System Level Design and Feasibility of the Myriad Multi-rotor Wind Turbine Concept

无数多旋翼风力发电机概念的系统级设计和可行性

• 批准号: 10044410
• 金额: $ 6.01万
• 依托单位: MYRIAD WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10044410
• 关键词: System; Level; Design; Feasibility; Myriad

Wind energy has been exploding in recent years with turbines getting larger, cheaper, and further offshore than ever before. The trend of increasing the size of turbines has been an effective strategy for reducing cost, largely because it reduces the number of installations required for a given wind farm power. But, there's an economic and technical limit - and the industry is beginning to reach it.Myriad Wind Energy Systems has an alternative solution - the multi-rotor wind turbine (MRWT). A MRWT is an array of many smaller rotors on a single support structure rather than the conventional large single rotor turbines used today. The MRWT has huge potential to be a step-change in wind turbine technology, delivering a significant reduction in capital costs, operation and maintenance (O&M) costs, installation and transportation costs while improving the energy capture of wind turbines. Our smaller components lead to less specialised manufacturing, helping alleviate supply chain bottlenecks. Transportation, installation and maintenance are greatly simplified by avoiding the use of massive components. We estimate that our MRWT could reduce the levelized cost of wind energy by at least 25%, significantly more than is possible with today's turbines. We can achieve all of these aims while still increasing the overall power rating of our systems and avoiding all the problems associated with very large components - we simply add more modules.The MRWT concept has been well studied in academia, and proven to show a huge potential for significant cost savings. We believe it is the future of wind energy. The concept still requires development to be transformed from a great idea to a truly realisable product that can deliver cost effective wind energy to the world.This project represents the first phase of Myriad's technology development plan. The project involves a system level design of a MRWT. Also included is stakeholder engagement that covers all aspects of the wind industry. This ensures the system level design aligns with industry needs and restrictions.

近年来，风能呈爆炸式增长，涡轮机比以往任何时候都变得更大、更便宜、离岸更远。增加涡轮机尺寸的趋势一直是降低成本的有效策略，主要是因为它减少了给定风电场电力所需的安装数量。但是，存在经济和技术限制 - 并且该行业已开始达到该限制。Myriad Wind Energy Systems 有一种替代解决方案 - 多转子风力涡轮机 (MRWT)。 MRWT 是单个支撑结构上许多较小转子的阵列，而不是当今使用的传统大型单转子涡轮机。 MRWT 具有巨大的潜力，可以成为风力涡轮机技术的重大变革，可显着降低资本成本、运营和维护 (O&M) 成本、安装和运输成本，同时提高风力涡轮机的能量捕获。我们较小的组件导致制造专业化程度较低，有助于缓解供应链瓶颈。通过避免使用大量组件，运输、安装和维护大大简化。我们估计，我们的 MRWT 可以将风能的平准化成本降低至少 25%，远高于当今涡轮机的水平。我们可以实现所有这些目标，同时仍然提高系统的整体额定功率并避免与非常大的组件相关的所有问题 - 我们只需添加更多模块即可。MRWT 概念已在学术界得到充分研究，并被证明显示出巨大的应用前景。显着节省成本的潜力。我们相信这是风能的未来。这一概念仍需要发展，才能从一个伟大的想法转变为真正可实现的产品，为世界提供具有成本效益的风能。该项目代表了 Myriad 技术开发计划的第一阶段。该项目涉及 MRWT 的系统级设计。还包括利益相关者的参与，涵盖风能行业的各个方面。这确保了系统级设计符合行业需求和限制。