Torque loss in a gearbox lubricated with wind turbine gear oils

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2013

Autores

David E P Goncalves (Autor) Outra; Ramiro C Martins (Autor) FEUP; Carlos M C G Fernandes (Autor) Outra; Jorge H O Seabra (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: Lubrication Science

Vol. 25

Páginas: 297-311

ISSN: 0954-0075

Editora: Wiley-Blackwell

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 6 Citações

Scopus - 10 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Engenharia química

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-005-0J0

DOI: 10.1002/ls.1222

Abstract (EN): In this study, four different fully formulated ISO VG 320 wind turbine gear oils were select: a mineral oil-based, a polyalphaolefin-based, an ester-based and a polyalkyleneglycol-based fluids. Their physical properties (viscosity, thermoviscosity, piezoviscosity etc.) were characterised for a wide range of operating temperatures. A two-stage multiplying gearbox, with helical gears, was selected to evaluate the influence of the wind turbine gear oil formulation on torque loss with the gearbox operating at low speed (130230rpm) and high torque (5001000Nm). The results obtained showed that each wind turbine gear oil formulation generated very different torque losses, evacuated heat flows and operating temperatures, with differences above 20 degrees C under the most severe operating conditions. A numerical model was developed, simulating all power loss mechanisms inside the gearbox, in particular the churning and friction losses. The coefficients of friction, between gear teeth and between rolling elements and bearing raceways, were calculated for all the tested oils. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 15