How has reliability of technology developed through time?

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2007, EWEC 2007

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 220-228

  Echavarria, E ^a   Tomiyama, T ^a   Van Bussel, G J W ^a   Hahn, B ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Institut Fuer Solare Energieversorgungstechnik (ISET)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT RELIABILITY; FAULT FREQUENCY; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; RANDOM FAILURES; SHORT PERIODS; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; SUB-COMPONENTS; TEST PROGRAMME;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; DESIGN; EXHIBITIONS; RELIABILITY; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84875300473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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