Reliability and safety assessment of wind turbines control and protection systems

Wind Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 359-369

  Michos, D ^a   Dialynas, E ^a   Vionis, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS NTUA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Control; Protection; Reliability; Safety; Wind generation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MARKOV PROCESSES; STANDARDS;

WIND TURBINE CONTROL;

WIND TURBINES;

CONTROL SYSTEM; TURBINE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

CONTROL SYSTEM; TURBINE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 0037697715     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/030952402765173358     Document Type: Article

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