Objective
Objectives
The main objective of the present project is to include site characteristics directly into the design process, when optimising wind turbines:
1. Design loads will be determined by use of detailed wind climate information for mountainous complex terrain, large off-shore wind farms and very low or high annual wind speed.
2. Benefits will be determined from design of: (1) A site-specific wind turbine, i.e. the wind turbine is tailor-made to operate at a specific site; (2) A multi-site wind turbine, i.e. the wind turbine is well suited for operation at different sites, eventually with smaller adjustments. 3. Recommendable design guidelines will be establish for: (1) Adoption of existing designs to a specific site with only smaller adjustments; (2) Design entirely from scratch of new wind turbines for specific sites and for multiple sites.
Technical approach
Numerical optimization will be used together with aeroelastic modeling to optimize wind turbines for the specific site characteristics.
1. Two three-bladed wind turbines based on different concepts will be modelled for aeroelastic calculations and the design load cases will be found for six wind climates.
2. A detailed cost model will be developed to evaluate cost of energy. 3. Existing design tools will be improved by development of a complete direct design method that combines state-of-the-art aeroelastic calculations, wind modelling, cost modelling and numerical optimisation.
4. For each site, the wind turbines will be optimised for minimum cost of energy. Different sets of design variables will be chosen ranging from smaller modifications of an existing configuration to an entire new design from scratch. The benefits from site-specific design and the possibility for multisite design will be evaluated covering both re-design of existing wind turbines and design of new wind turbines.
Expected achievements
1. The industry will benefit from knowledge of differences and similarities for design load cases and optimised wind turbines for very different sites. 2. The industry can reduce cost of energy and extend the wind turbine life time by application of the established design guidelines for site-specific design.
3. The industry can reduce manufacturing costs and hence reduce cost of energy by application of the established knowledge of multi-site wind turbines. 4. The industry can use the improved design tools for development of a new generation of wind turbines with lower cost of energy compared to today on basis of numerical optimisation.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
You need to log in or register to use this function
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Data not available
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
4000 ROSKILDE
Denmark
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.