Sentences with phrase «turbine operating problems»

Don Roberts, the Senior Engineer with DNV Renewables, showed the workshop a picture of a gearbox — the biggest source of turbine operating problems and the source of more than a third of all O&M costs — and asked how the crack in it could have been avoided or circumvented, «What can you do to limit cost and downtime?»

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Problems such as too - hot operating temperatures, slow throttle response, and poor fuel economy at low speeds prevented turbine engines from powering mainstream, high - volume vehicles.

Regarding birds and wind turbines, modern turbine designs and the use of pre-siting surveys and mortality monitoring while wind farms are being operated has drastically cut the problem.

Identifying that some people who have one or more acknowledged risk factors prior to Industrial Wind Turbines beginning to operate provides information about predictable health problems which may ensue with exposure to infrasound and low frequency noise.

Regulations for wind turbine noise presently in force are inadequate to protect rural residents from annoyance and, in many cases, health problems resulting from operating wind turbines.

Turbine noise is an ongoing concern: Wind Concerns received MOECC documents earlier this year showing that the ministry has had thousands of complaints about excessive noise and vibration from operating wind turbines, but has not resolved any of the problems.

Skills relevant to this position and found on sample resumes include overseeing the operation, maintenance and repair of plant equipment and auxiliary systems; recommending changes in operational methods and procedures; diagnosing problems relating to equipment malfunctions; and operating steam and electrical generating turbines and / or generators to provide emergency electrical power.