Condition monitoring of the power output of wind turbine generators using wavelets

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 715-721

  Watson, Simon Jonathan ^a   Xiang, Beth J ^a   Yang, Wenxian ^b   Tavner, Peter J ^b   Crabtree, Christopher J ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; Electrical generator; Signal processing; Wind energy; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; BEARING FAILURES; COMMONLY USED; DOUBLY FED INDUCTION GENERATORS; ELECTRICAL GENERATORS; EXTRA SENSORS; FAULT CONDITIONS; FREQUENCY COMPONENTS; POWER OUT PUT; PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE; SHAFT MISALIGNMENT; TEST RIGS; VARIABLE-SPEED WIND TURBINE; VIBRATION SENSORS; WIND ENERGY; WIND TURBINE GENERATORS;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CONDITION MONITORING; DATA PROCESSING; MAINTAINABILITY; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TURBOGENERATORS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 77956094655     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2010.2040083     Document Type: Article

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