MikeHalloran (Mechanical)
26 Sep 11 9:51
I think the challenge presented assumes that _all_ of the controls have "gone off to see God", and are therefore unresponsive to external stimuli, and not behaving as they should.
This is correct. Significant retrofits to the turbine could obviously...
Hello all,
Thanks for the fast responses and good ideas!
Someone got it right when they assumed we do already have variable pitch. Indeed there is a pitching brake mechanism in the wind turbines, but it is not 100% reliable, thus disconnection from the controllers in combination with the...
Hello everyone,
I have a difficult question regarding wind turbines that I was hoping to get some feedback on.
Situation: There are a number of ~90 kW turbines mounted on 60-foot lattice towers. Due to the design of the machine, it occasionally happens that the turbine will go into what's...
