Intelligent integrated maintenance for wind power generation

Pattison, D. and Segovia Garcia, M. and Xie, W. and Quail, F. and Revie, M. and Whitfield, I. and Irvine, I. (2016) Intelligent integrated maintenance for wind power generation. Wind Energy. ISSN 1095-4244 (https://doi.org/10.1002/we.1850)

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Abstract

A novel architecture and system for the provision of Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) for offshore wind power generation is presented. The architecture was developed by conducting a bottom-up analysis of the data required to support RCM within this specific industry, combined with a top-down analysis of the required maintenance functionality. The architecture and system consists of three integrated modules for Intelligent Condition Monitoring, Reliability and Maintenance Modelling, and Maintenance Scheduling that provide a scalable solution for performing dynamic, efficient and cost effective preventative maintenance management within this extremely demanding renewable energy generation sector. The system demonstrates for the first time, the integration of state-of-the-art advanced mathematical techniques: Random Forests, Dynamic Bayesian Networks, and Memetic Algorithms in the development of an intelligent autonomous solution. The results from the application of the intelligent integrated system illustrated the automated detection of faults within a wind farm consisting of over 100 turbines, the modelling and updating of the turbines’ survivability and creation of a hierarchy of maintenance actions, and the optimising of the maintenance schedule with a view to maximising the availability and revenue generation of the turbines.

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Pattison, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0847-4422, Segovia Garcia, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9210-3175, Xie, W., Quail, F., Revie, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0130-8109, Whitfield, I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1065-0395 and Irvine, I.;
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