The Mistralwind Project—Towards a Remaining Useful Lifetime Analysis and Holistic Asset Management Approach for More Sustainability of Wind Turbine Structures

Geiss, Christian T.; Kinscherf, Simon; Decker, Matthias; Romahn, S.; Botz, M.; Raith, Manuel; Wondra, Bernhard; Große, Christian U.; Osterminski, Kai; Emiroglu, Altug; Bletzinger, Kai‐Uwe; Obradović, Dragan; Wever, Utz

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“…Exploring RUL and accumulated damage to supporting structures of wind turbines is crucial for sustainable and cost-effective operation. [1] and [2] developed methods to analyze damage scenarios and RUL by monitoring acceleration and strain data supported by numerical simulations. [2] concludes that model uncertainties can be reduced by in-field NDT inspections.…”

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“…[1] and [2] developed methods to analyze damage scenarios and RUL by monitoring acceleration and strain data supported by numerical simulations. [2] concludes that model uncertainties can be reduced by in-field NDT inspections. The integration of monitoring and inspection techniques into a digital twin concept, as discussed by [3], further highlights the comprehensive approach needed to enhance the lifecycle and sustainability of such structures.…”

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Operational Sensor Adjustment for Structural Health Monitoring Systems in Wind Turbines using Machine Learning

Rupfle,

Wondra,

Nowack

2024

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The digitalization in structural engineering has significantly amplified the importance of Structural Health Monitoring systems, especially in civil engineering and the renewable energy sector. A monitoring system allows for deep analysis of the structure's health state, can detect anomalies, and also allows for the determination of remaining useful life. Initially, after installation, a monitoring system needs adjustment so that it can be used for various analysis purposes. This paper presents three different methods to fully automatically adjust sensor offsets of tilt, acceleration, and strain data in wind turbine towers. In the first method, we make use of an initiated 360-degree nacelle rotation and its unbalanced rotor weight-induced tower bending. In the second method, uniaxial operational data is collected and binned to form a database for a univariate regression. A third method consists of a biaxial operational data set, allowing for a multivariate regression. The applications of the second and third approaches can be extended to any slender structure under environmental load. The presented workflow also allows for fully automated sensor orientation determination and fault detection due to long-term drift observation of sensor characteristics.

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Operational Sensor Adjustment for Structural Health Monitoring Systems in Wind Turbines using Machine Learning

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2024

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“…B. der Wartungsintervalle genutzt werden. Diese und weitere in MISTRALWIND behandelte Themen werden in Geiss et al , Definitionen eines Digitalen Zwillings und Anwendungspotenziale für das Bauwesen werden in erläutert.…”

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Überwachung und Modellierung der Tragstruktur von Windenergieanlagen

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Emiroglu

Osterminski

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The basis for creating a digital twin is a suitable model with a close connection to reality in the form of measurement data. In this paper it is explained how model and measurement data of the support structure of a wind turbine can be obtained. The procedure is implemented on a real wind turbine with a concrete/steel hybrid tower. The monitoring includes the acquisition of vibrations, strains and temperature as well as the determination of the dynamic Young's modulus of the concrete structure by sound velocity measurements. For modeling, a finite element model with shell elements was chosen, which takes into account stiffening effects from static loads. A comparison between model and reality is the most important premise for the use of a digital twin: Therefore, a multi-stage model validation based on modal parameters and local material stresses is performed. The Digital Twin offers different usage scenarios; here one is carried out: the fatigue calculation and remaining useful life (RUL) estimation. For this purpose, material stresses at highly stressed positions are determined using measurement data and model. The results are currently still unrealistically high lifetimes for the concrete part. The results are based on relatively short (1 h, 24 h) stress time series. This could be one reason for the high values. It could also be an indication that fatigue is a non-critical load case for the concrete part.

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“…However, not every wind turbine experienced the load conditions assumed at its design, but preserved significant remaining useful lifetime (RUL). Research projects such as the MISTRALWIND project aim at the extension of the RUL [3]. To warrant a safe long-term operation of wind turbines and to predict the RUL from the evolvement of fatigue, changes in the structural integrity need to be detected, analyzed, and recorded continuously.…”

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Wireless High-Resolution Acceleration Measurements for Structural Health Monitoring of Wind Turbine Towers

Wondra

Malek

Botz

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Data-Enabled Discov. Appl.

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Structural health monitoring (SHM) will be pivotal for safe and economic operation of wind turbines. Timely discovery of changes within the structure and means of prediction of required maintenance will reduce production costs of electricity and catastrophic failures. Long-term structural acceleration recording can support damage detection on turbine towers and document progression of fatigue. Conventional acceleration recordings are based on wired sensor nodes at fixed positions with privileged accessibility and electric power supply. However, such positions might be near vibration nodes and not necessarily experience the maximum vibration amplitude. Shifts in eigenfrequencies can be an indicator of changes in structural stiffness, hence damage, but also be caused by environmental effects, e.g., temperature. Damages generate local effects while the structure's vibration spectrum is a global evaluation. If a sensor is close to the location of damage, the probability of detection is increased. Wireless sensors powered by batteries are advantageous for this task as they are independent of cabling for power supply and data transmission. Such monitoring of turbine tower structures is not common in practice and requires new data-enabled techniques to discover deviations from the optimal way of wind turbine operation. This paper proposes a new approach using wireless high-resolution acceleration measurement sensor nodes, exploiting the vibration response of wind turbine towers. Influences of acceleration resolution and sensor node locations onto the accuracy of eigenfrequency determination are demonstrated. A comparison between acceleration recordings by wireless sensor nodes and their wired counterparts is presented to prove the equivalence of the wireless sensing method. Finally, new data compression techniques used with the sensor nodes are discussed to reduce wireless transmission to a minimum.

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The Mistralwind Project—Towards a Remaining Useful Lifetime Analysis and Holistic Asset Management Approach for More Sustainability of Wind Turbine Structures

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Operational Sensor Adjustment for Structural Health Monitoring Systems in Wind Turbines using Machine Learning

Operational Sensor Adjustment for Structural Health Monitoring Systems in Wind Turbines using Machine Learning

Überwachung und Modellierung der Tragstruktur von Windenergieanlagen

Wireless High-Resolution Acceleration Measurements for Structural Health Monitoring of Wind Turbine Towers

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