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Gaussian Process Operational Curves for Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring

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  • Ravi Pandit

    (Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G49YH, UK)

  • David Infield

    (Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G49YH, UK)

Abstract

Due to the presence of an abundant resource, wind energy is one of the most promising renewable energy resources for power generation globally, and there is constant need to reduce operation and maintenance costs to make the wind industry more profitable. Unexpected failures of turbine components make operation and maintenance (O&M) expensive, and because of transport and availability issues, the O&M cost is much higher in offshore wind farms (typically 30% of the levelized cost). To overcome this, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) based predictive condition monitoring can be applied to remotely identify early failures and limit downtime, boost production and decrease the cost of energy (COE). A Gaussian Process is a nonlinear, nonparametric machine learning approach which is widely used in modelling complex nonlinear systems. In this paper, a Gaussian Process algorithm is proposed to estimate operational curves based on key turbine critical variables which can be used as a reference model in order to identify critical wind turbine failures and improve power performance. Three operational curves, namely, the power curve, rotor speed curve and blade pitch angle curve, are constructed using the Gaussian Process approach for continuous monitoring of the performance of a wind turbine. These developed GP operational curves can be useful for recognizing failures that force the turbines to underperform and result in downtime. Historical 10-min SCADA data are used for the model training and validation.

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  • Ravi Pandit & David Infield, 2018. "Gaussian Process Operational Curves for Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-20, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:11:y:2018:i:7:p:1631-:d:153879
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