Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Present work is a reporting of the case study for damage assessment of wind turbine tower, caused by accidental fire of the power cable in the tower of 2.2 MW wind turbine at a wind farm site in India. This work reports the methodology adopted for investigating the effect of thermal cycles caused due to accidental fire on the tower structure. Non-destructive testing methods such as, ultrasonic flaw detection, hardness testing and in-situ metallography is used for assessment of the fire affected components of tower structure of wind turbine. Appropriate interpretation of test results enabled us to recommend replacement of the damaged components of the wind turbine tower, while the unaffected components of tower are found safe to use. Further, it is observed that localized heating has affected the weld seam and plates of shell in some selected area only.
DOI: 10.58286/31319
Authors: Chetan A. Somani, J. G. Kuchhadiya
Institution: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Language: English
Subfield: Mechanical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410714548