AUTOWINSPEC
Automated mechanical property and fatigue life assessment of composite wind turbine blades in less than 4 hours
| Coordinatore | WLB LIMITED
Organization address
address: ZINONOS SOZOU (OFFICE 103) 11 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Cyprus [CY] |
| Totale costo | 1˙306˙904 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙018˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2013 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME |
| Anno di inizio | 2014 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2014-03-01 - 2016-02-29 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
WLB LIMITED
Organization address
address: ZINONOS SOZOU (OFFICE 103) 11 contact info |
CY (LEFKOSIA) | coordinator | 197˙070.00 |
| 2 |
Stirling Dynamics Ltd
Organization address
address: REGENT STREET 26 CLIFTON contact info |
UK (Bristol) | participant | 184˙889.00 |
| 3 |
BS ROTOR TECHNIC (UK) LTD
Organization address
address: TWYFORD contact info |
UK (CROFTON HIGHFIELD) | participant | 180˙920.00 |
| 4 |
I. DIMOULIS & CO EE
Organization address
address: EYPLIAS STREET 49 contact info |
EL (Piraeus) | participant | 167˙858.00 |
| 5 |
ROBOTNIK AUTOMATION SLL
Organization address
address: CALLE BERNI Y CATALA 53 BAJO IZQ contact info |
ES (VALENCIA) | participant | 164˙215.00 |
| 6 |
TWI LIMITED
Organization address
address: Granta Park, Great Abington contact info |
UK (CAMBRIDGE) | participant | 59˙450.00 |
| 7 |
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE LIMITED - INNOTECUK
Organization address
address: HILDERSHAM ROAD NORTH WING THE OLD LIVERY contact info |
UK (CAMBRIDGE) | participant | 36˙380.00 |
| 8 |
INNORA PROIGMENA TECHNOLOGIKA SYSTIMATA KAI YPIRESIES AE
Organization address
address: IOANNOY METAXA 59 KARELAS 59 contact info |
EL (KOROPI ATTIKIS) | participant | 27˙218.00 |
| 9 |
TELEROBOT SPA
Organization address
address: VIA BUCCARI 9 contact info |
IT (GENOVA) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The wind turbine industry is one of the fastest growing markets. Current turbines are huge with turbine rotor diameters of over 100m becoming standard. EU energy policy calls for 20% of the EU's 3040Th/y electricity demand to come from renewable sources by 2020, which constitutes a market of some 140€ billion and wind energy is the clear front runner.
Presently in situ blade inspection is carried out every 3-6 month visually or with manual operatives involved in dangerous abseiling. In certain cases, a blade is dismantled and transported onshore, making the turbine downtime very high.
The AUTOWINDSPEC project will provide a system to automatically estimate the condition and remaining lifespan of the blades, by eliminating dangerous rope access and reducing downtime whilst increasing productivity.
The inspection involves the following steps: - An autonomous robotic mechanism climbs automatically on the WT using already existing infrastructure. - Using novel Acousto-Ultrasonic NDE technique the condition of the blades is estimated. - The NDT equipment is applied through wheels to perform the inspection as a continuous process. - The coordinates and respective measurements are stored and through novel signal analysis techniques a map of the mechanical properties of the blades is produced pinpointing defects and estimating the remaining life of the entire blade. The AUTOWINDSPEC system aims for a target reduction of 84% in maintenance costs, since the inspection process will be completed in half time compared to current practice eliminating the need for trained operators. By including the reduction of revenue loss through increased downtime, overall savings can be greater. In addition, project SMEs will have enhanced access to the EU wind turbine maintenance market, set to reach 42 € billion, i.e., 30% of renewable sources revenue by 2020.'