Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring Techniques in Wind Energy

Professor Fausto works as Professor at Universidad De Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Birmingham University, UK, Lecturer at the Postgraduate European Institute. He has published more than 150 papers and is author and editor of 31 books (Elsevier, Springer, Pearson, Mc-GrawHill, Intech, IGI, Marcombo, AlfaOmega). He is Editor of 5 Int. Journals, Committee Member more than 40 Int. Conferences. He has been Principal Investigator in 4 European Projects, 6 National Projects, and more than 150 projects for Universities, Companies, etc. His main interests are: Artificial Intelligence, Maintenance, Management, Renewable Energy, Transport, Advanced Analytics, Data Science. He is an expert in the European Union in AI4People (EISMD), and ESF and Director of www.ingeniumgroup.eu. Mayorkinos Papaelias is a Reader in NDT and Condition Monitoring in the School of Metallogy and Materials at the University of Birmingham, UK. Dr Papaelias leads the research activity in Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Condition Monitoring at the Birmingham Railway Centre for Research and Education and conducts research in structural health condition monitoring of wind turbine towers, and advanced condition monitoring of wind turbine gearboxes and rotating machinery. He served as a technical consultant to TWI, ENGITEC, Innovative Technology and Science Ltd, and Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade. He is editor of two books on fault detection and condition monitoring, and has contributed chapters to books in fault detection and rail inspection. Mayorkinos is chairman of the Education Committee of the International Society for Condition Monitoring of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing. Dr. Valter is a postdoctoral research fellow at the school of metallurgy and materials at the University of Birmingham, UK. His main research interests are damage modelling, finite element analysis, failure analysis, surface engineering, condition monitoring, and advanced material characterisation. He has been distinguished with the Len Gelman Award for the best paper by a person in the early stages of their career, in the Proceedings of the First World Congress on Condition Monitoring, 2017. He is a member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3). He has experienced in the in the following areas: electron (including FEG, EBSD, EDS) and optical microscopy; tensile and fatigue testing; tribological testing; plasma nitriding, including DC and active screen; vibration analysis; acoustic emission monitoring; and modelling of materials.

1. Introduction
2. The significance of NDT and Condition Monitoring for the Wind Energy industry
3. Trends in maintenance strategies for wind energy assets
4. NDT and Condition Monitoring techniques for wind turbines
5. Online evaluation of wind turbine power converters
6. Wind turbine gearboxes: A case study
7. Onshore versus offshore wind turbines: Opportunities and operational challenges
8. Inspection and maintenance for wind farms
9. Remote condition monitoring for wind energy systems
10. General NDT techniques: A summary
11. The application of acoustic emission as an effective condition monitoring technique 
12. A brief overview of vibration analysis
13. The value of Long Range Ultrasonics
14. ROV applications
15. Effective automated control and its value
16. SCADA systems and effective data management 
17. Future developments in NDT and Condition Monitoring