TOWERPOWER

Continuous monitoring of the structural condition of the tower and supporting structure of floating and static offshore wind turbines

Coordinatore	CAPENERGIES ASSOCIATION    more  Organization address address: AVENUE LOUIS PHILIBERT BATIMENT HENRI POINCARE DOMAINE DU PETIT ARBOIS city: AIX EN PROVENCE CEDEX 3 postcode: 13857 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Claire Cognome: Brisa Dumas Telefono: +33 667472121
Nazionalità Coordinatore	France [FR]
Totale costo	1˙973˙516 €
EC contributo	1˙469˙000 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2013
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME-AG
Anno di inizio	2014
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2014-03-01   -   2017-02-28

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	CAPENERGIES ASSOCIATION  Organization address address: AVENUE LOUIS PHILIBERT BATIMENT HENRI POINCARE DOMAINE DU PETIT ARBOIS city: AIX EN PROVENCE CEDEX 3 postcode: 13857 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Claire Cognome: Brisa Dumas Telefono: +33 667472121	FR (AIX EN PROVENCE CEDEX 3)	coordinator	277˙342.60
2	AALBORG KOMMUNE  Organization address address: BOULEVARDEN 13 city: AALBORG postcode: 9000 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Henrik Cognome: Wadmann Telefono: +45 99311584	DK (AALBORG)	participant	300˙729.00
3	Associazione Italiana Prove Non Distruttive  Organization address address: Via Foresti 5 city: BRESCIA postcode: 25127 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Sergio Cognome: Ghia Telefono: +39 0303739173	IT (BRESCIA)	participant	297˙604.65
4	AGRUPACION PYME PARA LA SINERGIA EN I MAS D SL  Organization address address: CALLE ESTACION 29 PLANTA 1 PUERTA 3 city: CALDES DE MONTBUI BARCELONA postcode: 8140 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Marta Cognome: Mur Telefono: +34 667586722 Fax: +34 938654643	ES (CALDES DE MONTBUI BARCELONA)	participant	275˙847.25
5	TWI LIMITED  Organization address address: Granta Park, Great Abington city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB21 6AL contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Debbie Cognome: Mcconnell Telefono: +44 1223899000 Fax: +44 1223 890952	UK (CAMBRIDGE)	participant	81˙178.00
6	CENTRE TECHNIQUE DES INDUSTRIES MECANIQUES  Organization address address: AVENUE FELIX LOUAT 52 city: SENLIS CEDEX postcode: 60304 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Marion Cognome: Ledoux Telefono: +33 3 44 67 30 51 Fax: +33 3 44 67 31 76	FR (SENLIS CEDEX)	participant	57˙425.00
7	TEKNISK DATA AS  Organization address address: STALVERKSVEIEN 1 A city: OSLO postcode: 661 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Arne Ivar Cognome: Hansen Telefono: +47 901 402 36	NO (OSLO)	participant	45˙257.00
8	SMITHERS PURSLOW PROPERTY SERVICES LTD  Organization address address: GLASTON HALL SPRING LANE GLASTON city: OAKHAM RUTLAND postcode: LE15 9BZ contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Stephen Cognome: Fraser Telefono: +44 1572 824054 Fax: +44 1572 820022	UK (OAKHAM RUTLAND)	participant	39˙685.50
9	KINGSTON COMPUTER CONSULTANCY LIMITED  Organization address address: WORSHIP STREET, CRYSTAL GATE 28-30 city: LONDON postcode: EC2A 2AH contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Aasim Cognome: Khalid Telefono: +44 20 725 66 557	UK (LONDON)	participant	33˙580.00
10	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 Telefono: +30 697 746 7158 Fax: +30 210 652 6419	EL (KOROPI ATTIKIS)	participant	33˙401.00
11	WLB LIMITED  Organization address address: ZINONOS SOZOU (OFFICE 103) 11 city: LEFKOSIA postcode: 1075 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Silvia Cognome: Sotiropoulou Telefono: +35 722 475 621 Fax: +35 722 475 619	CY (LEFKOSIA)	participant	26˙950.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

There is a growing interest in monitoring techniques and systems which can provide information about the condition of a wind turbine support structure, owing to a number of operational factors which have become apparent as increased numbers of turbine installations are experiencing longer periods of time in service. These include: • Instances of fatigue cracking in the support towers • Flange bolts at the ends of the tower sections becoming loose • Higher than expected levels of vibration, which could cause either of the above mechanisms • Degradation of the grouted joint between the pile and transition piece in offshore installations. Wind farm operators are becoming increasingly concerned at the inability to predict remaining life of the installations, as this a rapidly expanding sector and there is little information about likely rates of structural degradation and failure modes. In addition, experience from operation of older wind farms is of limited value, because the specification of these installations is evolving rapidly, with the capacity (and therefore size and weight) of the generator becoming larger and the consequent dimensions of the tower increasing. The effect is that it is very difficult to extrapolate experience with existing structures to the likely behaviour of new ones. On these installations there are very large surface areas/volumes of material to be examined and degradation may occur almost anywhere, so that the inspection task is not trivial. Furthermore, there is no established structural monitoring industry dedicated to the wind sector. The aim of this project is the development of suitable and reliable techniques for monitoring of wind turbine tower structures and joint that could suffer from grout damage and slippage. This project will also develop a best practice and standardisation of the methods involved and that a programme of information and training for inspection personnel is produced and implemented.