Gearbox condition monitoring in wind turbines: A review

JP Salameh, S Cauet, E Etien, A Sakout… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wind turbine technology is experiencing rapid growth with respect to size, market share, and
technological design. Operational and maintenance cost directly determine whether the …

A review of wind turbine bearing condition monitoring: State of the art and challenges

HDM de Azevedo, AM Araújo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Since the early 1980s, wind power technology has experienced an immense growth with
respect to both the turbine size and market share. As the demand for large-scale wind …

Maintenance optimization and inspection planning of wind energy assets: Models, methods and strategies

M Shafiee, JD Sørensen - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2019 - Elsevier
Designing cost-effective inspection and maintenance programmes for wind energy farms is
a complex task involving a high degree of uncertainty due to diversity of assets and their …

A new approach for fault detection, location and diagnosis by ultrasonic testing

FP Garcia Marquez, CQ Gómez Muñoz - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Wind turbine blades are constantly submitted to different types of particles such as dirt, ice,
etc., as well as all the different environmental parameters that affect the behaviour and …

A condition-based maintenance model including resource constraints on the number of inspections

C Álvarez, M López-Campos… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a stochastic dynamic programming model for a condition-based
maintenance application. The approach seeks to determine the most opportune moment to …

A review on condition monitoring system for solar plants based on thermography

ÁH Herraiz, AP Marugán, FPG Márquez - Non-destructive testing and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar plants require sophisticated condition monitoring systems and methods to manage the
new large power production due to the increasing number of photovoltaics modules …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a linear acoustic array for aero-acoustic quantification of camber-bladed vertical axis wind turbine

AH Butt, B Akbar, J Aslam, N Akram, MEM Soudagar… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) are a source of renewable energy and are used for both
industrial and domestic purposes. The study of noise characteristics of a VAWT is an …

Evaluation of smart energy management systems and novel UV-oriented solution for integration, resilience, inclusiveness and sustainability

Z Yang, L Li, H Yuan, Y Dong, K Liu… - … on universal village …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
At present, energy has become an indispensable part of our lives. While we are enjoying the
benefits energy bring to us, we are facing challenges, such as ever-increasing energy …

Optimal productivity in solar power plants based on machine learning and engineering management

ÁH Herraiz, AP Marugán, FPG Márquez - Proceedings of the Twelfth …, 2019 - Springer
The complexity of solar power plants is constantly increasing. This sophistication includes
the increasing number of solar panels installed and the technologies that are employed in …

Acoustic emission monitoring of wind turbine blades

J Van Dam, LJ Bond - Smart Materials and Nondestructive …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Damage to wind turbine blades can, if left uncorrected, evolve into catastrophic failures
resulting in high costs and significant losses for the operator. Detection of damage …