Title :
Maintenance-based warranty for offshore wind turbines
Author :
Yiliu Liu ; Lijuan Dai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Production & Quality Eng., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway
Abstract :
Most products are sold with warranties nowadays, including offshore wind turbines. However, these turbines are complex engineering systems located far away from manufacturing facilities, and as a result their warranties are different from those for consumer products. In this paper, we consider maintenance strategies as the major elements in the warranties for offshore wind turbines, which also include timing requirements, charges and coverage. Warranty cost of turbines is analyzed as the combination of maintenance cost and loss of power production. Uncertainties in the analysis are also discussed.
Keywords :
costing; maintenance engineering; offshore installations; power generation economics; warranties; wind power plants; wind turbines; complex engineering systems; maintenance-based warranty cost analysis; manufacturing facilities; offshore wind energy production; offshore wind turbines; power production loss; timing requirements; Preventive maintenance; Production; Reliability; Uncertainty; Warranties; Wind turbines; Warranty; cost analysis; maintenance; offshore wind turbines; uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2013.6962643
