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Title: What makes a wind turbine break? NREL’s drivetrain experts want to know.

Abstract

As part of an investigation into turbine operational conditions most likely to cause drivetrain failures, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently installed a new gearbox and main bearing in the U.S. Department of Energy-owned General Electric 1.5-megawatt SLE turbine.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1770808
Resource Type:
Multimedia
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; WIND ENERGY; ENERGY COSTS; DRIVETRAIN; TURBINE

Citation Formats

. What makes a wind turbine break? NREL’s drivetrain experts want to know.. United States: N. p., 2018. Web.
. What makes a wind turbine break? NREL’s drivetrain experts want to know.. United States.
. Wed . "What makes a wind turbine break? NREL’s drivetrain experts want to know.". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1770808.
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abstractNote = {As part of an investigation into turbine operational conditions most likely to cause drivetrain failures, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently installed a new gearbox and main bearing in the U.S. Department of Energy-owned General Electric 1.5-megawatt SLE turbine.},
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year = {Wed Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
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