Dynamic Reliability and Availability Allocation of Wind Turbine Subassemblies Through Importance Measures

Abstract

This paper illustrates the impact of wind turbine (WT) subassemblies' availability on WTs' performance. Complete and detailed reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) analysis of various subassemblies of WTs utilizing the Weibull probability density function (PDF) is also introduced. A modified dynamic important measures-based reliability and availability are presented to show the significant impact of various WT subassemblies on the overall system performance. This method is mainly utilized to rank the WT subassemblies regarding their impact on the system reliability and availability, identifying the subassemblies that the planned maintenance should focus on. Dynamic ranking of WT subassemblies is obtained to achieve the desired level of reliability and availability. The obtained results demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed approach that achieves the system's secure operation and improves system reliability and availability.