NRG Systems has signed a collaborative agreement with TechnoCentre éolien that allows NRG Systems to install and validate its patented condition-based turbine health monitoring system known as TurbinePhD.
The system was installed on a Repower MM92 wind turbine at the TechoCenter’s northern wind energy research center location in Rivière-au-Renard, Quebec last month. The TurbinePhD health monitoring system allows operations and maintenance professionals to dramatically lower their costs by accurately predicting when components in the turbine’s drive train are likely to fail months in advance. Maintenance and crane calls can then be scheduled at the most optimal time, such as during the low-wind season. Adapting advanced technology from the aerospace industry, the TurbinePhD differs from traditional condition monitoring systems in that it delivers a single readily understandable health indicator for each component in a turbine’s drive train—and accurate predictions of their future health—straight to the desktops of operations and maintenance professionals. The turbine health monitoring system is patented under US Patent No. 8082115.
The system was installed on a Repower MM92 wind turbine at the TechoCenter’s northern wind energy research center location in Rivière-au-Renard, Quebec last month. The TurbinePhD health monitoring system allows operations and maintenance professionals to dramatically lower their costs by accurately predicting when components in the turbine’s drive train are likely to fail months in advance. Maintenance and crane calls can then be scheduled at the most optimal time, such as during the low-wind season. Adapting advanced technology from the aerospace industry, the TurbinePhD differs from traditional condition monitoring systems in that it delivers a single readily understandable health indicator for each component in a turbine’s drive train—and accurate predictions of their future health—straight to the desktops of operations and maintenance professionals. The turbine health monitoring system is patented under US Patent No. 8082115.
