Articles | Volume 5, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-1007-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-1007-2020
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17 Aug 2020
Research article |  | 17 Aug 2020

A surrogate model approach for associating wind farm load variations with turbine failures

Laura Schröder, Nikolay Krasimirov Dimitrov, and David Robert Verelst

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HAWC2 simulations for creating a wind farm surrogate model of a 5 MW offshore wind turbine L. Schröder https://doi.org/10.11583/DTU.12245978

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We suggest a methodology for correlating loads with component reliability of turbines in wind farms by combining physical modeling with machine learning. The suggested approach is demonstrated on an offshore wind farm for comparing performance, loads and lifetime estimations against recorded main bearing failures from maintenance reports. It is found that turbines positioned at the border of the wind farm with a higher expected AEP are estimated to experience earlier main bearing failures.
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