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Offshore wind turbines : reliability, availability and maintenance /

The development of offshore wind power has become a pressing modern energy issue in which the UK is taking a major part, driven by the need to find new electrical power sources, avoiding the use of fossil fuels, in the knowledge of the extensive wind resource available around our islands and the fac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tavner, Peter
Autor Corporativo: Institution of Engineering and Technology
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2012.
Colección:Renewable energy series ; 13.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; Acknowledgements; Nomenclature; List of abbreviations; 1. Overview of offshore wind development; 2. Reliability theory relevant to offshore wind turbines; 3. Practical wind turbine reliability; 4. Effects of wind turbine configuration on reliability; 5. Design and testing for wind turbine availability; 6. Effect of reliability on offshore availability; 7. Monitoring wind turbines; 8. Maintenance for offshore wind turbines; 9. Conclusions; 10. Appendix 1: Historical evolution of wind turbines; 11. Appendix 2: Reliability data collection for the wind industry
  • 12. Appendix 3: WMEP operators report form13. Appendix 4: Commercially available SCADA systems for WTs; 14. Appendix 5: Commercially available condition monitoring systems for WTs; 15. Appendix 6: Weather, its influence on offshore wind reliability; Index