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ENERCON E-40 Operating Instructions
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Work on the safety equipment and the electrical system of the wind energy converter may only be carried out by especially trained service personnel. Failure to comply with this rule will lead to ENERCON’s rejection of any liability for the area affected even within the warranty period. In any case the owner is obliged to inform
ENERCON Service about any alterations or repairs to safety equipment, electrical system and controls.
2.2.2 Schematic diagrams of the WEC’s safety provisions
2.2.2.1 Safety provisons of the nacelle, side view front light nacelle safety attachement point and steps for roof access nacelle lighting control cabinet nacelle with emergency stop button first aid kit winch spinner upper tower door rotor lock handle yellow hand railing access and winch hatch access ladder to nacelle tower top safety attachement point safety railing platform cable conduit
Figure 2: sketch of the E-40 nacelle with steel tower
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Table of contents
- 30 Imprint
- 31 Liability
- 32 Table of Contents
- 36 1 Short description of the E
- 37 1.1 The ENERCON concept
- 37 1.2 Generator
- 38 1.3 Rotor
- 38 1.4 Yaw control
- 39 1.5 E-40 Safety System
- 39 1.5.1 The Brake System
- 39 1.5.2 Lightning Protection System
- 40 1.5.3 Sensor System
- 40 1.5.4 Control System
- 41 1.5.5 Grid Management
- 43 2 Safety Instructions
- 43 2.1 The E-40’s Safety System
- 43 2.2 Protective measures for works on and inside the E
- 43 2.2.1 General regulations and rules of conduct
- 44 2.2.2 Schematic diagrams of the WEC’s safety provisions
- 44 2.2.2.1 Safety provisons of the nacelle, side view
- 45 2.2.2.2 Safety provisions of tower and tower base
- 46 2.2.2.3 Safety provisions of the nacelle, rear view
- 46 2.2.3 First aid
- 47 2.2.4 Work involving a risk of fire
- 47 2.2.5 Turbine shut-down in case of formation of ice
- 48 2.2.7 Climbing and descending the tower ladder
- 50 2.2.8 Staying on the tower platform and in the nacelle
- 50 2.2.9 Rotor lock
- 51 2.3 Inspection of safety provisions
- 51 2.3.1 Owner’s obligation to inform ENERCON
- 52 3 Operation
- 52 3.1 Control and Monitoring System
- 53 3.2 Display of E-40 status messages
- 53 3.3 Responding of safety-relevant sensors
- 54 3.4 Starting
- 54 3.5 Normal operation
- 55 3.6 Idling
- 55 3.7 Stopping
- 55 3.7.1 Manual stopping
- 56 3.7.2 Manual stopping in emergency stituations
- 57 3.8 Lack of wind
- 57 3.9 Storm
- 57 3.10 Rotor speed monitoring (rotor overspeed)
- 58 3.11 Yaw control
- 59 3.12 Untwisting of cables
- 60 3.13 Emergency pitch control units of the E
- 60 3.14 Rotor brake
- 60 3.15 Rotor lock
- 61 3.16 Shear pin monitoring
- 61 3.17 Vibrations and Tower Oscillations
- 62 3.18 Air gap monitoring
- 62 3.19 Temperature monitoring
- 62 3.20 Pitch control error
- 63 3.21 Protective circuit-breaker tripped
- 63 3.22 Grid error
- 64 3.23 Converter fault
- 64 3.24 Maintenance
- 65 4 Towers and ground stations of the E
- 65 4.1 Steel tower
- 66 4.2 Reinforced concrete tower
- 66 4.3 Stations for different tower versions
- 67 4.3.1 Combined transformer / substation
- 68 4.3.2 Transformer station
- 69 4.3.3 Three-room substation
- 70 5 Control and Power Cabinets
- 70 5.1 Power cabinet
- 70 5.2 Control cabinet / display
- 72 5.3 LC display and menu functions
- 72 5.3.1 General instructions
- 74 5.3.2 Menu "start delay
- 74 5.3.3 Menu "mains parameters
- 75 5.3.4 Menu "mains data
- 75 5.3.5 Menu "blade defroster" (optional)
- 76 5.3.6 Menu "power optimization" (optional)
- 77 5.3.7 Menu 1 / 2 "shadow stop" (optional)
- 77 5.3.7.1 Menu and menu settings
- 78 5.3.7.2 Functions in shadow stop menu
- 79 5.3.7.3 Functions in shadow stop menu
- 80 5.3.8 Menu "time / date
- 80 5.3.9 Menu "set kilowatt hours
- 80 5.3.10 Menu "set operating hours
- 80 5.3.11 Menu "adjust contrast
- 81 5.3.12 Menu "language
- 81 5.3.13 Menu "pitch data
- 81 5.3.14 Menu "version numbers
- 81 5.3.15 Menu "hardware options
- 81 5.3.16 Menu "program info
- 82 5.4 Control cabinet operator panel
- 86 6 The nacelle (the machine house)
- 86 6.1 Arrangement of components in and on the E-40 nacelle
- 87 6.2 Description of important components in the rotor head
- 87 6.2.1 Slip ring casing
- 87 6.2.2 Pitch control unit
- 88 6.2.2.1 Pitch control cabinet
- 88 6.2.2.2 Battery cabinet
- 88 6.2.2.3 Relay cabinet
- 88 6.2.2.4 Pitch control motor
- 89 6.2.2.5 Angle encoder
- 89 6.3 Operator panel of the E-40 nacelle sub-distribution
- 90 6.3.1 Description of the nacelle sub-distribution control elements
- 94 7 Remote Monitoring
- 95 7.1 System components
- 95 7.1.1 Optional equipment
- 96 7.2 Additional monitoring systems
- 96 7.3 Scope of monitoring
- 96 7.3.1 Wind energy converter
- 99 7.3.2 Wind farm
- 100 7.3.3 Substation (optional)
- 100 7.3.4 Meteorological stations (optional)
- 101 7.4 System messages
- 101 7.4.1 Status messages
- 101 7.4.2 Malfunctions (faults)
- 102 7.4.3 Fault messages
- 103 7.5 Transfer
- 103 7.5.1 Fault message to central monitoring system (office computer)
- 103 7.5.2 Fault message to fax
- 103 7.5.3 Fault message to SMS or pager (city call)
- 103 7.6 Control
- 103 7.7 Other functions
- 103 7.7.1 Transfer protocol
- 104 7.7.2 Requesting of missing data
- 105 8 Optional Equipment
- 105 8.1 Obstruction lighting / Hazard beacon
- 105 8.1.1 Obstruction lighting with standby power supply and monitoring
- 105 8.1.2 Obstruction lighting without standby power supply, but including monitoring
- 106 8.1.3 Obstruction lighting without standby power supply and without monitoring
- 106 8.1.4 Flashing hazard beacon with standby power supply and monitoring
- 106 8.2 Rotor blade heating
- 106 8.2.1 Description of rotor blade heating
- 107 8.2.2 Operation
- 107 8.2.3 Advantages of the use of a rotor blade heating
- 109 8.3 Shadow stop
- 110 9 Starting and Stopping of the E-40 (brief instruction)
- 110 9.1 Startup of the E
- 110 9.2 Stopping the E
- 111 10 What to do if the E-40 refuses to function?
- 111 10.1 Identifying the fault with the help of the display
- 111 10.2 Tips for a restart
- 112 10.2.1 Turbine aligns itself to the wind, but fails to start
- 112 10.2.2 Turbine does not align itself to the wind properly
- 112 10.2.3 Turbine does not start although there is no apparent fault
- 113 11 Annex
- 113 11.1 Technical data of the E
- 113 11.1.1 General
- 114 11.1.2 Tower specifications
- 115 11.1.3 Sound power level of the E-40 / 500 kW
- 117 11.2 Glossary of Technical Terms
- 120 11.3 Status Messages (Revision No. 28)