IEC 61400-22 - Documentation Required

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IEC 61400-22 Required Design Documentation

The numbered elements represent required documentation. The unnumbered elements represent suggested information to be included in the required documentation.

Type of Documentation
Drawings Analysis Specs

Guidelines & SI Available

1.0 General Turbine Description Document This document should include the following information if applicable: 1.1 General Turbine Characteristics and Configuration Description Turbine description and general specifications Major component weights Safety systems Electrical power system Electrical control system Hydraulics and pneumatics 1.2 Summary Control Philosophy General control philosophy Protection system U U U U U U U U U U

2.0 Design Control Quality System Document

ISO 9001 Section 4.4 & 4.5

3.0 Control and Protection System Document Description and component specifications including transducers Control system software Detailed logic flow chart Safety system fault logic description Emergency shutdown Logic testing documentation Software release and version control Overspeed sensing U U U U U U U U U U U U U U

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Vibration sensing Monitoring system

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4.0 Loads and Load cases Document

IEC 61400-1 Edition 2 (Section 3 & 4) NREL Significant Interpretations

4.1 Gen. analysis approach and system model description. 4.2 Document description and organization 4.3 System dynamics model description Degrees of Freedom Mass and Stiffness distributions Aerodynamic inputs (airfoil tables, blade geometry, etc.) 4.4 Coordinate systems 4.5 Partial safety factors 4.6 Material properties 4.7 Model Validation Analytical tests Comparisons w/ test data 4.8 Dynamic behavior of all major components and coupling of the system. Campbell diagrams, Spectral plots Mode shapes & frequencies Comparisons between predictions and measurements 4.9 Failure analysis (e.g. fault tree) 4.10 Load cases (from IEC 61400-1 plus any abnormal cases) Extreme loads Fatigue load cases Fault loads 4.11 Loads should be detailed for the following critical components: Blade Hub Low speed shaft and bearings

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NREL Loads Guide

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Mainframe and gearbox structure Gearing and drive train (including gen., brake & couplings) Tower top/yaw bearing Tower Tower base connection to foundation

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5.0 Structural Component Specification, Drawings and Strengths Calculations 5.1 System Level Descriptions General Description List of drawings and drawing system description. (e.g. drawing tree) Assembly drawings 5.2 Blade structure: Blade root Blade buckling Blade/hub joint Blade Pitch Bearing Tip deflection analysis Aerodynamic brake mechanism 5.3 Hub structure: Hub Teeter Pin Teeter Housing Hub/low speed shaft joint 5.4 Low speed shaft structure: Low speed shaft bearings 5.5 Main frame structure: Nacelle cover Mainframe Mechanical brake Gearbox U U U U U U U U U U U
NREL Stress Guide / Material Guide

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NREL Stress Guide / Material Guide

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NREL Bearing Guide

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NREL Stress Guide / Material Guide

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Gearbox/mainframe connection Gearbox/generator coupling Brake (peak torque rating plus energy capacity) 5.6 Generator: Generator/nacelle connection 5.7 Yaw mechanism: Yaw bearing Tower top structure Mainframe/yaw bearing connection Yaw bearing/tower top connection 5.8 Tower structure: Tower Tower/foundation connection

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NREL Bearing Guide

NREL Stress Guide / Material Guide

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6.0 Mechanical and Electrical Component Specification and Performance Analysis Documents 6.1 Mechanical Components Transmission Gears, Bearings, Cooling, Filtering and Seals Brakes (including power supply requirements) Aerodynamic Braking Devices (including power supply requirements) Yaw Drive (including power supply requirements) Pitch system (including power supply) Locking Devices (including power supply requirements) Auxiliary systems power supply 6.2 Electrical Component drawings and technical specifications One line diagram (basic power circuit with safety devices) Full power circuit schematic Electrical systems schematics Turbine power schematic Power Converter Cable suspension U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
UL Electrical Guide NREL Gearbox Guide

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Cable twist Grid connection Generator system Contactors Grounding Lightning Protection

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7.0 Component Test Reports 7.1 Blade Structural Tests U

IEC 61400-23

8.0 Plans / Manuals

Specifications for how the turbine must be installed, operated and maintained are based on design on detailed engineering plans. These plans provide the rational for the various operations are considered separate and different documents than basic instruction manuals. These documents should contain both the plans and the resulting manuals.

8.1 Operating Plan & Manual 8.2 Maintenance Plan & Manual 8.3 Safety Plan & Manual Fire protection Protection from falling objects Climbing provisions Warning signs Escape routs Guarding Securing points Emergency lighting High voltage equipment 8.4 Installation Plan & Manual

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NREL Commissioning Guide NREL Commissioning Guide

NREL Commissioning Guide

9.0 Type Testing 9.1 Safety Test and Dynamic Behavior Test

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Report 9.2 Structural Load Test Report

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IEC 61400-22 NREL Loads Test Procedure

10.0 Turbine Characteristics Testing 10.1 Power Performance Test Report 10.2 Acoustic Emissions Report 10.3 Power Quality Test Report

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IEC 61400-12 IEC 61400-11 IEC 61400-21

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Prepared by National Wind Technology Center National Renewable Energy Laboratory Operated for the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY by the Midwest Research Institute Updated: November 21, 2002

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