Reliability-based selection of wind turbines for large-scale wind farms

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2009, Pages 734-740

  Fotuhi Firuzabad, M ^a   Dobakhshari, A Salehi ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Power system reliability; Wind farm; Wind turbine generator; Wind turbine type selection

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC APPROACH; EXPECTED ENERGY NOT SUPPLIED; LOSS OF LOAD EXPECTATION; NORTHERN REGIONS; PEAK LOAD; POWER INTEGRATIONS; POWER SYSTEM RELIABILITY; PROBABILISTIC BEHAVIOR; RELIABILITY INDEX; RELIABILITY LEVEL; SITE-SPECIFIC; TEST SYSTEMS; WIND FARM; WIND SPEED; WIND TURBINE GENERATOR;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENGINES; FARMS; POWER TRANSMISSION; PUMPS; RELIABILITY; TURBOGENERATORS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 77954630041     PISSN: 2010376X     EISSN: 20103778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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