Wind Turbine Comprising At Least One Gearbox And An Epicyclic Gearbox
AssigneeVestas Wing Systems A/S
InventorJens Demtroder
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Abstract
The invention relates to a wind turbine comprising at least one gearbox. The gearbox comprises one or more sensors for measuring condition values of the wind turbine, and is characterized in that the one or more sensors are mounted on one or more rotating parts of the gearbox. The invention further relates to an epicyclic gearbox comprising a gearbox housing, one or more gearbox parts rotating in relation to the housing, and one or more sensors for measuring condition values of the gearbox. The epicyclic gearbox is characterized in that, the one or more sensors are mounted on one or more of the rotating parts of the gearbox.
Claims51
A wind turbine comprising at least one epicyclic gear-box, said epicyclic gearbox comprising
- one or more sensors comprising means for measuring vibrations and/or acoustic emission of the wind turbine,
- characterized in that
- said one or more sensors are mounted on one or more rotating parts of said epicyclic gearbox.
An epicyclic gearbox comprising
- a gearbox housing,
- one or more gearbox parts rotating in relation to said housing, and
- one or more sensors comprising means for measuring vibrations and/or acoustic emission of said gearbox,
- characterized in that
- said one or more sensors are mounted on one or more of said rotating parts of said gearbox.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.