Maintenance optimization and inspection planning of wind energy assets: Models, methods and strategies
M Shafiee, JD Sørensen - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2019 - Elsevier
Designing cost-effective inspection and maintenance programmes for wind energy farms is
a complex task involving a high degree of uncertainty due to diversity of assets and their …
a complex task involving a high degree of uncertainty due to diversity of assets and their …
Prognostic techniques applied to maintenance of wind turbines: a concise and specific review
Wind turbine installation is growing consistently and fast. Wind turbines are getting bigger in
size and power, what incurs that a simple unit breakdown causes large energy losses. They …
size and power, what incurs that a simple unit breakdown causes large energy losses. They …
Dissimilar underwater wet welding of HSLA steels
The high-strength low-alloy S460ML and S460N steels were chosen for underwater wet
welding of dissimilar T-joints using covered electrodes. For improving the quality of joints …
welding of dissimilar T-joints using covered electrodes. For improving the quality of joints …
Dynamics modeling and vibration modulation signal analysis of wind turbine planetary gearbox with a floating sun gear
In wind turbine planetary gearboxes, the sun gears are generally designed to float in the
radial direction to achieve the uniform load distribution among different planet gears, but will …
radial direction to achieve the uniform load distribution among different planet gears, but will …
A two-stage fault detection and classification scheme for electrical pitch drives in offshore wind farms using support vector machine
ST Kandukuri, JSL Senanyaka… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pitch systems are one of the components with the most frequent failure in wind turbines. This
paper presents a two-stage fault detection and classification scheme for electric motor drives …
paper presents a two-stage fault detection and classification scheme for electric motor drives …
Gas pocket-assisted underwater friction stir spot welding
The present study demonstrates the concept of gas pocket-assisted friction stir spot welding
(GA-FSSW) as a new underwater wet welding (UWW) technique for the sub-sea industry …
(GA-FSSW) as a new underwater wet welding (UWW) technique for the sub-sea industry …
Condition monitoring of wind turbine blades and tower via an automated laser scanning system
During its service life, a wind turbine has to withstand very challenging loads and severe
environmental factors which can cause some deteriorations and cracks on structural …
environmental factors which can cause some deteriorations and cracks on structural …
Detection of rotor imbalance, including root cause, severity and location
S Cacciola, IM Agud, CL Bottasso - Journal of Physics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a new way of detecting imbalances on wind turbine rotors, by using a
harmonic analysis of the rotor response in the fixed frame. The method is capable of …
harmonic analysis of the rotor response in the fixed frame. The method is capable of …
Hierarchical coordinated control of flywheel energy storage matrix systems for wind farms
J Lai, Y Song, X Du - IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Flywheel energy storage technology plays an important role in enhancing the operation
reliability and efficiency of wind power generation farms. This work investigates an …
reliability and efficiency of wind power generation farms. This work investigates an …
RCM implementation on plastic injection molding machine considering correlated failure modes and small size sample
MA Fuentes-Huerta, DS González-González… - … International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Maintenance has become an important support for ensuring equipment availability, on-time
deliveries and quality of products. In that sense, reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) …
deliveries and quality of products. In that sense, reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) …