Wind turbine reliability analysis

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue , 2013, Pages 463-472

  Pinar Pérez, Jesús María ^a   García Márquez, Fausto Pedro ^a   Tobias, Andrew ^b   Papaelias, Mayorkinos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Failure analysis; Maintenance management; Reliability analysis; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE; OUTAGES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

FAILURE RATE; MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT; PITCH CONTROL; ROTOR SPEED; WIND TURBINE RELIABILITIES;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876107801     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.03.018     Document Type: Review

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