
Smart integration
Smart integration of renewable energy
Project WEA Retrofit
Retrofitting of power electronics for wind turbines with asynchronous generator
Subject
Development of condition monitoring system for power electronics of wind turbines to enable predictive maintenance.
Objectives
- Analysis of high-resolution electrical field data to develop model for calculation of remaining service life of power electronics.
- Development of Condition Monitoring Systems (CMS) to enable predictive maintenance.
- Integration of CMS-software in control system of wind turbine power converter.
Project coordinator
Universität Bremen
Support programme
Funded by the German Ministry for Economy and Energy: “Forschung für eine umweltschonende, zuverlässige und bezahlbare Energieversorgung”. Proposal Number: 0325785A-D
Participating companies
Freqcon GmbH, Universität Bremen, Windrad Engineering GmbH, WindGuard Certification GmbH
R&D Scope FREQCON
Development of control algorithms for condition monitoring and integration into control software of wind turbine power converter.
Start/Finish
January 2015 / July 2018
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FREQCON Germany
FREQCON GmbH
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Our partners in Europe
Italy:
ATME S.p.A.
Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania:
Local Energies