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Research on Carbon Emission for Preventive Maintenance of Wind Turbine Gearbox Based on Stochastic Differential Equation

Hongsheng Su, Lixia Dong^*, Xiaoying Yu, Kai Liu

School of Automation and Electrical Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China

* Corresponding Author: Lixia Dong. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Wind Energy Development and Utilization)

Energy Engineering 2024, 121(4), 973-986. https://doi.org/10.32604/ee.2023.043497

Received 04 July 2023; Accepted 09 October 2023; Issue published 26 March 2024

Abstract

Time based maintenance (TBM) and condition based maintenance (CBM) are widely applied in many large wind farms to optimize the maintenance issues of wind turbine gearboxes, however, these maintenance strategies do not take into account environmental benefits during full life cycle such as carbon emissions issues. Hence, this article proposes a carbon emissions computing model for preventive maintenance activities of wind turbine gearboxes to solve the issue. Based on the change of the gearbox state during operation and the influence of external random factors on the gearbox state, a stochastic differential equation model (SDE) and corresponding carbon emission model are established, wherein SDE is applied to model the evolution of the device state, whereas carbon emission is used to implement carbon emissions computing. The simulation results indicate that the proposed preventive maintenance cannot ensure reliable operation of wind turbine gearboxes but reduce carbon emissions during their lifespan. Compared with TBM, CBM minimizes unit carbon emissions without influencing reliable operation, making it an effective maintenance method.

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