New and Renewable Energy Authority

Wind Turbines
Mechanical vibration

Eng. Mohamed Alsaid

Operation and Maintenance Engineer
H&S Certified according to GWO and Gamesa standards

14-2-2019
Mohamed Alsaid

2003-BS of Mechanical Design & Production Engineering

O&M Engineer for Wind Turbines for the following:-

Gamesa G5X – G8X
Vestas V47
Nordex N43

2016 -Certified according to GWO Standards

- Working at Heights, material handling , First Aids
2017 -Certified according to Gamesa
- Operation and maintenance procedures

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Objectives

• Fundamentals of vibrations
• Vibration monitoring system for G52

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Gamesa G52 Description
Eng. Mohamed Al Said
Date 14-2-2018
Nacelle

Eng. Mohamed Al Said

Nacelle

Eng. Mohamed Al Said

Nacelle components

Eng. Mohamed Al Said

Nacelle components

Eng. Mohamed Al Said

Nacelle components

Eng. Mohamed Al Said

Nacelle components

Eng. Mohamed Al Said

1-Fundamentals of vibrations
Vibration Analysis objective

• The main objective of Vibration based condition monitoring is to detect failures

in the wind turbine’s main components early on while the damage is minimal.
The benefits of the Condition Monitoring System are to:
1. Reduce corrective actions
2. Plan the corrective actions ahead of time
3. Optimize preventive maintenance
4. Achieve longer main component and wind
turbine life
5. Identification of possible future higher
failures rates

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1-Fundamentals of vibrations
Vibration Analysis Introduction

• Time Domain
• It is a record of the response of a dynamic system, as
indicated by some measured parameter, as a function
of time. This is the traditional way of observing the
output of a dynamic system.
• Frequency Domain
• Over one hundred years ago, Jean Baptiste Fourier
showed that any waveform that exists in the real
world can be generated by adding up sine waves.
• By picking the amplitudes, frequencies, and phases of
these sine waves, one can generate a waveform identical
to the desired signal

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1-Fundamentals of vibrations
Vibration Analysis Introduction

Every machine
vibrates because
of its machining
tolerances.

Vibration (Time Signal)

Any change in the normal

vibration of a machine Forier Transform (Frequency
can be a symptom of Spectrum)
damage.

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 1-Fundamentals of
vibrations
Vibration Analysis
Introduction

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 1-
Fundamentals
of vibrations
Vibration
Analysis
Introduction

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Vibration analysis can be used for detecting damages in early stages.
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1-Fundamentals of vibrations
Vibration Analysis objective

Spectra
Analysis

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1-Fundamentals of vibrations
Vibration Analysis objective

Broadband
spectrum of an
undamaged self-
aligning
ball bearing

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1-Fundamentals of vibrations
Vibration Analysis objective

Broadband
spectrum of a
self-aligning ball
bearing
with an instance
of centrally
located outer-
ring damage on
both
rows

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1-Fundamentals of vibrations
SMP schematic for G52

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1-Fundamentals of vibrations
SMP schematic for G52

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1-Fundamentals of vibrations
SMP schematic for G52

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1-Fundamentals of vibrations
SMP schematic for G52

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1-Fundamentals of vibrations
SMP schematic for G52

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1-Fundamentals of vibrations
SMP schematic for G52

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New and Renewable Energy Authority
& Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy

Thank you for your listening

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