Advanced services
Wind Retrofit
Old wind turbine technologies don’t allow for maximum power generation. Well-engineered and optimized power conversion and control systems are essential for maximum production and power quality.
ABB retrofits stall- and pitch-controlled wind turbines to full power (variable-speed), thereby improving the efficiency, reliability and grid code compliance of aging wind turbines. The lifetime of the turbines can be extended significantly.
- Significant increase in annual production (kWh)
- Increased grid code compliance and penalty avoidance
- Enables variable full speed range
- Full reactive power production
- Reduced mechanical shock on the turbine during grid faults
- Analysis, consulting, engineering, design and field commissioning
- Replacement of existing electrical components (capacitor banks, soft starter, etc.) with full power converter
- Complete generator overhaul and winding insulation resistance measurement
- Verification of full power converter combined with generator
- Integration of the converter in the turbine control system
- Full load testing for combined full power converter and generator
- Remote monitoring
- Optional: Condition Monitoring System (CMS)
- Optional: Web-SCADA
(Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System)