Regular oil changes are a matter of course for many of our customers. But what about the coolant? Coolant is subject to at least the same amount of load, and plays a vital role in your wind turbine. Inadequate cooling will lead to poor performance and, at worst, system failure. Coolant also undergoes degradation over time, which may eventually cause heat exchangers and coolers to clog.
The coolant should be serviced every three to five years – and only by specialists such as those at C&D, of course. We have developed technology to be able to change coolant in wind turbines quickly and safely. Our vehicles also have specialised hoses and pump systems.
So far, we have changed the coolant on the following wind turbines:
Vestas V 90 2MW Gridstreamer, V90 3 MW, Vestas V 112
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This depends on your system, and the services you commission us with. It normally takes around two to three hours to change the coolant in a V90 2MW Gridstreamer.
Our advanced technology, specially trained staff and many years of experience will, of course, save you valuable time compared to a manual coolant change.
We will usually not charge you for travel costs to and from your wind turbine as we aim to work efficiently and combine as many coolant changes at as many different customers as possible in one tour. We will usually deliver the service four to eight weeks after you place the order. Call us and arrange a fixed date with us if you require our services sooner; we will then charge you for travel costs.
We will not require your service staff to be present as long as we have access to your wind turbine. We will inform you before submitting an offer if we might be needing your service staff for more unusual wind turbines or services.
We always provide a complete package of services, logistics and coolant filter elements, so we cannot guarantee our coolant service for coolant products not provided by us. And: from our experience, a complete package costs less than the additional costs of provisioning by customers due to additional cost factors such as handling and shipping.
Please refer to the corresponding maintenance and service contract with your equipment manufacturer, as these usually include the exact change intervals required. It is especially important to make sure that the maintenance intervals are actually kept to as specified. For a coolant change according to analysis, you will need to check whether the coolant is degraded, clogging up the cooler and heat exchanger. We at C&D also provide our expertise and qualified specialists for the purpose.
