Wind turbine
is the wind energy into electrical energy, their capacity can be divided into:
Small (10kw or less), medium (10-100kw) and large (100kw above) wind turbines.
According to the relative position of the spindle and the ground can be divided
into: horizontal axis wind turbine and vertical axis wind turbines. Horizontal
axis wind turbine is a form of the world's most successful wind turbine, wind
turbine main advantage is that you can set up to a higher place from the
ground, thus reducing ground disturbance due to the dynamic characteristics of
the wind turbine. It is the main mechanical parts are in the cabin, such as the
spindle, gear box, generator, hydraulic systems, and the adjustment device and
the like. The national production of small vertical axis wind turbine, mainly
due to the low efficiency of vertical axis wind turbines, to be the boot
device, but also some technical issues to be resolved.
Medium-sized
wind turbine is the hub by blades, wheels, spindles, up gearbox, steering
mechanism, generators, tower, control systems and ancillary components (cabin
frame brake rotors, etc.) composed.
(A)
cabin
Cabin
contains key equipment of wind turbines, including gearboxes, generators and so
on.
(2)
the wind wheel
Said
blade is mounted on a wheel hub style, which includes a blade, wheel hubs,
spindles, etc. Wind turbine is a wind turbine to accept wind energy components.
Blades are the most critical components of a wind turbine, a modern wind turbine
rotor blades each measuring length is approximately 20 m blade number is
usually 2 or 3, most of the rotor blades of glass fiber reinforced plastic
(GRP) manufacturing. Can be divided into variable pitch blades and two blade
fixed pitch, and its role is to speed when the wind reaches the rated wind
speed wind turbine design, it is necessary to take measures on the wind
turbine, wind turbine in order to ensure output power does not exceed the
allowable value. Is connected to the blade hub and spindle components. Wheel
generally consists of cast or welded steel, which does not allow slag, sand
holes, cracks and other defects, then the blade can withstand the maximum
centrifugal load to design. Also known as low-speed spindle axis, the axis of
the rotor and gearbox together, bear larger torque due to its speed is
generally less than 50r / min, usually from high-strength alloy steel.
(3)
the growth rate is
Accelerator
is the gear box, is one of the key components of wind turbines. Since the wind
turbine operate at low speed, the generator operates at a high speed, the use
of matching the growth rate to achieve a gearbox. Use low speed wind turbine
gearbox on the rotor, high torque can be converted to high speed generator on
the lower torque for.
(4)
Coupling
Gearbox
with shaft coupling between the generator and, in order to reduce floor space,
often coupling and brake design together.
(5)
Brakes
The
brake is to stop the rotation of the wind turbine device, also known as the
brake.
(6)
Generators
Wind
turbine generator is the most critical component is the wind eventually
converted into electrical energy equipment. Good or bad performance of the
generator directly affect the overall efficiency and reliability. Large wind
turbines (100-150 kW) typically produces 690 volt three-phase alternating
current. Then the current through the transformer wind turbine next to (or in
the tower), the voltage is increased to 1-3 million volts, depending on the
standard of local grid. Commonly used on wind turbine generators are the
following:
① DC
generator, commonly used in the micro, small wind generators.
②
permanent magnet generator, commonly used on small wind turbines. China has now
invented the AC voltage 440 / 240V high efficiency permanent magnet alternator,
can be made much on low speed, especially for wind turbines.
③
synchronous or asynchronous AC generator which armature magnetic field is not
synchronized with the main rotation, the speed is slightly lower than the
synchronous speed, the speed should be increased when the grid.
(7)
of the tower
Wind
turbine tower is supporting bracket. A type of steel structure of the tower,
there are three forms of conical steel and reinforced concrete, etc., wind
turbine towers and rotor containing a cabin.
(8)
speeder
Wind
speed is changed, the speed of the wind wheel will wind speed changes. To make
wind wheel driving apparatus required under the rated speed is called speeder,
speeder just above rated wind speed at the time. Currently speeder used in the
world are the following:
① pitch
of variable speed control device;
②
given speeder tip stall pitch control;
③
centrifugal fly ball speed control device;
④
aerodynamic control devices;
⑤
turned, looking upward speeder.
(9)
adjusted to (yaw) device
The
device is adjusted so that the wheel has been aligned with the wind so that the
wind when the wind wheel device functioning. With the motor to rotate the
nacelle so that the rotor facing the wind. Yaw device consists of an electronic
controller operation, the electronic controller can feel the wind through the
vane. Usually when the wind changes its direction, the wind turbine will
deflect a few degrees.
(10)
wind turbines microcomputer control system
Computer
control of wind turbines are discrete control, is the wind vane, anemometer,
wind wheel speed, the generator voltage, frequency, current, generator
temperature, the growth rate of temperature rise, the cabin vibration, tower
vibration, cable too winding, grid voltage, current, frequency sensor signal by
the a / D conversion, and then transported to the microcontroller design
program gives various commands for automatic start, automatic transfer to
automatic control, automatic grid, automatically splitting, run the automatic
shutdown of unit failure, automatic cable unwinding, vibration shutdown,
automatic control over the winds stop and the like. Self failure diagnosis and
fault output terminal computer needs repair failure, after repairs to the
computer by maintenance personnel to instruction, computer and then perform an
automatic control program. Unit group of wind farms can achieve network
management, mutual communication, faulty wind a chance to read out on the PC
computer terminals and monitors terminus, tune out the program and modify the
program, so that modern Wind
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(11)
Cable twisted cable counter
Cable
is used to carry the current from wind turbines to the important device under
the tower. But when the wind accidentally deflected in one direction for too
long, the cable will become distorted, leading to broken cable or other failure
occurs. So wind turbines are equipped with cable twist counter to alert the
operator should untie the cable. Wind turbines will be equipped with a pull
switch is activated when the cable is twisted too much, disconnect the device,
or the brakes down, and then unlock the cable.