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Offshore Wind Turbine Reliability and Operational Simulation under Uncertainties (2020)
Journal Article
Dao, C. D., Kazemtabrizi, B., & Crabtree, C. J. (2020). Offshore Wind Turbine Reliability and Operational Simulation under Uncertainties. Wind Energy, 23(10), 1919-1938. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2526

The fast‐growing offshore wind energy sector brings opportunities to provide a sustainable energy resource but also challenges in offshore wind turbine (OWT) operation and maintenance management. Existing operational simulation models assume determin... Read More about Offshore Wind Turbine Reliability and Operational Simulation under Uncertainties.

Optimisation of Large Offshore Wind Farm Layout Considering Reliability and Wake Effect (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, X., Dao, C. D., Kazemtabrizi, B., & Crabtree, C. J. (2020, December). Optimisation of Large Offshore Wind Farm Layout Considering Reliability and Wake Effect. Presented at ASME Turbo Expo 2020, London

Nowadays, the increasing demand of electricity and environmental hazards of the greenhouse gas lead to the requirement of renewable energies. The wind energy has been proved as one of the most successful sustainable energies. Recently, the developmen... Read More about Optimisation of Large Offshore Wind Farm Layout Considering Reliability and Wake Effect.

Impacts of Reliability on Operational Performance and Cost of Energy Evaluation of Multimegawatt, Far-offshore Wind Turbines (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dao, C. D., Kazemtabrizi, B., & Crabtree, C. J. (2019, December). Impacts of Reliability on Operational Performance and Cost of Energy Evaluation of Multimegawatt, Far-offshore Wind Turbines. Presented at ASME 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering (OMAE) 2019, Glasgow, UK

Wind energy is growing at a fast pace around the world. According to a report published by WindEurope, 55% of total power capacity installations in the EU came from wind in 2017. In this context, offshore wind plays a decisive role, with countries su... Read More about Impacts of Reliability on Operational Performance and Cost of Energy Evaluation of Multimegawatt, Far-offshore Wind Turbines.

Modelling the Effects of Reliability and Maintenance on Levelised Cost of Wind Energy (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dao, C. D., Kazemtabrizi, B., & Crabtree, C. J. (2019, December). Modelling the Effects of Reliability and Maintenance on Levelised Cost of Wind Energy. Presented at ASME Turbo Expo 2019, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Levelised cost of energy is an important measure to evaluate the success of a wind energy project. It includes all the capital and operational expenditures of a wind turbine over its lifetime based on the expected power generated. In the literature,... Read More about Modelling the Effects of Reliability and Maintenance on Levelised Cost of Wind Energy.

Scheduling Infrastructure Renewal for Railway Networks (2019)
Journal Article
Dao, C. D., Hartmann, A., Lamper, A., & Herbert, P. (2019). Scheduling Infrastructure Renewal for Railway Networks. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 25(4), Article 04019027. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28asce%29is.1943-555x.0000515

The pressing necessity to renew infrastructure assets in developed railway systems leads to an increased number of activities to be scheduled annually. Scheduling of renewal activities for a railway network is a critical task because these activities... Read More about Scheduling Infrastructure Renewal for Railway Networks.

Wind Turbine Reliability Data Review and Impacts on Levelised Cost of Energy (2019)
Journal Article
Dao, C. D., Kazemtabrizi, B., & Crabtree, C. J. (2019). Wind Turbine Reliability Data Review and Impacts on Levelised Cost of Energy. Wind Energy, 22(12), 1848-1871. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2404

Reliability is critical to the design, operation, maintenance, and performance assessment and improvement of wind turbines (WTs). This paper systematically reviews publicly available reliability data for both onshore and offshore WTs and investigates... Read More about Wind Turbine Reliability Data Review and Impacts on Levelised Cost of Energy.

Reliability and Economic Evaluation of High Voltage Direct Current interconnectors for large-scale renewable energy integration and transmission (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thompson, A., Kazemtabrizi, B., Crabtree, C., Dao, C., Dinmohamdi, F., & Flynn, D. (2019, February). Reliability and Economic Evaluation of High Voltage Direct Current interconnectors for large-scale renewable energy integration and transmission. Presented at 15th IET International conference on AC and DC Power Transmission, Coventry, UK

This paper outlines a methodology for assessing the reliability and cost of operating multi-terminal High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission interconnectors with a comparison being drawn on the benefits of using modular multilevel converters... Read More about Reliability and Economic Evaluation of High Voltage Direct Current interconnectors for large-scale renewable energy integration and transmission.

Maintenance Scheduling for railway tracks under limited possession time (2018)
Journal Article
Dao, C. D., Basten, R., & Hartmann, A. (2018). Maintenance Scheduling for railway tracks under limited possession time. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 144(8), Article 04018039. https://doi.org/10.1061/jtepbs.0000163

Maintenance planning for busy railway systems is challenging because there is growing pressure on increasing operation time, which reduces the infrastructure-accessible time for maintenance. This paper proposes an optimization model that is aimed at... Read More about Maintenance Scheduling for railway tracks under limited possession time.