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Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for wind turbines

Arabian-Hoseynabadi, H.; Oraee, H.; Tavner, P.J.

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Authors

H. Arabian-Hoseynabadi

H. Oraee

P.J. Tavner



Abstract

The Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) method has been used to study the reliability of many different power generation systems. This paper now applies that method to a wind turbine (WT) system using a proprietary software reliability analysis tool. Comparison is made between the quantitative results of an FMEA and reliability field data from real wind turbine systems and their assemblies. These results are discussed to establish relationships which are useful for future wind turbine designs. The main system studied is an existing design 2 MW wind turbine with a Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG), which is then compared with a hypothetical wind turbine system using the Brushless Doubly Fed Generator (BDFG) of the same rating. The software reliability analysis tool used for these studies was Relex Reliability Studio 2007 Version 2.

Citation

Arabian-Hoseynabadi, H., Oraee, H., & Tavner, P. (2010). Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for wind turbines. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 32(7), 817-824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2010.01.019

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Sep 1, 2010
Deposit Date Apr 6, 2010
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
Print ISSN 0142-0615
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 32
Issue 7
Pages 817-824
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2010.01.019
Keywords Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA), Wind turbines, Brushless Doubly Fed Generator (BDFG).

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