Reliability comparison of direct-drive and geared-drive wind turbine concepts

Wind Energy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-73

  Arabian Hoseynabadi, H ^a   Tavner, P J ^b   Oraee, H ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct drive concept; Reliability model; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

RELIABILITY; WIND TURBINES;

DIRECT DRIVE; DOUBLY FED INDUCTION GENERATOR (DFIG); ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; MODIFICATION METHODS; RELIABILITY COMPARISONS; RELIABILITY METHODS; RELIABILITY MODEL;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 77249150952     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.357     Document Type: Article

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