Maintenance optimization and inspection planning of wind energy assets: models, methods and strategies

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2017-11-01

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0951-8320

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Shafiee M, Sørensen JD. (2019) Maintenance optimization and inspection planning of wind energy assets: models, methods and strategies. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Volume 192, December 2019, Article number 105993

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Designing cost-effective inspection and maintenance programmes for wind energy farms is a complex task involving a high degree of uncertainty due to diversity of assets and their corresponding failure modes, weather-dependent transport conditions, unpredictable spare parts demand, insufficient space or poor accessibility for maintenance and repair, limited availability of resources in terms of equipment and skilled manpower, etc. In recent years, maintenance optimization has attracted the attention of many researchers and practitioners from various sectors of the wind energy industry, including manufacturers, component suppliers, maintenance contractors and others. In this paper, we propose a conceptual classification framework for the available literature on maintenance policy optimization and inspection planning of wind energy systems and structures (turbines, foundations, power cables and electrical substations). The developed framework addresses a wide range of theoretical and practical issues, including the models, methods, and the strategies employed to optimise maintenance decisions and inspection procedures in wind farms. The literature published to date on the subject of this article is critically reviewed and several research gaps are identified. Moreover, the available studies are systematically classified using different criteria and some research directions of potential interest to operational researchers are highlighted.

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Wind energy, Asset management, Inspection, Maintenance, Repair, Optimization, Reliability

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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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