Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring Techniques for Renewable Energy Industrial Assets integrates state-of-the-art information and discusses future developments and their significance to the improvement of the renewable energy industry. Renewable energy assets are complex systems with several critical components that require inspection and adequate maintenance in order to ensure their high availability and uninterrupted operation. This is the first book to apply NDT and condition monitoring to these complex systems.
1. Introduction to non-destructive testing and condition monitoring techniques for renewable energy industrial assets - p. xi 2. Chapter 1: Wind turbines: A general reliability analysis - p. xvii 3. Chapter 2: Wind turbine inspection and condition monitoring - p. 18 4. Chapter 3: An overview of wind turbine maintenance management - p. 29 5. Chapter 4: Non-destructive testing for the evaluation of icing blades in wind turbines - p. 47 6. Chapter 5: Wind turbine gearboxes: Failures, surface treatments and condition monitoring - p. 68 7. Chapter 6: Non-destructive testing of wind turbines using ultrasonic waves - p. 90 8. Chapter 7: A review on condition monitoring system for solar plants based on thermography - p. 101 9. Chapter 8: Remotely operated vehicle applications - p. 118 10. Chapter 9: Remote condition monitoring for photovoltaic systems - p. 132 11. Chapter 10: Tidal turbines - p. 142 12. Chapter 11: Automatic statistical analysis of acoustic emission data sets - p. 158 13. Chapter 12: Non-destructive methods for detection and localisation of partial discharges - p. 176 14. Index - p. 195
Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring Techniques for Renewable Energy Industrial Assets integrates state-of-the-art information and discusses future developments and their significance to the improvement of the renewable energy industry. Renewable energy assets are complex systems with several critical components that require inspection and adequate maintenance in order to ensure their high availability and uninterrupted operation. This is the first book to apply NDT and condition monitoring to these complex systems.
1. Introduction to non-destructive testing and condition monitoring techniques for renewable energy industrial assets - p. xi 2. Chapter 1: Wind turbines: A general reliability analysis - p. xvii 3. Chapter 2: Wind turbine inspection and condition monitoring - p. 18 4. Chapter 3: An overview of wind turbine maintenance management - p. 29 5. Chapter 4: Non-destructive testing for the evaluation of icing blades in wind turbines - p. 47 6. Chapter 5: Wind turbine gearboxes: Failures, surface treatments and condition monitoring - p. 68 7. Chapter 6: Non-destructive testing of wind turbines using ultrasonic waves - p. 90 8. Chapter 7: A review on condition monitoring system for solar plants based on thermography - p. 101 9. Chapter 8: Remotely operated vehicle applications - p. 118 10. Chapter 9: Remote condition monitoring for photovoltaic systems - p. 132 11. Chapter 10: Tidal turbines - p. 142 12. Chapter 11: Automatic statistical analysis of acoustic emission data sets - p. 158 13. Chapter 12: Non-destructive methods for detection and localisation of partial discharges - p. 176 14. Index - p. 195
