Maintenance practices in wind power systems: A review and analysis

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2008

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 2588-2597

  Alsyouf, Imad ^a   El Thalji, Idriss ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Life cycle cost; Maintenance; Maintenance practices; Wind power systems

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; ENERGY SUPPLIES; INDUSTRIAL CONTEXT; LIFE-CYCLE PROCESS; LIFECYCLE COSTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MAINTENANCE PRACTICES; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; OFFSHORE FARM; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS; SUPPORT FUNCTIONS; TOTAL LIFE CYCLE COSTS; WIND FARM;

COMPETITION; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY RESOURCES; EXHIBITIONS; LIFE CYCLE; MAINTENANCE; MANUFACTURE;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84870005668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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