Protecting Wind Turbine Components from High Humidity
Building up a wind turbine power plant is a long process and can take a long time. Sometimes due to various reasons, it may take several months or even years. In such a long time the components of the wind turbine can easily get damaged if not stored in a safe way. During the construction phase, the components of the wind turbines are kept in large depots which may be halls or even temporary tents. They are kept there until the assembly process is not started. Such places run the danger of having high humidity which can damage the sensitive components. Highly humid air can cause corrosion in the metal surfaces as well as frost development. Hence a sophisticated dehumidification system must be installed to regulate the humidity in the depot.
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Each season brings its own unique challenges in the storage of the wind turbine storage. There are various risks or dangers associated with each season for the components of the tower elements and metal parts. Not only that they also bring equal danger to the electronic parts and devices that are to be used in the building of the wind turbine plant. The summer season in particular can pose a huge challenge as humidity level rises as much as 80 percent. The winter season also brings the danger of frost accumulation on the surface of the metal and other components. The traditional way of installing heating devices and dry the air is not convenient. The energy consumed by the heating devices is just too high when the humidity level is extreme. It makes much sense to just install a high-performance Desiccant Dehumidifier in such places for effective dehumidification.
Size of the Depot: The Biggest Challenge
The biggest problem in keeping the depots for the storage of wind turbine components is that they are just too large. The components such as towers are very big and hence take up a large space while storing them. The depots are so large that sometimes the requirement is to dehumidify 75000 cubic meters of air at a time. In order to dry such a large volume of air, we have various models of dehumidifiers that are capable of drying 9000 cubic meters of air per hour. This means that even the largest of the depots can be maintained by installing a few dehumidifiers.
Air transport route as a challenge in depots
The depots are large and long in size. Sometimes the length can reach as much as 90 meters long. It can be quite a challenge to transport dry air from one end to another end in such a long distance. But our models of dehumidifiers are powerful enough and can transport the dry air from one end to another with ease. Our industrial dehumidifiers should be set up with a model that is waterproof to minimize the risks during the storage of the components of the wind turbines.
Ambale Dehumidifiers in New Zealand are available in Auckland, Fiji, Christchurch, Northland, Queenstown, Tauranga, Hamilton, etc, and all other cities. Contact us by sending an email to info@ambale.co.nz
