Assessment of failure rates and reliability of floating offshore wind turbines

• Published in: Reliability engineering & system safety Vol. 228; p. 108777
• Main Authors: Li, He, Guedes Soares, C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Barking Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2022; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Bayesian analysis; Failure analysis; Failure rate assessment; Failure rate correction model; Failure rates; Floating offshore wind turbine; Mathematical models; Network reliability; Offshore; Offshore energy sources; Offshore structures; Reliability analysis; Reliability aspects; Reliability engineering; Turbines; Wind power; Wind turbines; Floating offshore wind turbine; Reliability analysis; Failure rate assessment; Failure rate correction model

•A model is proposed to assess the failure rate of components of floating offshore wind turbines based on onshore turbine data.•A failure rate correction model is presented for the relations of failure between onshore and floating offshore wind turbines.•The results indicate that the failure rates o...