A review of electrical winding failures in wind turbine generators

2011 Electrical Insulation Conference, EIC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 392-397

  Alewine, Kevin ^a   Chen, William ^b  

^a Shermco Industries   (United States)

^b TECO Westinghouse Motor Company   (United States)

Author keywords

failures; generators; turbines; wind

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; ELECTRICAL FAILURES; INSULATION SYSTEM; MECHANICAL FAILURES; MECHANICAL STRESS; ORIGINAL DESIGN; OVERALL FAILURE; PREDICTIVE TECHNIQUES; ROOT CAUSE; STATISTICAL INFORMATION; SUPPORT STRUCTURES; VOLTAGE STRESS; WIND PARK;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; INSULATION; STRESSES; TURBOGENERATORS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 80052738149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EIC.2011.5996185     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Wind in Power - EWEA Annual 2010 European Statistics, European Wind Energy Association, Feb, 2011.
2. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics, US Energy Information Administration, www.eia.doe.gov Feb, 2011, pg. 1.
3. US Wind Industry Year-End 2010 Market report, American Wind Energy Association, www.aewa.org Feb, 2011, pg 3.
4. Design challenges of wind turbine generators, George Gao and William Chen, IEEE EIC 2009
5. Root Cause Failure Analysis, Electrical Apparatus Service Association, 2002-2004