Condition Monitoring of

Wind Turbines
NEXT
GEN MONITORING
Wind turbine technology has developed
immensely over the past years but
many turbines are still operating today
with high maintenance costs and high
downtime.
Different types of wind turbines are being
used under a wide range of conditions,
but they all have one important need in
common - proper machine healthcare.
Unfortunately, many legacy monitoring
systems can no longer keep up with
today’s increasing requirements for
turbine maintenance, cyber-security,
availability and reliability.
What if there was a condition monitoring
solution that is intelligent and powerful
enough to meet all of these challenges
and even more?
 360
DEGREE MONITORING
A viable condition monitoring solution
effectively cuts down the life-cycle costs
of the turbine, reduces downtime and
adds value to your windpark. It is no
longer just for detecting a developing
fault and issuing an alarm. In fact, the
condition monitoring solution is today a
vital part of the entire operation and
maintenance infrastructure. Important
asset decisions have to be made reliably
and quickly, and must be based on the
precise information.
This is where DDAU3 comes in, a key
element of our successful wind turbine
condition monitoring solution.
It reduces operation and maintenance
costs and increases the profitability of
your windpark by optimizing system
integration, expandibility, upgradability,
scalability, flexibility and cyber-security.
It is also the portal to our renowned
diagnostic services. This is what we call
360° monitoring capability.
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ALL SENSES
TOGETHER WIND TURBINE APPLI
DDAU3 delivers a holistic approach to
monitoring wind turbines.
Seamless connectivity between DDAU3,
sensors, controller units, SCADA system
and data historian enables you to view
more than just vibration.
Together with wind speed, power, wear
debris, temperatures, blade pitch, yaw,
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YAW GEAR
VIBRATION
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etc., you get an overview on turbine and
fleet health and performance across the
entire operational spectrum. Comparison
and correlation of this data let you not only
detect machine wear, but also fleet wide,
site specific and weather-related faults
as well as manufacturing, transportation
and assembly related issues.
TEMPERATURE
OIL WEAR
DEBRIS
TOWER
VIBRATION
ICATION
The greater the level of interlinking
of events we are able to identify, the
greater the prospect of increasing
turbine performance, production levels,
and uptime while at the same time
reducing risks and mitigating downtime
and unforeseen expenses.
FLEET MONITORING
DDAU3 is a critical part of Brüel &
Kjær Vibro’s comprehensive condition
monitoring solution, but it is not the only
part. VibroSuite goes one step further by
giving access to the turbine data in all
the windparks.
This is called fleet monitoring, which
gives an overview of the status and
By bringing all senses together through
connectivity, this enables DDAU3 to give
a much broader overview of the wind
turbine and its components, and even a
better understanding of the failure modes
that adversely affect your turbines.
remaining useful life of all the turbines
and turbine components, such as:
• Turbine and turbine component fault
statistics (%)
• Turbines fault severity (%)
• Turbine condition monitoring
connectivity
• Comparison of different turbine types
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 FULL
OVERVIEW INDUSTRIAL IoT
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is
changing the way in how things interact
and connect together, the way data is
shared and services are provided. IIoT
solutions allow you to correlate data to
USER POWER BI SELF
PORTAL SERVICE
True edge device
DDAU3 makes it easy to connect your
assets in the cloud.
Onboard calculation power
Reduces the load on your cloud servers
and the network. This results in lower
maintenance costs and even higher
profitability of your infrastructure.
Data everytime, everywhere
With secure mobile device access see
data on your Android, iOS or Windows
devices
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give you a full overview on the health and
performance of your assets. Machine
condition monitoring technology is
gradually moving in this direction and
DDAU3 is already there.
SYSTEM HISTORIAN
INTERFACES (e.g. PI)
Cyber-security
Work with your data in the cloud without
compromising data security.
The DDAU3 uses secure, encrypted
data interfaces and has a strong device
identity. DDAU3 also uses an internal
firewall to separate two independent
networks (e.g. production and office
network).
Machine-learning ready
Get more out of your data with automatic
machine learning algorithms and pattern
recognition.
The high connectivity capability of
DDAU3 enables you to acquire data
from SCADA and other sources in order
to get a more accurate picture on the
condition of the turbine. This is important
since operational conditions influence
the vibration response of a machine,
thus making it difficult to distinguish if a
fault is related to a defect or a change in
the running parameters. DDAU3 uses
DDAU
VIBRATION TEMP
MODBUS WIFI
OPC UA READY
available controller and sensor data
(load, wind speed, pitch angle, etc.) to
categorize the measured vibration data
to specific machine state classes. This
reduces false alarms and saves you time
and effort while providing the longest
possible lead time. DDAU3 also enables
data to be transferred to a data historian
for viewing them in diagnostic plots or
doing post-processing analysis.
4-20 mA
OIL WEAR PLC / DCS 4-20 mA
DEBRIS
NETWORK SD CARD USB
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 KEEP
AHEAD UNLIMITED SERVICE
With B&K Vibro’s 360° service offering,
you and your assets are completely
covered. As solution providers we are
able to deliver to you services you want,
customized to your needs.
For us, service is not just a department,
it’s an attitude, and this you can feel in
everything that B&K Vibro does.
Regarding our turnkey solutions, we
take care of your condition monitoring
requirements.
Beginning with the planning, acceptance
tests, installation and commissioning,
and, if needed, long-term monitoring and
diagnostics of your assets.
Take advantage of B&K Vibro’s condition
and diagnostic monitoring services!
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SERVICE
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Our highly skilled diagnostic engineers,
all of whom are ISO certified, are ready
to help you with your most demanding
requirements from our four global
surveillance centers.
And if site assistance is needed, we also
have solutions for this to offer!
Our international site services team
provides multiple functions including:
updates and upgrades of your protection
and condition monitoring system,
performing on-site diagnostics and
helping with the maintenance of your
condition monitoring system.
Keep ahead!
DDAU3 and our comprehensive
Services put you in the next generation
of machine condition monitoring.
 TURNKEY SOLUTION

PLANNING INSTALLATION

CLOUD DATA SERVICE

DATA DATA FLEET

SECURITY HOSTING MONITORING

AFTER SALES SUPPORT

UPGRADES UPDATES ON-SITE FAILURE TECHNICAL

ANALYSIS SERVICE

REMOTE MONITORING SERVICES

CONDITION DIAGNOSTIC PROGNOSTIC

MONITORING SERVICE SERVICE

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MONITORING INSIGHT DDAU3

DIGITAL I/O AC / DC SPEED 4-20 mA

MULTI 4x / 2x 12x 4x 8x
CHANNEL
DEVICE

L: 280.0 mm
W: 153.5 mm
H: 35.0 mm

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 4GB MACHINE FLIGHT CLOUD
INTERNAL LEARNING RECORDER CONNECTED
MEMORY

3x NETWORK SD 2x DATA POWER

NETWORK SFP PORT MEMORY USB LINK SUPPLY
RJ45 CARD PORT 24V

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