Electrical subassemblies of wind turbines - A substantial risk for the availability

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2010, EWEC 2010

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2035-2061

  Faulstich, S ^a   Lyding, P ^a   Hahn, B ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER IWES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical subassemblies; Failure cause; Failure rate; Maintenance strategy; Reliability; Technical concept; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL SUB ASSEMBLIES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; EMPIRICAL DATA; FAILURE RATE; FAULT PROPAGATION; INTERNAL CAUSE; LARGE POPULATION; MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES; MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE; REMAINING LIFE; STRUCTURED DATABASE; TECHNICAL CONCEPT; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT; WEAK POINTS;

EXHIBITIONS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 84869991714     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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