New Automation TechnologyPC-based control for wind turbines

Facts and figures

Headquarters: Verl, GermanyEmployees worldwide: 3,900Number of engineers: 1,400Sales/technical offices in Germany: 22Beckhoff companies worldwide: 37 countriesSubsidiaries and distributors: 75 countriesSales worldwide 2016 679 million € (+9.5 %)Sales worldwide 2017 810 million € (+19 %)

as of: 04/2018

Verl

Sales network Germany

HeadquartersOfficeDevelopment CenterSales OfficeNew Offices 2017New Offices 2018Technical OfficeProduction

Lübeck

Münster

Verl

Frankfurt

Nuremberg

HanoverBerlin

Moers

Marktheidenfeld

MunichBalingen

Regensburg

DeggendorfRavensburg

CrailsheimPforzheim

Schortens

Halle

DresdenMonheim

Hamburg

Mannheim

Fulda

Erfurt

Freiburg

Beckhoff Europe

Verl

Malmö Kaunas

PiasecznoHaarlem

Henley on Thames

BrnoLummen

Ljubljana

BudapestSchaffhausen

Cluj-Napoca

ZagrebMilano Sofia

IstanbulBarcelona

Kolding

Aveiro

Tønsberg Hyvinkää

Athens

Paris

MoscowTallinn

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Bürs

Beckhoff worldwide

Saint Petersburg

VerlMississaugaMinneapolis

San Luis Potosí

Moscow

Ekaterinburg

Istanbul

Peking

Shanghai

Seoul YokohamaBeirut

Chengdu

LodTaipei

GuangzhouBangkok

AucklandMelbourne

Kuala Lumpur

Jakarta

Johannesburg

São Paulo

Montevideo

Bogotá

Santiago

Pune

DubaiSilicon Valley

Lima

Quito

Cairo

TaichungMexico City

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Buenos Aires

Haarlem

Singapure

The concept of open control technology

Windows 7/8, Vista, XP, Embedded Standard, CE

Real-time PLC, NC, CNC

General process interface (fieldbuses, Ethernet)

Application software Programming workbench for PLC/NC

Display Harddisk

Flashmemory Ethernet

DrivesI/O modules

I/O modules Drives

DrivesI/O modules

ModemUSB RS232 C

Products and system solutions

XTS

Embedded PC Bus Terminal EtherCAT

Industrial PC EtherCAT Box TwinCAT

Infrastructure Components Drive Technology

Beckhoff | The IPC Company

Embedded PCs

Beckhoff | The I/O Company

TwinCAT 3

TwinSAFE: the compact safety solution

Applications and solutions

Tire Plastic Machine Tools

Packaging Window Production Robotic

Woodworking Forming Printing

Applications and solutions

Building Automation Process Technology Test Facilities

Water Treatment Photovoltaic Automotive

Shipbuilding Stage Technology Wind Turbines

Food IndustryEnd User

Applications and solutions

Wire | Cable | Pipe

Semiconductor Manufacturing

Medical Engineering Energy Industry

Transport | Logistics Textile Industry Machine Building

PC-based Control for wind turbinesTechnical Overview

Pitch Control Turbine Operation(Nacelle)

Turbine Operation (Tower Base)Wind Farm Networking

ConditionMonitoring

Embedded PC, EtherCAT Terminals EtherCAT I/O system

EtherCAT

EtherCAT (fibre optic)

Ethernet TCP/IP

Embedded PC, EtherCAT Terminals

EtherCAT

Converter

CANopen (opt.)PROFIBUS (opt.)Ethernet TCP/IP(opt.)

CANopen (opt.)PROFIBUS (opt.)Ethernet TCP/IP (opt.)

EtherCAT Box Safety Box

TwinSAFE

Safety input

Safety output

EtherCAT I/O system

Ethernet TCP/IP

DVI/USB Safety logic

EtherCAT(fibre optic)

Current Situation

Drive Train Monitoring

Tower Monitoring

Blade Monitoring

Blade BearingMonitoring

Power Monitoring

Environment Monitoring

Current Situation

� Black Boxes for each Monitoring Task� Interface work for each device� Each device contains own CPU and infrastructure components� Each device needs additional Data like power, speed, windspeed etc.� Measured values are not time synchronized� Different data formats� Data concentration (loss of data) in many devices� Many different hardware suppliers� High cost level

Interface to the WTC

Slipring

Hub Nacelle

Blade MonitoringTower Monitoring

Drive Train MonitoringBlade Bearing Monitoring

The Beckhoff Approach1 Hardware, 1 Database, 1 Timebase, 1 Infrastructure

Electrical Power Monitoring

Drive Train Monitoring

Blade Monitoring

Blade MonitoringDrive Train Monitoring

The Beckhoff Approach1 Hardware, 1 Database, 1 Timebase, 1 Infrastructure

� One Hardware, one interface, one solution for all tasks� Collection of all raw data� All measured values are time synchronized << 1 µs� All data could be stored in one data base� Terminals for all relevant sensors are available� Interfaces to the WTC are all available� Power, speed, windspeed etc. are available for all tasks� 3rd party software suppliers offer software for all monitoring tasks on a turbine� Licensing for 3rd party software based on TwinCAT3 licensing� Ability to integrate own measurement campaigns into the system

Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KGHeadquartersHuelshorstweg 2033415 VerlGermany

Contact

Phone: +49 5246 963-0 Fax: +49 5246 963-198E-Mail: info@beckhoff.com Web: www.beckhoff.com

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