Wind Energy Technologies

风能技术

基本信息

批准号：
EP/D034566/1
负责人：
Peter Tavner
金额：
$ 325.28万
依托单位：
Durham University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2006
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2006 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FD034566%2F1
关键词：
Wind Energy Technologies

项目摘要

This is a Consortium of 8 Universities and 1 Research Laboratory with expertise in wind turbine design, location & operation, aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, materials, electrical machinery, control, reliability and condition monitoring. The Consortium has the active support of 9 Partners with Industrial and Research experience, including wind farm Operators, Manufacturers & Consultants. The Consortium's objective is to investigate Wind Energy Technologies.The Management Hub is Strathclyde University, the Finance Hub is Durham University.The challenge facing the Consortium is significant encompassing the search for engineering solutions:1. To improve the efficiency and reliability of wind energy.2. To reduce the cost of energy production.3. To facilitate the siting of machines in off-shore locations.4. To reduce the impact on existing infrastructure.The interdependences of the challenges and the interdisciplinary nature of the work call for flexibility, imagination and careful co-ordination of effort from the consortium that includes experts in all the relevant engineering disciplines.We believe that the Consortium offers a unique opportunity in wind energy research. The EU Framework VI programme addresses renewable energy but concentrates on the demonstration of technology. In contrast, the Consortium will focus sharply on the technological challenges, particularly those related to the exploitation of the UK's extensive offshore wind resource. The Consortium will undertake some truly interdisciplinary research that is essential in a technology comprised of many different branches of engineering. The overall objective is to improve the acceptability and cost-effectiveness of large scale offshore wind energy development by 1. Investigating the reliability and availability of wind turbines and to modelling their failure modes in order to develop a predictive and proactive condition monitoring system.2. Assessing the potential design limits of large wind turbines via detailed understanding of technical developments in innovative materials and active load reduction.3. Developing new/improved methods for optimised siting and design of large wind turbines as influenced by wind flow, seabed movement, lightning and radar visibility.

这是一个由8所大学和1个研究实验室组成的联盟，在风力涡轮机设计，位置与操作，空气动力学，水动力学，材料，电气机械，控制，可靠性和状况监测方面具有专业知识。该财团拥有9个具有工业和研究经验的合作伙伴的积极支持，包括风电场运营商，制造商和顾问。该财团的目标是调查风能技术。管理枢纽是Strathclyde University，金融枢纽是达勒姆大学。财团面临的挑战是重要的，包括寻找工程解决方案的搜索：1。提高风能的效率和可靠性2。为了降低能源生产成本3。促进机器在离岸位置的位置。4。为了减少对现有基础设施的影响。挑战的相互依存和工作的跨学科性质要求联盟的灵活性，想象力和仔细协调，其中包括所有相关工程学科的专家，我们相信该联盟在风能研究中提供了独特的机会。欧盟框架VI计划解决了可再生能源，但集中于技术的演示。相比之下，该财团将重点关注技术挑战，尤其是与剥削英国广泛海上风资源有关的挑战。该财团将进行一些真正的跨学科研究，这些研究对于由许多不同工程分支组成的技术至关重要。总体目的是提高大规模海上风能开发的可接受性和成本效益1。通过详细了解创新材料和主动负载减少的技术发展，评估大型风力涡轮机的潜在设计极限3。开发新的/改进的方法，以优化大型风力涡轮机的选址和设计，受风流，海床运动，闪电和雷达可见性的影响。