Gearbox Reliability Collaborative Phase 3 Gearbox 2 Test

Keller, Jonathan; Robb, Wallen

doi:10.7799/1254154

Title: Gearbox Reliability Collaborative Phase 3 Gearbox 2 Test

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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Gearbox Reliability Collaborative (GRC) was established by the U.S. Department of Energy in 2006; its key goal is to understand the root causes of premature gearbox failures and improve their reliability. The GRC uses a combined gearbox testing, modeling, and analysis approach disseminating data and results to the industry and facilitating improvement of gearbox reliability. This test data describes the tests of GRC gearbox 2 in the National Wind Technology Center dynamometer and documents any modifications to the original test plan. It serves as a guide to interpret the publicly released data sets with brief analyses to illustrate the data. TDMS viewer and Solidworks software required to view data files.

Authors:: Keller, Jonathan; Robb, Wallen

Publication Date:: Thu May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Other Number(s):: 45

DOE Contract Number:: FY16 AOP 30231

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Data (NREL-DATA), Golden, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

Collaborations:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Subject:: 17 WIND ENERGY

Keywords:: NREL; energy; data; Gearbox Reliability Collaborative; GRC; NWTC; Colorado; Boulder; Turbines; wind energy; Gearbox; Reiliability; Testing; Modeling; Analysis NREL; Dynamometer; bearing loads

OSTI Identifier:: 1254154

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.7799/1254154

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"Gearbox Reliability Collaborative Phase 3 Gearbox 2 Test".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.7799/1254154.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1254154. Pub date:Thu May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016

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  abstractNote = {The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Gearbox Reliability Collaborative (GRC) was established by the U.S. Department of Energy in 2006; its key goal is to understand the root causes of premature gearbox failures and improve their reliability. The GRC uses a combined gearbox testing, modeling, and analysis approach disseminating data and results to the industry and facilitating improvement of gearbox reliability. This test data describes the tests of GRC gearbox 2 in the National Wind Technology Center dynamometer and documents any modifications to the original test plan. It serves as a guide to interpret the publicly released data sets with brief analyses to illustrate the data. TDMS viewer and Solidworks software required to view data files.},

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