Reliability-centered maintenance for wind turbines based on statistical analysis and practical experience

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 184-195

  Fischer, Katharina ^a   Besnard, Francois ^a   Bertling, Lina ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Availability; failure; failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA); maintenance; reliability; reliability centered maintenance (RCM); wind energy; wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; EXPERT JUDGEMENT; FAILURE FREQUENCY; FAILURE MODE AND EFFECT ANALYSIS (FMEA); FAILURE STATISTICS; FIELD EXPERIENCE; FUNCTIONAL FAILURE; HYDRAULIC SYSTEM; MAINTENANCE SERVICES; MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; RELIABILITY-CENTERED MAINTENANCE; REMEDIAL MEASURES; SECONDARY DAMAGE; UNDERLYING MECHANISM; WORKGROUPS;

AVAILABILITY; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; MAINTENANCE; RELIABILITY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

MAINTAINABILITY;

EID: 84857362891     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2011.2176129     Document Type: Article

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