In-situ wireless monitoring of on - and offshore WINd TURbine blades using energy harvesting technology - Demonstration

Objective

"WINTUR Demonstration Project will demonstrate the structural health monitoring (SHM) system that was developed successfully in the WinTur R4S project, in order to show that such a system is viable for blade monitoring and can help the wind sector to achieve the kind of energy delivery to business and communities that is desired by reducing operational and maintenance costs. This will be achieved by increasing efficiency by way realising the full life-cycle term of blade components and providing maintenance as and when it is required.

There will be many overall technical objectives that will be achieved by the end of the demo project:

1.Installation of novel light weight and flexible transducers on the blade able to detect the onset of damage that was the occurrence of fibre breakage due to staged development of a hole-defect.
2. Combination of different NDT techniques based on the guide wave ultrasonics such as Long Range Ultrasonic LRU and acoustic emission.
3. A sequence of signal processing techniques (FFTs, averaging, amplification) to overcome problems of ultrasound attenuation.
4. Utilisation of Energy Harvesting as a system to harness the surrounding environmental energy for the purposes of powering the sensors.
5. Use of short-range wireless protocol techniques to transfer data from the pulser/receiver unit to the central control in the nacelle."

Field of science

• /engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electronic engineering/signal processing
• /engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/information engineering/telecommunications/wireless

Programme(s)

• FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs

Topic(s)

• SME-2012-3 - Demonstration activity

Call for proposal

FP7-SME-2012
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Funding Scheme

CP - Collaborative project (generic)

Coordinator

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE LIMITED - INNOTECUK

Address

Hildersham Road North Wing The Old Livery
CB21 6DR Cambridge
United Kingdom

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

EU contribution

€ 211 000

Administrative Contact

Hassam Miabhoy (Dr.)

Participants (9)

KENTRO EREVNAS TECHNOLOGIAS KAI ANAPTYXIS THESSALIAS

Participation ended

Greece

Address

Technologiko Parko A Vipe
38500 Volos

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Georgia Pahlitzanakis (Mrs.)

MIYAMA COMPOSITE MATERIALS SA

Greece

EU contribution

€ 80 785

Address

Politira Position
34014 Pournos

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Ioannis Tsopelas (Mr.)

ENCOCAM Limited

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 156 600

Address

Stukeley Business Centre Blackstone Road 5
PE29 6EF Huntingdon

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Petros Goutas (Mr.)

SMART MATERIAL GMBH

Germany

EU contribution

€ 110 768

Address

Lobtauer Strasse 69
01159 Dresden

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Jan Kunzmann (Dr.)

INNORA PROIGMENA TECHNOLOGIKA SYSTIMATA KAI YPIRESIES AE

Greece

EU contribution

€ 113 825

Address

Ioannoy Metaxa 59
19400 Koropi Attikis

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Xenia Bania (Mrs.)

TECNITEST INGENIEROS SL

Spain

EU contribution

€ 117 550

Address

Calle Ciudad De Frias 1-Nave 4
28021 Madrid

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Diego Florez (Mr.)

TWI LIMITED

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 118 800

Address

Granta Park Great Abington
CB21 6AL Cambridge

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

David Hamper (Mr.)

KAUNO TECHNOLOGIJOS UNIVERSITETAS

Lithuania

EU contribution

€ 74 072

Address

K Donelaicio 73
44029 Kaunas

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Milda Beruliene (Mrs.)

ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS

Greece

EU contribution

€ 60 600

Address

Charilaou Thermi Road 6 Km
57001 Thermi Thessaloniki

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Georgia Pahlitzanakis (Mrs.)