Opportunistic maintenance optimization for wind turbine systems considering imperfect maintenance actions

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 463-481

  Ding, Fangfang ^a   Tian, Zhigang ^a  

^a Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

failure distribution; Opportunistic maintenance; optimization; simulation; wind turbine

Indexed keywords

CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE; FAILURE DISTRIBUTIONS; IMPERFECT MAINTENANCE; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MAINTENANCE COST; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPPORTUNISTIC MAINTENANCE; SIMULATION; SIMULATION METHODS; WIND FARM; WIND POWER INDUSTRY; WIND TURBINE SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; OPTIMIZATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 84859722243     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539311004196     Document Type: Article

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