The majority of electrical failures in wind turbines occur in the semiconductor devices of
either the grid or generator converters. This is due to temperature swings affecting the layers …

The majority of electrical failures in wind turbines occur in the generator‐side semiconductor
devices. This is due to temperature swings affecting the layers of insulated‐gate bipolar …

The majority of electrical failures in wind turbines occur in the semiconductor components
(IGBTs) of converters. To increase reliability and decrease the maintenance costs …

The ever-increasing growth of wind power plants has raised the awareness that high
reliability of wind turbines requires an appropriate condition monitoring system. This can …

The ever-increasing development of wind power plants has raised awareness that an
appropriate condition monitoring system is required to achieve high reliability of wind …

The application of the gradient heat flux sensor as a failure and aging indicator of the power
electronics was studied in this paper. Conducted experiments shown that the heat flux …

Wind energy conversion is the fastest growing source of electricity generation in the world
among the other renewable energy production technologies. Whereas investment costs …

Advances in wind turbine power generation technology and legislative decisions of
governments that are favorable to renewable power have lead wind energy to be an …

Condition monitoring has been widely used to detect mechanical and electrical faults of
wind turbines in order to avoid catastrophic failures, enhance the reliability and availability of …

There has been a remarkable increase in the use of wind power generation over the past
ten years. However, costly unplanned downtimes caused by reliability issues are a problem …