Wind Energy Science
Wind Energy Science
WES
Articles | Volume 8, issue 2
Articles | Volume 8, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-289-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-289-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 8, issue 2
Research article
 | 
02 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 02 Mar 2023

Exploring limiting factors of wear in pitch bearings of wind turbines with real-scale tests

Karsten Behnke and Florian Schleich

Viewed

Total article views: 2,764 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
1,893 798 73 2,764 71 83
  • HTML: 1,893
  • PDF: 798
  • XML: 73
  • Total: 2,764
  • BibTeX: 71
  • EndNote: 83
Views and downloads (calculated since 01 Nov 2022)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 01 Nov 2022)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 2,764 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 2,679 with geography defined and 85 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Latest update: 05 Nov 2025
Download
Short summary
The objective of this work is to find limits within typical operating conditions of a wind turbine below which wear on the bearing raceway does not occur. It covers the test of blade bearings with an outer diameter of 2.6 m. The test parameters are based on a 3 MW reference turbine and are compared to values from the literature. It was shown that it can be possible to avoid wear, which again can be used to design a wind turbine controller.
Read more
Share
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint