MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has installed a monitoring system developed by SPM Instrument on the V164 8MW turbine model.
The Intellinova Parallel MB system delivers condition data to the overall condition monitoring system on the wind turbine, SPM said.
The system consists of four channels measuring in parallel, and three 44000 type shock pulse transducers connected to the measuring system to monitor the turbine’s two main bearings and the rotor side bearing of the planetary gearbox.
It has been approved for condition monitoring by German insurance company Allianz, SPM said.
The company added that the technology was tested and evaluated at the V164 test site in Østerild in northern Denmark.
The Intellinova system is installed on V164 turbines at Dong Energy’s 258MW Burbo Bank 2 wind farm in the Irish Sea, SPM said.
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