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Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1533-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1533-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
Research article
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20 Jul 2022
Research article |  | 20 Jul 2022

Wind turbine main-bearing lubrication – Part 2: Simulation-based results for a double-row spherical roller main bearing in a 1.5 MW wind turbine

Edward Hart, Elisha de Mello, and Rob Dwyer-Joyce

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This paper is the second in a two-part study on lubrication in wind turbine main bearings. Investigations are conducted concerning lubrication in the double-row spherical roller main bearing of a 1.5 MW wind turbine. This includes effects relating to temperature, starvation, grease-thickener interactions and possible non-steady EHL effects. Results predict that the modelled main bearing would be expected to operate under mixed lubrication conditions for a non-negligible proportion of its life.
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