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As mentioned Sect. 2.9 most wind turbines have three blades and a tower and therefore different types of different manufacturers look very much alike. Only from the shape of the nacelle in some cases we can suspect that internals are different. Inside the nacelle we have the drivetrain, introduced as a system in Sect. 2.2. This is where different manufacturers or developers leave their footprint.
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Each electrical motor can also be operated as a generator to convert mechanical into electrical power.
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For example as the bearing for ship propeller shafts sliding bearings are used.
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Ritschel, U., Beyer, M. (2022). Drivetrain. In: Designing Wind Turbines. Synthesis Lectures on Renewable Energy Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08549-9_4
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