Communications requirements and technology for wind farm operation and maintenance

1st International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, ICIIS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 173-178

  Anaya Lara, O ^a   Jenkins, N ^b   McDonald, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications; Remote control; SCADA systems; Wind generation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DATA VISUALIZATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE; POWER PLANTS; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TURBINES;

COMMUNICATION FACILITIES; COMMUNICATIONS; DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; REMOTE CONTROL; RENEWABLES; SCADA SYSTEMS; TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATORS; WIND FARMS; WIND GENERATION; WIND TURBINE GENERATORS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 50249134763     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIINFS.2006.347144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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