Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for wind turbines

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 817-824

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

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brushless Doubly Fed Generator (BDFG); Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA); Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TOOLS; BRUSHLESS DOUBLY FED; BRUSHLESS DOUBLY FED GENERATOR (BDFG); DOUBLY-FED INDUCTION GENERATOR; EFFECT ANALYSIS; FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS; FIELD DATA; MW WIND TURBINE; POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; WIND TURBINE SYSTEMS;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; FAILURE MODES; PRODUCT DESIGN; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 77955232393     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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