Owi project

The collective centre of the Belgian technology industry

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Driving industry by technology

• Mission?

To help companies implement technological

innovations

• Why?

Strengthen the competitive position over the long-term

• For whom?

The Belgian technology industry


Our centre

Federation

for the technology industry

Collective centre

of the technology industry

• Nonprofit organisation

• Industry owned

“Increase the competitiveness of

companies of the Agoria sectors through

technological innovations”

Mission


Our technological sectors

Aerospace Automotive Construction products

Contracting & Maintenance Electrical engineering

Industrial automation Mechatronical engineering

Information and communication technologies (ICT)

Metals & materials Metal processing Mounting & cranes

Plastics & composites Security & defence


Local presence, near the companies

Leuven

Mechatronics

Technology Coaching

Hasselt

Materials Engineering

Production Technology

Charleroi

Rapid Manufacturing

Brussels

Software Engineering & ICT

Technology Coaching

Ghent


Liège

Rapid Manufacturing


> 120 experts in 6 sites in the 3 regions

the collective centre of the Belgian technological industry

Offshore Wind Infrastructure (OWI)

project

27/06/2011

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Generaties

www.generaties.net

• Mission: seizing the opportunities concerning renewable energy

in Flanders

• Wind energy, photovoltaïc and thermal solar energy, smart grids,

bioenergy

• Partnerships with:

• Agoria Agoria Renewable Energy Club (AREC)

• Ghent Bio-energy Valley (GBEV)

• Steering Group consisting of: Agoria Vlaanderen, ODE Vlaanderen,

the research community, member companies

• Coordination: 3E

http://www.generaties.net/


Generaties: 3 subprojects

• Large project “Generaties” approved by the Flemish Government,

for a total value of 23,5 mio €

TOWARDS WORLD LEADERSHIP IN RENEWABLE ENGERGY

TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

• Subprojects:

• Intelligent networks (smart grids)

• Infrastructure for PV (photovoltaïcs)

• Offshore wind energy research infrastructure (4.8 mio €)

Project charter: problems

• Flemish companies miss access to test infrastructure and

datasets to support and accelerate their innovation process

• Offshore wind energy needs an increase in efficiency & uptime

• Wind resource mapping, modeling siting, performance monitoring

• KT weather forecasts grid balancing, O&M

• Endurance testing of components robust turbines, risk mgt

• CMS O&M, risk mgt

• O&M management tool increase uptime, reduction of O&M costs

• Larger turbines (multi-megawatt) innovation

• Not enough clustering of local players need of a ecosystem

• Wind energy is not enough covered by the Belgian academia


Project charter: project objectives

• Partners: 3E, CG Power (Pauwels Trafo), Hansen Transmissions,

DEME (GeoSea), Sirris, Agoria Vlaanderen (AREC), VUB

• Start-up of Offshore Wind Energy test Infrastructure

(OWI)

• LIDAR Local measurement of wind speeds in

order to build up wind/meteo datasets & models

• Access to wind turbine(s) – test capacity

• Large climate chamber (& corrosion chamber

to test big components

• Performance & Condition Monitoring Systems + SHM

• Management tool for O&M


Project charter: scope

• Specify, purchase and make test infrastructure operational

• Grant access to test infrastructure for Flemish (& EU) companies

• (offshore) wind energy

• spillovers

• Start-up of innovation projects for offshore wind energy

• Establish a user group (> 20 companies)

• Engineering companies, component suppliers, C&M !!!

• Set-up and deliver support with proposals O&O projects, FP7,SET,…

• Put wind energy on the academic map – project partner VUB

• Thesis topics

• Research, for example SBO

• Participation TP Wind, EERA JP Wind, academic networking


R&D

INFRASTRUCTURE

(Hardware)

SOFTWARE

(Simulation)

RESEARCH

DATA-POOL

Project overview


Test-lab infrastucture for

accelerated lifetime testing

of WT components

2

Systeem & component

condition monitoring

systemen (CMS)

1 43

O&M

software

tool

= 1 deelproject

LIDAR

Project overview: Sub-project

• (1) Large climate chamber

• Real life component testing infrastructure

• Focus: accelerated lifetime testing

• Unique infrastructure in EU !!!

• Up to 150 ton

• -60°C

• 10 x 7 x 7 meter

• Short term, opening summer 2012

• Implementation in testfacility

• Harbour of Antwerp

• (2) Corrosion chamber / simulation

• Feasability study accelerated lifetime testing

• (investment in testing infrastructure on long term)


Test-lab infrastucture for

accelerated lifetime testing

of WT components

2

Test facility: Large climate chamer


Test facility: Large climate chamer



CMS-SHM:

(Condition & Structural Health Monitoring)

• Invest in tools for measurements (backbone)

• Use these tools in a real life offshore wind turbine

• Goal:

• Generate relevant offshore datasets by

measurements in real life

• Use these datasets for R&D in the whole

Belgian wind energy value chain


3

Systeem & component


systemen (CMS)


Testcapacity

• Grand access to:

• Offshore wind turbine structures

(foundation, tower,…)

• Wind turbine (components)

• Goal:

• Generate relevant offshore datasets by

measurements in real life

• Use these datasets for R&D in the whole

belgian windenergy value chain

• Partnership with offshore windpark &

turbine manufacturer (OEM)


3

Systeem & component


systemen (CMS)


O&M- software tool

• Buy or make a software tool

• Generate O&M-strategies by using datasets in tool:

• Performance data

• Weather & wind data (LIDAR)

• CMS

• SHM

• Measurement campaigns


4

O&M

software

tool


LIDAR

• Stationary & floating LIDAR

• Coordination by 3E & GeoSea

• Generate data:

• Weather data & wind data (LIDAR)


1

LIDAR

In the pipeline: 1e

R&D project – knowledge acquisition


“Test & monitoring campaign at sea – part 1”

…

Systeem & component


systemen (CMS)

1 43

O&M

software

tool

LIDAR

Structural Health Monitoring

1. SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND TOWER

(In Field measurements)

-Dynamic Monitoring

-Accelerometers

-Load Monitoring

- Strain gauge sensors

- Wind and wave measurements

-Corrosion Monitoring

-Corrosion Sensors and test coupons

2. BLADES (Laboratory Measurements on scaled blades)

-Structural Health Monitoring

-Accelerometers and optical fibers

Performance Monitoring-Power Curve Monitoring

- SCADA data

In the pipeline: 1e


(part 1)


Condition Monitoring

1. DRIVETRAIN COMPONANTS

(In Field measurements)

-Dynamic Monitoring

-Accelerometers

-Load Monitoring

- Strain gauge sensors

- Wind and wave measurements

- …

Performance Monitoring- Power Curve Monitoring

-SCADA data

In the pipeline: 1e


(part 2)


Longer term – partnership OEM

In the pipeline: 1e


(part 1 & 2)


• Generated datasets could be use as:

• An input for R&D projects

• An input for O&M

• An input in the design proces of Belgian component suppliers

• Tower & foundation structures

• Drivetrain components

• Electrical components

• Simulation and MBS – (i.e. dynamic modeling drivetrain components


In the pipeline: 1e


(part 1 & 2)