Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring Techniques for Renewable Energy Industrial Assets

Non -destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring Techniques for Renewable Energy Industry Assets integrates state-of-the-art information and discusses future developments and their significance to the improvement of the renewable energy industry. Renewable energy assets are complex systems with several critical components that require inspection and adequate maintenance in order to ensure their high availability and uninterrupted operation. This is the first book to apply NDT and condition monitoring to these complex systems.

Covers inspection and condition monitoring for a broad range of renewable energy systems, including wind turbines, wave energy devices, CSP and photovoltaic plants, and biofuel/biomass power plantsIncludes a review of common types of NDT techniquesDiscusses future developments in NDT and condition monitoring for renewable energy systems

1. Introduction 2. Significance of NDT and Condition Monitoring for Renewable Energy Industry 3. Trends in maintenance strategies for renewable energy assets 4. NDT and condition monitoring for wind turbines 5. Online evaluation of wind turbine power converters 6. Wind turbine Gearboxes 7. Onshore vs. Offshore Wind Turbines 8. Condition Monitoring and inspection strategies for tidal turbines 9. Reliable Wave Energy Devices 10. Inspection and Condition Monitoring for Concentrated Solar Power Plants 11. Remote Condition Monitoring for Photovoltaic Systems 12. Inspection and Condition Monitoring Requirements of Biofuel and Biomass Power Plants 13. General NDT Techniques 14. Application of Acoustic Emission as an Effective Condition Monitoring Technique 15. Vibration Analysis Overview 16. Value of Long Range Ultrasonics 17. ROV applications 18. Effective automated control 19. SCADA Systems and Effective Data Management 20. Future Developments in NDT and Condition Monitoring