Message-ID: <23732322.1075840453055.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 00:52:00 -0700 (PDT) From: hollis.kimbrough@enron.com To: mark.walker@enron.com, mark.fisher@enron.com, jeff.duff@enron.com Subject: Wind related faults Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Hollis Kimbrough X-To: Mark V Walker, Mark Fisher, Jeff Duff X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \mark fischer 7-12-02\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: FISCHER-M X-FileName: mark fischer 7-12-02 LNotes.nsf fyi ---------------------- Forwarded by Hollis Kimbrough/EWC/Enron on 04/11/2002 08:05 AM --------------------------- Garth Ripton 04/10/2002 05:13 PM To: Hollis Kimbrough/EWC/Enron@ENRON cc: Subject: Wind related faults Hi Hollis, Here is the document that we wrote in response to Ben Bell's inquiry about high wind faults: I can briefly describe the "low wind" fault (#146 "turbine stopped due to calm). The low wind set point is parameter 2.1 ("start spinning speed") which is a generator speed reading and has a nominal value of 48 rpms. If the generator speed falls below this value by 15% (48 - (.14*48) = 40.8 rpms) for 30 seconds then the fault occurs. The turbine will restart when the wind exceeds 3.5 m/s with the turbine not spinning. (I'm going to check with the control engineers in Rheine to assure my interpretation of this is correct.) Here are some documents that describe how the parameters/set points relate to individual faults. This document describes the faults in some detail: This document shows the nominal values of the parameters for all turbine types. (This is an "unofficial" version and my not match the parameter settings in the field exactly): This document describes the parameters in greater detail. (Some of these are subject to interpretation so if we have questions about exactly what the parameters do we usually have to as the engineers in Rheine for more details): I hope this helps. If you have further questions ask me. -Garth