A review of electrical winding failures in wind turbine generators

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 8-13

  Alewine, Kevin ^a   Chen, William ^b  

^a Shermco Industries   (United States)

^b TECO Westinghouse Motor Company   (United States)

Author keywords

wind generators; wind turbines; winding failures

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT FAILURES; DRIVE TRAIN; ELECTRICAL FAILURES; ELECTRICAL GENERATION; ELECTRICAL MATERIALS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; GENERATOR DESIGN; INSTALLED CAPACITY; LEARNING CURVES; MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES; MECHANICAL FAILURES; NEW INDUSTRY; OPERATING COMPANIES; ROOT CAUSE; TURBINE PERFORMANCE; WIND GENERATOR SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INDUSTRY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES; WINDING;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 84863707686     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2012.6232004     Document Type: Review

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