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Fault Prediction and Diagnosis of Wind Turbine Generators Using SCADA Data

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  • Yingying Zhao

    (Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China)

  • Dongsheng Li

    (IBM Research–China, Shanghai 201203, China)

  • Ao Dong

    (Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China)

  • Dahai Kang

    (Concord New Energy Group Limited–China, Beijing 100048, China)

  • Qin Lv

    (Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA)

  • Li Shang

    (Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China
    Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA)

Abstract

The fast-growing wind power industry faces the challenge of reducing operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for wind power plants. Predictive maintenance is essential to improve wind turbine reliability and prolong operation time, thereby reducing the O&M cost for wind power plants. This study presents a solution for predictive maintenance of wind turbine generators. The proposed solution can: (1) predict the remaining useful life (RUL) of wind turbine generators before a fault occurs and (2) diagnose the state of the wind turbine generator when the fault occurs. Moreover, the proposed solution implies low-deployment costs because it relies solely on the information collected from the widely available supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. Extra sensing hardware is needless. The proposed solution has been deployed and evaluated in two real-world wind power plants located in China. The experimental study demonstrates that the RUL of the generators can be predicted 18 days ahead with about an 80% prediction accuracy. When faults occur, the specific type of generator fault can be diagnosed with an accuracy of 94%.

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  • Yingying Zhao & Dongsheng Li & Ao Dong & Dahai Kang & Qin Lv & Li Shang, 2017. "Fault Prediction and Diagnosis of Wind Turbine Generators Using SCADA Data," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-17, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:10:y:2017:i:8:p:1210-:d:108380
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