Prognosis-informed wind farm operation and maintenance for concurrent economic and environmental benefits

International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1049-1056

  Wang, Pingfeng ^a   Tamilselvan, Prasanna ^a   Twomey, Janet ^a   Youn, Byeng Dong ^b  

^a Wichita State University   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Economic and environmental impact; Predictive maintenance; Prognostics; Wind farm O M

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LOSSES; MAINTENANCE; PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE; DECISION MAKING METHODOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; PROGNOSTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; WIND FARM;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84887527680     PISSN: 22347593     EISSN: 20054602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12541-013-0141-8     Document Type: Article

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