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To ensure a high operational reliability of offshore wind turbines (OWEC) with economically acceptable repair and maintenance efforts, comprehensive diagnosis and supervision concepts are required. Automatic monitoring Systems will be an essential part of such concepts. Because of the fact, that during Operation there will be static and dynamic interaction between the components ‘structure’, ‘machinery’ and ‘blades’ it is necessary to develop the monitoring techniques in an overall concept. These monitoring Systems are supposed to be applied for the design and testing as well as for the Operation and maintenance phases. The knowledge of the dynamic behavior of wind turbines is important both for the design and for a safe Operation. The available monitoring data from a period of three years, allow first conclusions on the long-term Operation of such Systems in terms of quality requirements to the instrumentation to the structure and the rotor blades
Following a modular concept an integrated monitoring system has been developed that includes all components of offshore wind turbines (OWEC). Using commercially available measurement equipments of the involved partners this system was tested at the wind turbine Multibrid M5000_2 in Bremerhaven. Additional results of the research project are findings on the use of embedded FBG sensors in rotor blades that allow condition assessments based on local information. Newly developed algorithms for the identification of external loads and damage characteristics of the structural components have been tested in operation. Developed methods for monitoring based structural assessment were used, which will be suitable to optimize structural maintenance works.
The concept and technical details of the implementation of the developed integrated monitoring system within the IMO-WIND project are presented. The tasks of the components of the system and its requirements are described. Selected results from the continuous monitoring during operation of the plant M5000_2 regarding the task design verification and dynamic structural analysis are given.