There’s so much more to turbine condition monitoring than vibration measurements. As wind turbine design and monitoring technology evolves, the potential to collect more data to predict faults is increasing.
To discuss the extent of condition monitoring of wind turbines in today’s industry, we welcomed Michael Stone, Senior Manager of Reliability Engineering at RWE Clean Energy, to the podcast.
We discuss Michael’s career, his thoughts on failure detection, how technology can help solve some of the issues in the industry, and the challenges of maintenance.
Key Moments:
- How the wind industry differs from oil and gas
- The top drivers of value in failure detection
- When early detection doesn’t always make sense
- The problem with bigger wind turbines
- Technology that could solve some of the maintenance gaps in the industry
- The biggest disconnects in the industry
- How prescriptive vs. predictive maintenance differs
- Why the industry doesn’t properly understand loading issues
- Challenges in the wind industry
Key Links:
- SkySpecs: https://skyspecs.com/
- RWE Clean Energy: https://www.rwe.com/en/the-group/rwe-clean-energy/
- Connect with Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelestone/
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