As the demand for wind energy continues to grow at exponential rates, reducing operation
and maintenance (OM) costs and improving reliability have become top priorities in wind …

As the demand for wind energy continues to grow at exponential rates, reducing operation
and maintenance costs and increasing reliability is now a top priority. Aside from develo** …

Increasing wind power generation quantity in power systems needs obviously reliable
operation. Therefore, accurate condition monitoring and fault diagnosis are almost …

In this paper, a fuzzy fault tree analysis technique for reliability evaluation of the wind energy
system is presented. The technique combines the operational failures effect and the errors in …

Temperature is a parameter increasingly monitored in wind turbine systems. This paper
details a potential temperature monitoring technique for use on shaft couplings. Such …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review the operation and maintenance practices
within wind power applications and to clarify practical needs as gaps between researchers …

Individual pitch control technology can reduce asymmetric loads of wind turbines. The
assumption of three completely symmetrical blades is the design premise of traditional …

Induction machines are widely used in industrial applications. Safety, reliability, efficiency
and performance are major concerns that direct the research activities in the field of …

This paper presents a new method able to estimate the health condition of components in a
wind turbine based on the on-line information collected about their observable lives. The …

In order to capture the maximum wind energy and improve the efficiency of wind generation
system, the yaw control system is researched. This system takes the initiative to windward …