Descripción del proyecto
Estudio de la fuerza de arrastre en la energía eólica marina
La fuerza de arrastre de la energía cinética es un proceso fundamental en los parques eólicos marinos y el único proceso que suministra energía a parques eólicos muy grandes («infinitos»). Se necesita un mejor análisis y estudio de este proceso tanto para la industria eólica marina como para la política de planificación conexa. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos Train2Wind es una red de formación de investigadores noveles que tiene por objeto investigar el proceso de arrastre e identificar si existe un límite a la densidad de instalación de parques eólicos marinos. Para ello, empleará modelos numéricos avanzados y experimentos en túneles de viento en combinación con herramientas de observación de alta tecnología como, por ejemplo, drones, sensores de detección y medición de distancias por luz (lidar) y satélites. El proyecto trabajará con algunos de los parques eólicos marinos más grandes y sus datos brindarán conocimientos fundamentales tanto para la industria de los parques eólicos como para los organismos gubernamentales que trabajan en la planificación espacial marina.
Objetivo
TRAIN2WIND is a PhD TRAINing school analysing enTRAINment in offshore WIND farms with computer models and experiments. By its very nature, a wind turbine extracts energy from the wind, which is replenished from the wind field on the sides and above due to the ambient turbulence. However, offshore the turbulence is lower, and wind farms are typically larger than onshore, therefore the wind can only be replenished from above in a process called entrainment. TRAIN2WIND will investigate the entrainment process using advanced high-resolution computer modelling and wind tunnel models together with measurements of the wind field above, in and downstream of large wind farms, using lidars, radars, satellites and Unmanned Aerial Systems.
Some of the largest operators of offshore wind farms will provide access to the data and the wind farms in order to investigate whether there is a limit to offshore wind power installation density coming from the refreshment of momentum in very large wind farms or clusters. For them, and for the government agencies currently preparing the Marine Spatial Plan for the European waters, updated knowledge of entrainment and the associated potential limits to wind power extraction offshore is paramount to avoid mis-allocation of tens of billions of euros when planning offshore wind farms too dense or too close.
Besides the natural science package, one humanities PhD student will investigate the collaboration between the researchers from a social science and collaboration tools perspective. The project will not only train PhDs, it will also give shorter opportunities to fellows who just want to commit to one year at a time, thus training a total of 20 fellows.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- natural sciences
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradar
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinador
2800 Kongens Lyngby
Dinamarca