Offshore Foundations | Advances in Rotor Blades
Wind Turbine Towers | Wind Turbine Bearings
26 - 28 August 2025
| Dorint City Hotel Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Wind Turbine Bearings: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
Offshore Foundations: Focus Day - 26/08/2025
Offshore Foundations: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Offshore Foundations: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
Advances in Rotor Blades: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Advances in Rotor Blades: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
Wind Turbine Bearings: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Wind Turbine Bearings: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
Wind Turbine Towers: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Wind Turbine Towers: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
9:45 - 10:00
Chairperson’s opening
10:00 - 10:30
Novel condition monitoring approach for journal bearings in wind turbines based on surface acoustic waves – current state of research and challenges
Thomas Decker -
Group lead design,
RWTH Aachen
- Correlation between surface acoustic wave measurements and the tribological behavior of a journal bearing
- Application of the technology to a wind turbines gearbox system
- Discussion of test result from the system level
- Remaining challenges on the way towards field application
10:30 - 11:00
Hybrid signal processing-AI for remaining useful life estimation of wind turbine bearings
Jan Helsen -
Professor,
VUB
- To plan optimized maintenance, condition monitoring methods should go beyond early fault detection to estimation of remaining useful operational time
- AI offers potential for early detection but should be made explainable to give confidence to maintenance engineers
- Signal processing allows to bring physics in the detection models
- Field pilot results are shown to illustrate the methods
11:00 - 11:45
Refreshment Break and Networking
11:45 - 12:15
Accurate Prediction of Rolling Bearing Life Applying Ultrasonic Testing
Dr. Brice Tchemtchoua -
Global Business Development Manager - Wind,
NSK Deutschland GmbH
A method to predict rolling bearing life caused by non-metallic inclusions with high accuracy has been suggested by combining two technologies:
• The evaluation of bearing steel using ultrasonic testing
• A method for evaluating bearing life and fatigue limit.
12:15 - 12:45
Ensuring Bearing Reliability during the WTG Life Cycle
Antonio Herrera Sierra -
Civil and Mechanical Technical Director,
EDP Renováveis SA
• Analysis of Bearing Technologies in the New WTG Models
• Maintenance Works and Reliability of Main and Blade Bearings
• Case Study and Solutions Applied by the WTG Owne
