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Reliability improvement of isolated generating systems by photovoltaic ac fusion converters

Desouki, H; Lotfy, A.A - In: Renewable Energy 23 (2001) 3, pp. 391-397

In the case of isolated areas, power quality and service reliability are improved by fusion of the ac power generation … reliability and performance indices illustrate the benefits of PV system fusion with ac generation. …

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Mooring line fatigue damage evaluation for floating marine energy converters: Field measurements and prediction

Thies, Philipp R.; Johanning, Lars; Harnois, Violette; … - In: Renewable Energy 63 (2014) C, pp. 133-144

The vision of large-scale commercial arrays of floating marine energy converters (MECs) necessitates the robust, yet cost-effective engineering of devices. Given the continuous environmental loading, fatigue has been identified as one of the key engineering challenges. In particular the mooring...

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Addressing failure rate uncertainties of marine energy converters

Thies, Philipp R.; Smith, George H.; Johanning, Lars - In: Renewable Energy 44 (2012) C, pp. 359-367

is paramount, in particular issues relating to device reliability are critical. In the public domain, reliability …. Thus, reliability estimates are fraught with large uncertainties. This paper explores sources and magnitudes of failure … rate uncertainty and demonstrates the effect on reliability estimates for a notional marine energy converter. If generic …

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