Publications

  • Journal papers

Guo, H, Watson, S, Tavner, P and Xiang, J (2009). "Reliability analysis for wind turbines with incomplete failure data collected from after the date of initial installation." Reliability Engineering & System Safety 94(6): 1057-1063.

Spinato, F, Tavner, PJ, van Bussel, GJW and Koutoulakos, E (2009). "Reliability of wind turbine subassemblies." IET Proceedings Renewable Power Generation 3(4): 387-401.        

Tavner, P (2008). "Wind power as a clean-energy contributor." Energy Policy 36(12): 4397-4400.

Yang, W, Tavner, PJ and Wilkinson, MR (2009). "Condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of a wind turbine synchronous generator drive train." IET Renewable Power Generation 3(1): 1-11.

W. Yang, P.J. Tavner, C.J. Crabtree, M.R. Wilkinson, "Cost-effective Condition Monitoring for Wind Turbines", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol.57, No.1, 2010.

S.J. Watson, B.J. Xiang, W. Yang, P.J. Tavner, C.J. Crabtree, "Condition Monitoring of the Power Output of Wind Turbine Generators using Wavelets", IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, accepted for publication.  

Y. Feng, P.J. Tavner, H. Long, "Early Experiences of UK Round 1 Offshore Wind Farms, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Energy", invited paper to appear on 2010 November issue. (coming soon)

 

  • Conference papers (2010)

Garrad Hassan & Partners, Gamesa, Alstom Ecotecnia, Durham University, "Methodology and Results of the Reliawind Reliability Field Study", Scientific Track, European Wind Energy Conference, Warsaw, 2010. (Paper download)

M Wilkinson, F Spinato, "Measuring & Understanding Wind Turbine Reliability", Poster,  ReliaWind-SUPERGEN Wind Side Event, European Wind Energy Conference, Warsaw, 2010. (Poster download)

C Crabtree, Y Feng, P J Tavner, "Detecting Incipient Gearbox Failure in Wind Turbines: A New Signal Analysis Method for On-line Condition Monitoring", Scientific Track, European Wind Energy Conference, Warsaw, 2010. (Paper download)

P J Tavner, R Gindele, S Faulstich, B Hahn, M W G Whittle, "Study of Effects of Weather & Location on Wind Turbine Failure Rates", European Wind Energy Conference, Warsaw, 2010. (Paper download, Poster download)

P J Tavner, A Higgins, H Arabian, H Long, Y Feng, "Use of the FMEA to Wind Turbine Availabilities", European Wind Energy Conference, Warsaw, 2010. (Paper download)

A Firth, H Long, "A Design Software Tool for Conceptual Design of Wind Turbine Gearboxes", European Wind Energy Conference, Warsaw, 2010.  (Paper download, Poster download)

K Smolders, H Long, Y Feng, P J Tavner, "Reliability Analysis and Prediction for Wind Turbine Gearboxes", Scientific Track, European Wind Energy Conference, Warsaw, 2010. (Paper download, Poster download)

Luis Cárceles, Juan I. Lopez, "Prognosis from SCADA data in Wind Turbines", Poster,  ReliaWind-SUPERGEN Wind Side Event, European Wind Energy Conference, Warsaw, 2010. (Poster download)

Eugenio Gómez Santiago, "Design for Reliability", Poster, ReliaWind-SUPERGEN Wind Side Event, European Wind Energy Conference, Warsaw, 2010. (Poster download)

Zs. J. Viharos, L. Monostori, G. Erdos, A. Kovács, "AI Supported Maintenance and Reliability System in Wind Energy Production", European Wind Energy Conference, Warsaw, 2010. (Paper download, Poster download)

Y Feng, P J Tavner, H Long, J Bialek,  "Review of Early Operation of UK Round 1 Offshore Wind Farms", accepted by IEEE PES 2010 General Meeting, USA, 2010. (coming soon)

 

  • Conference papers (2009,2008)
Elkinton, C, Wilkinson, M and Harman, K (2009). Derivation of Wind Turbine Reliability Profiles from Operational Data. EWEC2009, Marseilles, France, March.  

Yang, WX, Tavner, PJ and Crabtree, CJ (2009). An intelligent approach to the condition monitoring of large scale wind turbines. EWEC2009, Marseilles, France, March.  

Monostori L, Viharos ZJ, Erdős G, and Kovács A, (2009). AI supported maintenance and reliability system in wind energy production, International Symposium on Methods of Artificial Intelligence, AI-METH, Gliwice, Poland, November 18-20.   

Watson, SJ, Xiang, JP, Yang, WX, Tavner, PJ and Crabtree, CJ (2009). Condition monitoring of a wind turbine doubly-fed induction generator. EWEC2009, Marseille, March   

Wilkinson, M, Harman, K, Tavner, P and Hendriks, B (2009). Derivation of wind turbine reliability profiles from operational data. EWEC2009, Marseille, March   

Yang, W, Tavner, PJ, Crabtree, CJ and Wilkinson, M (2008 ). Research on a simple, cheap but globally effective condition monitoring technique for wind turbines. International Conference on Electrical Machines, Vilamoura, Portugal, September.  

Tavner, PJ, Spinato, F, Bussel, GJWv and Koutoulakos, E (2008 ). Reliability of different wind turbine concepts with relevance to offshore application. EWEA European Wind Energy Conference, Brussels, April.  

Yang, W, Tavner, PJ and Wilkinson, M (2008 ). Condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of a wind turbine with a synchronous generator using wavelet transforms. IET 4th International Conference on Power Electrical Machines and Drives, York, UK.  

Yang, WX, Jiang, JS, Tavner, PJ and Crabtree, CJ (2008 ). Monitoring wind turbine condition by the approach of empirical mode decomposition. International Conference of Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS 2008), Wuhan, China, 17-20 Oct.  

Djurovic, S, Williamson, S, Tavner, PJ and X., YW (2009). Condition monitoring artefacts for detecting winding faults in wind turbine DFIGs. European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC2009), Marseille, France.  

Yang, W, Tavner, PJ and Wilkinson, M (2008). Wind turbine condition monitoring and fault diagnosis using both mechanical and electrical signatures. IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Xi'an, China, 2-5 July   

Yang, W, Tavner, PJ and Wilkinson, M (2008). Wind turbine condition monitoring and fault diagnosis using both mechanical and electrical signatures. IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Xi'an, China, 2-5 July