MOXA Case Studies Remote Monitoring and Control for a Windmill Generator

	Remote Monitoring and Control for a Windmill Generator MOXA

Remote Monitoring and Control for a Windmill Generator

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Applicable Industries	Construction & Buildings
Applicable Functions	Product Development
Use Cases	Machine Condition Monitoring Log in to view content
Challenge	As concerns over global warming continue to grow, green technologies are becoming increasingly popular. Wind turbine companies provide an excellent alternative to burning fossil fuels by harnessing kinetic energy from the wind and converting it into electricity. A typical wind farm may include over 80 wind turbines so efficient and reliable networks to manage and control these installations are imperative. Each wind turbine includes a generator and a variety of serial components such as a water cooler, high voltage transformer, ultrasonic wind sensors, yaw gear, blade bearing, pitch cylinder, and hub controller. All of these components are controlled by a PLC and communicate with the ground host. Due to the total integration of these devices into an Ethernet network, one of our customers in the wind turbine industry needed a serial-to-Ethernet solution that can operate reliably for years without interruption. Read More
Solution	Moxa's NPort® 5210 device server can convert industrial serial devices inside the wind turbine into Ethernet devices. By installing the NPort® 5210, the host PC in the station running the SCADA system can communicate with the PLC to perform data analysis, system control, and maintenance from any network location or even the Internet. The NPort® 5210's small size and easy configuration allow it to fit perfectly inside the wind turbine. Furthermore, the Ethernet is connected to a remote control station via a Turbo Ring redundant network. Product Solutions: NPort 5210/NPort 5230/NPort 5232 Series 2-port RS-232/422/485 serial device servers Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Device Diagnostic Status, Per-Unit Maintenance Costs, Wind Speed Read More Log in to view content
Solution Type	IOT Read More Log in to view content
Solution Maturity	Mature (technology has been on the market for > 5 years) Read More Log in to view content
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Applicable Industries

Construction & Buildings

Applicable Functions

Product Development

Use Cases

Challenge

As concerns over global warming continue to grow, green technologies are becoming increasingly popular. Wind turbine companies provide an excellent alternative to burning fossil fuels by harnessing kinetic energy from the wind and converting it into electricity. A typical wind farm may include over 80 wind turbines so efficient and reliable networks to manage and control these installations are imperative. Each wind turbine includes a generator and a variety of serial components such as a water cooler, high voltage transformer, ultrasonic wind sensors, yaw gear, blade bearing, pitch cylinder, and hub controller. All of these components are controlled by a PLC and communicate with the ground host. Due to the total integration of these devices into an Ethernet network, one of our customers in the wind turbine industry needed a serial-to-Ethernet solution that can operate reliably for years without interruption.

Solution

Moxa's NPort® 5210 device server can convert industrial serial devices inside the wind turbine into Ethernet devices. By installing the NPort® 5210, the host PC in the station running the SCADA system can communicate with the PLC to perform data analysis, system control, and maintenance from any network location or even the Internet. The NPort® 5210's small size and easy configuration allow it to fit perfectly inside the wind turbine. Furthermore, the Ethernet is connected to a remote control station via a Turbo Ring redundant network. Product Solutions: NPort 5210/NPort 5230/NPort 5232 Series 2-port RS-232/422/485 serial device servers

Data Collected

Device Diagnostic Status, Per-Unit Maintenance Costs, Wind Speed

Solution Type

IOT

Solution Maturity

Mature (technology has been on the market for > 5 years)

Impact #1	[Efficiency Improvement - Maintenance] Long mean (average) time between failures with high reliability and effective system maintenance
Impact #2	[Efficiency Improvement - Deployment] Small size for easy configuration
Impact #3	[Data Management - Connectivity Stability] High performance serial-to-Ethernet solution

Impact #1

[Efficiency Improvement - Maintenance]
Long mean (average) time between failures with high reliability and effective system maintenance

Impact #2

[Efficiency Improvement - Deployment]
Small size for easy configuration

Impact #3

[Data Management - Connectivity Stability]
High performance serial-to-Ethernet solution

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Remote Monitoring and Control for a Windmill Generator

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