Blade design & maintenance

Turbine technology

When: Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 13:45 - 15:00
Where: Room: Hamburg

Session description

The session comprises two aspects, novel design of onshore turbines and erosion of rotor blades. While offshore turbines are still striving for increasing the capacity, new designs for low-to medium onshore turbines have another focus. For low-to medium wind speed stretching of rotor diameter, power rating and hub height are viable options but pose major design challenges. Erosion of the leading edge of rotor blades has a major impact on maintenance cost. Assessing its severity for offshore wind farms and measures for mitigation are important aspects.

Learning objectives

Delegates will be able to formulate the design changes required for low-to-medium wind onshore turbines
Delegates will be able to assess the potential of new erosion mitigation measures
Delegates will be able to assess the severity of blade erosion for different offshore wind locations