DASHWIN

Development of Advanced Shearography System for On-Site Inspection of Wind Turbine Blades

Coordinatore	TWI LIMITED    more  Organization address address: Granta Park, Great Abington city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB21 6AL contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Kerry Cognome: Peddar Email: send email Telefono: +44 1223 899 000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	1˙380˙130 €
EC contributo	1˙085˙100 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2011
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-10-01   -   2014-05-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	TWI LIMITED  Organization address address: Granta Park, Great Abington city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB21 6AL contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Kerry Cognome: Peddar Email: send email Telefono: +44 1223 899 000	UK (CAMBRIDGE)	coordinator	106˙072.00
2	INNORA PROIGMENA TECHNOLOGIKA SYSTIMATA KAI YPIRESIES AE  Organization address address: IOANNOY METAXA 59 KARELAS 59 city: KOROPI ATTIKIS postcode: 19400 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Panagiotis Cognome: Chatzakos Email: send email Telefono: 306977000000 Fax: 302107000000	EL (KOROPI ATTIKIS)	participant	264˙092.58
3	BS ROTOR TECHNIC (UK) LTD  Organization address address: TWYFORD city: CROFTON HIGHFIELD postcode: SO21 1QR contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Jeremy Cognome: Sheppard Email: send email Telefono: 4955510000000	UK (CROFTON HIGHFIELD)	participant	225˙165.40
4	PRO-OPTICA S.A.  Organization address address: 67 Gheorghe Petrascu street city: BUCHAREST postcode: 31593 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Alexandru Cognome: Trufas Email: send email Telefono: 40318058790 Fax: 40318058793	RO (BUCHAREST)	participant	224˙259.50
5	MICROTEST SA  Organization address address: CALLE VALLE DE TOBALINA NAVE 10 city: MADRID postcode: 28021 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Miguel Cognome: López Email: send email Telefono: +34 917963332 Fax: +34 917963236	ES (MADRID)	participant	198˙417.80
6	INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE LIMITED - INNOTECUK  Organization address address: HILDERSHAM ROAD NORTH WING THE OLD LIVERY city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB21 6DR contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Munawar Cognome: Dossul Email: send email Telefono: 4401220000000	UK (CAMBRIDGE)	participant	35˙325.86
7	KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN  Organization address address: Oude Markt 13 city: LEUVEN postcode: 3000 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Monique Cognome: Vanhaeren Email: send email Telefono: +32 16 32 95 61	BE (LEUVEN)	participant	14˙934.94
8	RWE NPOWER PLC  Organization address address: Trigonos Windmill Hill Buisiness Park Whitehill Way city: SWINDON WILTSHIRE postcode: SN5 6PB contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Chris Cognome: Ward Email: send email Telefono: +44 1793 892783 Fax: +44 1793 892288	UK (SWINDON WILTSHIRE)	participant	10˙000.00
9	INNORA PROIGMENA TECHNOLOGIKA SYSTIMATA KAI YPIRESIES ETERIA PERIORISMENIS EFTHYNIS (EPE)  Organization address address: ILIADOS STR 7 city: HALANDRI ATHINA postcode: 15231 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Panagiotis Cognome: Chatzakos Email: send email Telefono: 306977000000 Fax: 302107000000	EL (HALANDRI ATHINA)	participant	4˙946.42
10	BS ROTOR TECHNIC GMBH & CO KG  Organization address address: RINGSTRASSE 14 city: NORTHEIM postcode: 37154 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Jeremy Cognome: Sheppard Email: send email Telefono: +49 5553994770 Fax: +49 5553 9947730	DE (NORTHEIM)	participant	1˙885.05

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Wind energy is a fast growing (>20% pa) industry worldwide and European companies have two-thirds of the share, according to European Wind Energy Association. Due to the increase in wind farms, new techniques are required to provide maintenance and inspection of the wind installations with reduced cost and enhanced reliability. It is estimated that the business opportunity for wind turbine blade inspection is at least €1bn per annum, and is increasing rapidly.

In the DashWin project, a novel non-contact NDT system will be developed. It will consist of an advanced shearography kit and a robotic deployment platform. The system will be able to inspect the composite wind turbine blades (WTB) on-site without dismantling the blades, so that the degradation of WTB due to fatigue or natural incidents can be found before a breakdown or catastrophic failure occurs which is significantly better than existing systems.

Objectives: • Develop a novel shearographic system able to inspect WTB on-site without dismantling the blades. This will be the first time that a shearography system is used for inspecting a WTB in-service at a wind energy installation. The proposed concept and system is not limited to NDT of rotating WTBs, and can be extended to inspect other dynamic structures with large rigid body motion. • Develop a wavefront splitter and/or a compact spatial carrier mask to achieve simultaneous spatial phase shifting. • Integrate the shearography system with a robotics platform to carry out on-site inspections. • Develop a comprehensive software package for image processing, automatic phase compensation, result interpretation and information storage. • Validate the reliability of the new system and associated opto-mechanical set-ups through a stringent field trial test. System assembly and potential manufacturing routes will also be established. • Develop and validate a new procedure for conducting regular inspection of WTB using the new robotic shearography system.'