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Optimal maintenance planning using reliability information for offshore wind turbines
Haring, M.R. (2018) Optimal maintenance planning using reliability information for offshore wind turbines.
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Abstract: | As the global operational wind turbine fleet ages and a trend towards self-operations is observed by wind farm operators, research into reducing the levelized cost of electricity continues. Operation and maintenance costs have a substantial contribution to the levelized cost of electricity. Furthermore, offshore wind turbines operate in a harsher environment which makes it harder and costlier to execute maintenance. Therefore, high downtimes and high maintenance costs can be observed which inadvertently results in a higher levelized cost of electricity. With reliability information provided by Fraunhofer, we have analyzed and proposed an optimal maintenance policy for a single component which minimizes maintenance cost and thereby ensures reliability. The component chosen for this research purpose is the converter system. The converter system fails frequently and has a high share on the annual downtimes. Furthermore, the optimal preventive replacement time of a rotor system in an offshore wind turbine has been analyzed and proposed. |
Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
Clients: | Fraunhofer, Kassel, Germany |
Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
Subject: | 50 technical science in general |
Programme: | Industrial Engineering and Management BSc (56994) |
Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/76863 |
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