[HTML][HTML] Reliability, availability, maintainability data review for the identification of trends in offshore wind energy applications

D Cevasco, S Koukoura, AJ Kolios - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work presents a comprehensive review and discussion of the identification of critical
components of the currently installed and next generation of offshore wind turbines. A …

Wind turbine downtime and its importance for offshore deployment

S Faulstich, B Hahn, PJ Tavner - Wind energy, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
While the performance and the efficiency of wind turbines and their energy yields have been
improved with time, their reliability still needs improvement, particularly when considering …

On risk-based operation and maintenance of offshore wind turbine components

JJ Nielsen, JD Sørensen - Reliability engineering & system safety, 2011 - Elsevier
Operation and maintenance are significant contributors to the cost of energy for offshore
wind turbines. Optimal planning could rationally be based on Bayesian pre-posterior …

Study of weather and location effects on wind turbine failure rates

PJ Tavner, DM Greenwood, MWG Whittle… - Wind …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the availability of wind turbines (WT) is vital to maximize WT energy
production and minimize the capital payback period. Previous work on this subject …

Technological advances in hydraulic drive trains for wind turbines

KE Thomsen, OG Dahlhaug, MOK Niss, SK Haugset - Energy Procedia, 2012 - Elsevier
The reliability of frequency converters is a major concern for wind turbines. ChapDrive AS
has built and tested a hydraulic drive train for variable speed wind turbines which includes a …

Greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generated by offshore wind farms

B Reimers, B Özdirik, M Kaltschmitt - Renewable energy, 2014 - Elsevier
For wind power generation offshore sites offer significantly better wind conditions compared
to onshore. At the same time, the demand for raw materials and therefore the related …

Reliability-Centred Asset Maintenance—A step towards enhanced reliability, availability, and profitability of wind power plants

F Besnard, K Fischer, L Bertling - 2010 IEEE PES innovative …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reliability and availability are key issues for the implementation of future sustainable power
systems. This paper discusses the need, methods and challenges for maintenance …

Wind energy facility reliability and maintenance

E Byon, L Ntaimo, C Singh, Y Ding - Handbook of wind power systems, 2013 - Springer
The global wind power industry involves operations in highly stochastic environments and
thus faces challenges in enhancing reliability and reducing maintenance costs. Earlier …

[PDF][PDF] A limited-scope reliability-centred maintenance analysis of wind turbines

K Fischer, F Besnard, L Bertling - … & Exhibition EWEA 2011, 14-17 …, 2011 - researchgate.net
This paper presents results from a limited-scope Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM)
analysis of the wind turbines Vestas V44-600kW and V90-2MW. The RCM analysis has …

Analysis of a multi turbine offshore wind farm connected to a single large power converter operated with variable frequency

M de Prada Gil, O Gomis-Bellmunt, A Sumper… - Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the analysis of power, generated by offshore wind farms, connected to
a single large power converter (SLPC), operating at variable frequency (VF) or at constant …