Objetivo 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. Ámbito científico engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power Programa(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Tema(s) SME-2012-1 - Research for SMEs Convocatoria de propuestas FP7-SME-2012 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinador WIND TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Aportación de la UE € 763 557,00 Dirección ST JOHN'S INNOVATION CENTRE - COWLEY ROAD CB4 0WS CAMBRIDGE Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Ehsan Abdi (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Participantes (6) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo ROMAX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED Reino Unido Aportación de la UE € 400 072,00 Dirección CEDAR HOUSE, 78 PORTSMOUTH ROAD KT11 1HY Cobham Ver en el mapa Región South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex West Surrey Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Andy Poon (Dr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos MITA-TEKNIK AS Dinamarca Aportación de la UE € 287 611,00 Dirección HANDVAERKERVEJ 1 8840 RODKAERSBRO Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Kristian Kjærholm (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos SPEEDGOAT GMBH Suiza Aportación de la UE € 135 758,00 Dirección LANGSTRASSE 13 1796 COURGEVAUX Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Martin Stoller (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS CB2 1TN Cambridge Ver en el mapa Región East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Renata Schaeffer (Ms.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Países Bajos Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección STEVINWEG 1 2628 CN Delft Ver en el mapa Región West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Nils Meijer (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos SENVION GMBH Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección UBERSEERING 10 22297 Hamburg Ver en el mapa Región Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Jan Kruse (Dr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos