Reliability prediction of an offshore wind turbine gearbox

• Published in: Renewable energy Vol. 141; pp. 693 - 706
• Main Authors: Bhardwaj, U., Teixeira, A.P., Soares, C. Guedes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2019
• Subjects: case studies; Failure causes; Failure rate prediction; FMEA; Gearbox; Offshore wind turbine; prediction; renewable energy sources; transmission systems; wind turbines; Offshore wind turbine; Failure causes; FMEA; Gearbox; Failure rate prediction

This paper estimates the failure rate of an offshore wind turbine gearbox based on the data available for similar, known onshore wind turbine systems. The gearbox is one critical element of the wind turbine system and its failure may cause long downtime and consequently high operational and maintena...