Obiettivo This project is for the development and industrialization of a novel medium-speed wind turbine drivetrain (WTDT) designed to have an intrinsically higher reliability than the current most widely used high-speed WTDT, which employs a 3-stage gearbox and doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) with partially-rated converter. The reason that this existing WTDT is so widely employed is that it is cost-effective because it makes use of widely available industrial components and adopts a low-cost partially-rated converter. The proposed medium-speed WTDT leverages the advantages of the existing DFIG WTDT, but also improves upon the intrinsic reliability by adopting: a) Medium-speed Brushless DFIG, excluding brush-gear and slip-rings, known to be the highest failure rate components in the generator; b) Partially-rated converter, identical to the high-speed WTDT; c) 2-stage gearbox, excluding the third high-speed stage, known to be the highest failure rate section of the gearbox. The project aims to move the Brushless DFIG technology from being a promising and proven concept, demonstrated in small-scale, to an optimized industrial-scale drivetrain for multi-MW wind turbines. The Brushless DFIG has been demonstrated on a 20 kW wind turbine and most recently, a 250 kW prototype generator on a test bed. However, in order to make the generator commercially attractive, its performance must be optimized to industrial levels and be demonstrated on a real size drivetrain. Further, its mechanical and electrical integration within a wind turbine system must be optimized with respect to cost, weight and size, including converter, generator, gearbox, controller and associated Condition Monitoring System (CMS). The project will study several aspects of the Brushless DFIG including its design, operation, grid connection, control and condition monitoring with an aim to optimize and improve the drivetrain performance for wind generation. Furthermore, its integration into a WTDT and optimization on a system-level will be carried out. A 3 MW medium-speed Brushless DFIG drivetrain will be designed which will be utilized the follow-on exploitation phase to build and test a 3 MW prototype system. Campo scientifico engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power Programma(i) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Argomento(i) SME-2012-1 - Research for SMEs Invito a presentare proposte FP7-SME-2012 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinatore WIND TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Contributo UE € 763 557,00 Indirizzo ST JOHN'S INNOVATION CENTRE - COWLEY ROAD CB4 0WS CAMBRIDGE Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Ehsan Abdi (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (6) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto ROMAX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED Regno Unito Contributo UE € 400 072,00 Indirizzo CEDAR HOUSE, 78 PORTSMOUTH ROAD KT11 1HY Cobham Mostra sulla mappa Regione South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex West Surrey Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Andy Poon (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato MITA-TEKNIK AS Danimarca Contributo UE € 287 611,00 Indirizzo HANDVAERKERVEJ 1 8840 RODKAERSBRO Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Kristian Kjærholm (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato SPEEDGOAT GMBH Svizzera Contributo UE € 135 758,00 Indirizzo LANGSTRASSE 13 1796 COURGEVAUX Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Martin Stoller (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS CB2 1TN Cambridge Mostra sulla mappa Regione East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Renata Schaeffer (Ms.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Paesi Bassi Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo STEVINWEG 1 2628 CN Delft Mostra sulla mappa Regione West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Nils Meijer (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato SENVION GMBH Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo UBERSEERING 10 22297 Hamburg Mostra sulla mappa Regione Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Jan Kruse (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato