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Reliability analysis in wind turbine engineering

Abstract

Wind turbines are being designed in accordance with deterministic design rules. As wind turbines increase in size and power, these rules may not be adequate to ascertain a safe and well balanced design. Wind turbine industry can take advantage of the safety and reliability practices in e.g. aerospace, nuclear and offshore industry. These practices include System Reliability and Structural Reliability methods. The approach to introduce Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA), which incorporates these reliability methods, into wind turbine engineering, are described. The applicability, benefits and limitations of these methods are illustrated by means of two recent case studies. 5 figs., 2 tabs., 24 refs.
Publication Date:
Sep 01, 1993
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
ECN-RX-93-103
Reference Number:
SCA: 170700; PA: ECN-93:0E0963; EDB-94:017898; NTS-94:008656; ERA-19:006567; SN: 94001127540
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: To be presented at the Dutch Chapter of SRE/Dutch Reliability Society (NVvB) Symposium, Arnhem, Netherlands, 4-6 October 1993; PBD: Sep 1993
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; WIND TURBINES; RELIABILITY; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION; SAFETY; 170700; HEALTH AND SAFETY
OSTI ID:
10115952
Research Organizations:
Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (ECN), Petten (Netherlands)
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE94729851; TRN: NL93E0963
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS; Available from the library of the Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (ECN), P.O. Box 1, 1755 ZG Petten (Netherlands)
Submitting Site:
ECN
Size:
9 p.
Announcement Date:
Jun 30, 2005

Citation Formats

Seebregts, A J, Rademakers, L W.M.M., and Van den Horn, B A. Reliability analysis in wind turbine engineering. Netherlands: N. p., 1993. Web.
Seebregts, A J, Rademakers, L W.M.M., & Van den Horn, B A. Reliability analysis in wind turbine engineering. Netherlands.
Seebregts, A J, Rademakers, L W.M.M., and Van den Horn, B A. 1993. "Reliability analysis in wind turbine engineering." Netherlands.
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title = {Reliability analysis in wind turbine engineering}
author = {Seebregts, A J, Rademakers, L W.M.M., and Van den Horn, B A}
abstractNote = {Wind turbines are being designed in accordance with deterministic design rules. As wind turbines increase in size and power, these rules may not be adequate to ascertain a safe and well balanced design. Wind turbine industry can take advantage of the safety and reliability practices in e.g. aerospace, nuclear and offshore industry. These practices include System Reliability and Structural Reliability methods. The approach to introduce Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA), which incorporates these reliability methods, into wind turbine engineering, are described. The applicability, benefits and limitations of these methods are illustrated by means of two recent case studies. 5 figs., 2 tabs., 24 refs.}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {1993}
month = {Sep}
}