Open AccessDevelopment and Assessment of Planetary Gear Unit for Experimental Prototype of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
Author(s) -
Aleksandrs Urbahs,
Margarita Urbaha,
Kristīne Carjova
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
latvian journal of physics and technical sciences/latvian journal of physics and technical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.251
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2199-6156
pISSN - 0868-8257
DOI - 10.1515/lpts-2017-0033
Subject(s) - kinematics , engineering , turbine , unit (ring theory) , mechanical engineering , non circular gear , unit testing , automotive engineering , control unit , rotation (mathematics) , marine engineering , structural engineering , computer science , spiral bevel gear , physics , mathematics education , mathematics , software , classical mechanics , programming language , artificial intelligence , operating system
The theoretical calculation for development of planetary gear unit of wind turbine (WT) and its experimental tests are presented in the paper. Development of experimental prototypes from composite materials is essential to determine capability of element and its impact on feature. Two experimental scale prototypes of planetary gear unit for WT were developed for such purposes. Hall transducer, servomechanisms and optical tachometers were used to obtain results, comparison analysis of theoretical and actual data was performed as well as quality assessment of experimental prototypes of planetary gear unit. After kinematic and load analysis as well as control of rotation frequency, it is possible to declare that the unit is able to operate at designated quality. Theoretical calculations and test results obtained are used for industrial WT prototype development