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Review article
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24 Jan 2022
Review article |
| 24 Jan 2022
| 24 Jan 2022
Damping identification of offshore wind turbines using operational modal analysis: a review
Aemilius A. W. van Vondelen
Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, 2628CN Delft, the Netherlands
Sachin T. Navalkar
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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Prinses Beatrixlaan 800, 2595BN The Hague, the Netherlands
Alexandros Iliopoulos
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Prinses Beatrixlaan 800, 2595BN The Hague, the Netherlands
Daan C. van der Hoek
Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, 2628CN Delft, the Netherlands
Jan-Willem van Wingerden
Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, 2628CN Delft, the Netherlands
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The damping of an offshore wind turbine is a difficult physical quantity to predict, although it plays a major role in a cost-effective turbine design. This paper presents a review of all approaches that can be used for damping estimation directly from operational wind turbine data. As each use case is different, a novel suitability table is presented to enable the user to choose the most appropriate approach for the given availability and characteristics of measurement data.
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