bladed software to testify its generality. Then based on the above evaluation criteria, extreme loads of the 850 kW’s blade root is computed and it’s found the extreme swing load is 353 663 N·m, which is 2.5% lower than its designed value. The result verifies the security of the blade in operation and the reliability of the evaluation criteria.     

Independent pitch control strtegy anlysis of MW wind turbine

Under rel circumstnces, wind sher, tower shdow nd other fctors led to unblnced lods on wind wheel plne nd lrge tip displcement. While trditionl wind turbine control strtegy cnnot effectively solve the problem of uneven lod. In view of this, n individul pitch control strtegy is proposed by combining the liner qudrtic regultor with the disturbnce ccommodting control. Then this control strtegy is simulted under the environment of FAST nd Mtlb/Simulink softwre. Results show tht the proposed strtegy of individul pitch control cn reduce lods of min components nd improve opertionl life of wind turbines under wind sher cses.     

The analysis of rotating blades effect onwind turbines macelle wind measurement

To improve the accuracy of wind measurement, computational fluid dynamics is adopted to simalate the impact of wind turbine blades with and without T-spoilers on the outflow field distribuation and the wind speed and direction measurement on the top of macelle. The simulation is arried out on a 5 MW wind turbines when the rated wind speed is 10.5 m/s and the rated speed of blades is 11.34 r/min. The calculation results show that the blades with T-spoilers have greater impact on the accuracy of anemometer and wind vane on the top of nacelle. Therefore,it’s recommended to move forward the wind measurement equipment 0.3 m and elevate them 1 m relative to the original position so that the measurement accuracy meets the design requirements.     

Performance simulation of high-power wind turbine under the action of wind and wave

In order to research the offshore wind turbine which operates in harsh environment with transient and variable working conditions, the system is simulated and analyzed by simulation technology. The aerodynamic load of wind turbine is calculated by applying GDW theory and wave load is calculated by applying Airy wave theory. The drive chain is programmed in Matlab/ simulink and the flexible multi-body model of the wind turbine is built in Adams. The combined simulation of the wind turbine is carried out. The results of a 5 MW offshore wind turbine show that the method has excellent ability to simulate the performance almost the same as software Bladed result.     

Multi-objective dynamic optimization design of high-power wind turbine gearbox

A dynamic model of NGW helical planetary gear transmission for high-power wind turbine gearbox is established by considering these factors as errors of gears and time-varying mesh stiffness by using mass centralized method. Moreover, the random wind velocity is simulated as external seismic excitation making the results more conform to practical condition. And on this basis, this system is optimized for minimum gearbox volume and minimum component torsional acceleration with the restriction of reliability and strength restrain. The result indicates that the optimized parameters make gear transmission lightweight and the dynamic property improved so as to reduing vibration and noised.     

Arrangement and design of main bearing for wind turbine

The wind turbine bearing runs under complicated loading and vibration condition and its design and analysis is a developing and crossing discipline. The typical main bearing arrangements for wind turbine are compared, including the 3-point arrangement with spherical roller bearing, double-row tapered roller bearing and cylindrical roller bearing, two single-row tapered roller bearings. The various factors including the wind turbine type, loading, cost and weight are considered in the design of wind turbine drive train. The influencing factor of bearing reliability and the relationship between wind load, drive train and bearing are studied. Based on an example of bearing reliability, the influence of complicated topography on wind load and bearing life is analyzed. The commonality of the wind farms with wind turbine failure is found, i.e. the topology and the wind condition of most wind turbine sites are very unfavorable, e.g. with sleep slope, not enough distance between adjacent wind turbines. Such factors can cause abnormal wind shear and turbulence, which can bring unexpected load onto the bearing. The key factors in the analysis procedure of topography and wind resource are discussed.     

system modeling and simulation of wind turbines

Wind turbines operate in harsh environment with transient and variable working conditions. As a result, wind turbines are complicated, nonlinear, uncertain systems. Modeling and analysis of these systems are crucial to their design. Based on MATLAB, a new dynamic simulation model of a stalled wind turbine was presented. The blade element momentum theory and the state space method were programmed into MATLAB/SIMULINK to calculate wind turbine aerodynamic performance. The generator was also modeled in MATLAB/SIMULINK, taking the coupling between the generator and the rotor speed into consideration. Based on the proposed MATLAB model, an analysis of a 600 kW wind turbine was carried out. The calculation values were compared with the measured data. The results indicate the correctness of the proposed MATLAB model. The simulation model can be applied to optimize design and control of stalled wind turbines.     

Analysis of gear micropitting for megawatt-class wind turbine gearbox

Gear micropitting phenomenon is common in megawatt-class wind turbine gearbox because of the hard operating environment and complicated load case. More and more attention has been paid to it during recent years. Main factors influencing gear micropitting, such as surface roughness, modification coefficient, oil temperature, are discussed in this paper according to ISO/TR 15144—1:2010. Reasonable values for the factors are suggested and software for calculating micropitting is developed. Based on observation and discussion, measures for reducing gear micropitting risk in wind turbine gearbox design are proposed.     

ANSYS/PDS风电齿轮箱收缩盘联接可靠性分析

笔者建立了某风电齿轮箱主轴收缩盘联接的轴对称参数化有限元模型,并结合主轴扭矩作用应用ANSYS非线性接触对该模型进行了强度分析。由于材料属性、制造过程、边界条件以及载荷等设计参数的不确定性会影响计算的精确性,应用ANSYS/PDS模块,根据失效模式确定整体功能函数并由此建立结构极限状态方程,采用蒙特卡罗超拉丁采样方法对收缩盘联接进行可靠性分析,得到整体联接的可靠度和失效率,并给出累积概率分布。研究结果表明:收缩盘传扭联接性能和结构件强度均满足设计要求,其联接的可靠度达到94.8%,达到了工程设计要求,对风电齿轮箱收缩盘联接的可靠性设计具有一定的指导意义。     

Loading behavior analysis of an aluminum alloy roof structure system under wind loads

The numerical analysis of a conventional aluminum alloy roof system taken from an actual international airport under wind uplift is conducted. A two-step simulation analysis approach is proposed, which effectively overcomes the computational difficulties brought by the contact between panels and supports. Through numerical analysis of roof components, the failure mode of the roof connection and the load bearing capacity of the roof are obtained. And the efficiency of material strength in each component is evaluated as well. It can provide reference for the design and application of aluminum alloy roof structure.     

我国玫瑰产业的现状与分析

玫瑰是一种集美化、绿化、食用、药用于一身的蔷薇科木本植物。分析我国玫瑰的发展状况,提出解决玫瑰发展中存在问题的方法,并对我国玫瑰产业的未来作出展望。     

The input load and its influence factors of wind turbine based on variational wind speed

The auto regressive (AR) method is applied to build the model of wind speed in wind field,and with the model, the wind time-history is obtained. The Glauert method is used to calculate time-varying input load,such as the time histories of thrust and torque of the wind turbine under the condition of variational wind speed. Based on statistical analysis,the design loading spectrum and rain flow histogram of the loads are obtained. The effects of wheel blade parameters on the input load under the condition of variational wind speed are analyzed,and the average loads of thrust and torque are obviously affected by the pitch angle. When the pitch angle increases,the loads of thrust and torque both decrease,meanwhile the amplitude of thrust first increases then decreases,while the amplitude of torque decreases monotonously. The thrust is obviously affected by twist and attack angles of blade while the torque is less affected by the twist and attack angles of the blade. The results lay foundations for reliability design,load control of the wind turbine as well as the parameter optimum of the wheel blade aerofoil under the real wind condition.     

The Design Strategies of Modern Industrial Architecture in China

According to the development trends of modem industrial architecture and combining with the situation of China, the essay first proposes the design strategies of modern industrial architecture in China, and then strongly verifies these strategies with deep analysis of advanced design precedents, in the end points out these strategies are very necessary and appropriate in China.     

Analysis of reasonable wind farm energy storage capacity range

The wind farm output power fluctuations caused by changing wind speed can be improved by configuring the appropriate storage energy capacity .For the problem that how to select the storage capacity more economical, two indicators for the judgment of the optimization wind power output are mentioned, which is based on a method calculating storage energy capacity. By detailed analysis of the all kinds of factors that can influence the reasonable value of storage capacity, and by using the cost of storage capacity and the smoothing effect of wind farm output as assistant criterion, a reasonable storage capacity range is discussed.     

Dynamic characteristics analysis of megawatt wind turbine drive train

Since the wind turbines are installed on the flexible support tower, the drive train of the wind turbines runs under severe work conditions with varying wind directions and loads. So its failure rate is high and it is the bottle neck of the wind power development. This work presents a study which takes the coupling effect of oscillating of tower barrel and the twisting vibration of driven train into account. Using the lumped parameter method, a coupled dynamic model for the megawatt wind turbine drive train is built by considering the flexible tower barrel support effects. Then, the dynamic characteristics of the megawatt wind turbine drive train are analyzed. The Campbell chart is used in this research to analyze the potential resonance points. And the potential resonance frequencies between the cutting in and cutting out rotational speed of the drive train are obtained. Finally, Simpack is used to analyze the dynamic characteristics of drive train and verify the correctness of the proposed method.     

贵州省食用菌产业现状与可持续性发展分析

笔者分析了贵州省食用菌产业特点与产业优势,认为贵州食用菌产业在自然条件、交通条件以及政策条件等方面均具有较大优势;全省食用菌规模逐渐扩大,品牌效应凸显。进一步总结了贵州省食用菌产业存在的问题,即缺乏行业规范,产品结构较为单一,行业人才匮乏。继而提出了贵州省食用菌产业可持续性发展建议,即加大食用菌产业的开发程度,加强科技支撑及专业人才培养,政府统筹,建立行业标准,重视菌渣的综合开发利用,以实现本省食用菌产业的后发赶超和可持续性发展。