Kalman filter based data fusion for neutral axis tracking in wind turbine towers

Rohan Soman; Pawel H. Malinowski; Wieslaw Ostachowicz; Uwe Schmidt Paulsen

doi:10.1117/12.2084145

23 March 2015 Kalman filter based data fusion for neutral axis tracking in wind turbine towers

Rohan Soman, Pawel H. Malinowski, Wieslaw Ostachowicz, Uwe Schmidt Paulsen

Proceedings Volume 9438, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2015; 94381B (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2084145
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Wind energy is seen as one of the most promising solutions to man’s ever increasing demands of a clean source of energy. In particular to reduce the cost of energy (COE) generated, there are efforts to increase the life-time of the wind turbines, to reduce maintenance costs and to ensure high availability. Maintenance costs may be lowered and the high availability and low repair costs ensured through the use of condition monitoring (CM) and structural health monitoring (SHM). SHM allows early detection of damage and allows maintenance planning. Furthermore, it can allow us to avoid unnecessary downtime, hence increasing the availability of the system. The present work is based on the use of neutral axis (NA) for SHM of the structure. The NA is tracked by data fusion of measured yaw angle and strain through the use of Extended Kalman Filter (EKF). The EKF allows accurate tracking even in the presence of changing ambient conditions. NA is defined as the line or plane in the section of the beam which does not experience any tensile or compressive forces when loaded. The NA is the property of the cross section of the tower and is independent of the applied loads and ambient conditions. Any change in the NA position may be used for detecting and locating the damage. The wind turbine tower has been modelled with FE software ABAQUS and validated on data from load measurements carried out on the 34m high tower of the Nordtank, NTK 500/41 wind turbine.

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Rohan Soman, Pawel H. Malinowski, Wieslaw Ostachowicz, and Uwe Schmidt Paulsen "Kalman filter based data fusion for neutral axis tracking in wind turbine towers", Proc. SPIE 9438, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2015, 94381B (23 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2084145

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