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Study of weather and location effects on wind turbine failure rates. (2012)
Journal Article
Tavner, P., Greenwood, D., Whittle, M., Gindele, R., Faulstich, S., & Hahn, B. (2012). Study of weather and location effects on wind turbine failure rates. Wind Energy, 16(2), 175-187. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.538

Understanding the availability of wind turbines (WT) is vital to maximize WT energy production and minimize the capital payback period. Previous work on this subject concentrated on reliability and the location of WT failure modes rather than root ca... Read More about Study of weather and location effects on wind turbine failure rates..

Condition Monitoring Power Module Solder Fatigue Using Inverter Harmonic Identification (2012)
Journal Article
Xiang, D., Ran, L., Tavner, P., Yang, S., Bryant, A., & Mawby, P. (2012). Condition Monitoring Power Module Solder Fatigue Using Inverter Harmonic Identification. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 27(1), 235-247. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2011.2160988

Condition monitoring power semiconductor devices can inform converter maintenance and reduce damage. This paper presents a method to monitor solder fatigue in a voltage source inverter insulated gate bipolar transistor power module by detecting the c... Read More about Condition Monitoring Power Module Solder Fatigue Using Inverter Harmonic Identification.

Investigation Into IGBT dV/dt During Turn-Off and Its Temperature Dependence (2011)
Journal Article
Bryant, A., Yang, S., Mawby, P., Xiang, D., Ran, L., Tavner, P., & Palmer, P. (2011). Investigation Into IGBT dV/dt During Turn-Off and Its Temperature Dependence. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 26(10), 3019-3031. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2011.2125803

An industry-based survey of reliability in power electronic converters (2011)
Journal Article
Yang, S., Bryant, A., Mawby, P., Xiang, D., Ran, L., & Tavner, P. (2011). An industry-based survey of reliability in power electronic converters. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 47(3), 1441-1451. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2011.2124436

A questionnaire survey was carried out to determine the industrial requirements and expectations of reliability in power electronic converters. The survey was subjective and conducted with a number of high-profile semiconductor manufacturers, integra... Read More about An industry-based survey of reliability in power electronic converters.

Wind turbine downtime and its importance for offshore deployment (2011)
Journal Article
Faulstich, S., Hahn, B., & Tavner, P. (2011). Wind turbine downtime and its importance for offshore deployment. Wind Energy, 14(3), 327-337. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.421

While the performance and the efficiency of wind turbines and their energy yields have been improved with time, their reliability still needs improvement, particularly when considering their deployment offshore. IWES has been gathering operational ex... Read More about Wind turbine downtime and its importance for offshore deployment.

Reliability and availability of wind turbine electrical and electronic components (2011)
Journal Article
Tavner, P., Faulstich, S., Hahn, B., & van Bussel, G. (2011). Reliability and availability of wind turbine electrical and electronic components. EPE Journal, 20(4),

Condition Monitoring for Device Reliability in Power Electronic Converters: A Review (2010)
Journal Article
Yang, S., Xiang, D., Bryant, A., Mawby, P., Ran, L., & Tavner, P. (2010). Condition Monitoring for Device Reliability in Power Electronic Converters: A Review. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 25(11), 2734-2752. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2010.2049377

Condition monitoring (CM) has already been proven to be a cost effective means of enhancing reliability and improving customer service in power equipment, such as transformers and rotating electrical machinery. CM for power semiconductor devices in p... Read More about Condition Monitoring for Device Reliability in Power Electronic Converters: A Review.

Early experiences with UK Round 1 offshore wind farms (2010)
Journal Article
Feng, Y., Tavner, P., & Long, H. (2010). Early experiences with UK Round 1 offshore wind farms. Energy, 163(4), 167-181. https://doi.org/10.1680/ener.2010.163.4.167

The UK government plans that offshore wind power should play a major part in meeting the UK’s renewable energy and carbon emission targets by 2020. The pioneer UK round 1 offshore wind farm projects, based on sites let in 2001, were supported by the... Read More about Early experiences with UK Round 1 offshore wind farms.

Study of effects of weather & location on wind turbine failure rates (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
on wind turbine failure rates. Presented at European Wind Energy Conference, Scientific Track, Warsaw, Poland

Reliability Analysis and Prediction of Wind Turbine Gearboxes (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smolders, K., Long, H., Feng, Y., & Tavner, P. (2010, April). Reliability Analysis and Prediction of Wind Turbine Gearboxes. Presented at European Wind Energy Conference, Scientific Track, Warsaw, Poland