This is the pitch presenation of GOwind!, Ghent Ostend Wind Research Institute powered by Ghent University Association (Belgium).

1. GOWind!GhentOstend Wind Research Institute Pitchversion Founded in Ghenton 06 April 2011

2. GOwind!

3. PoweredbyAUGent AssociationGhentUniversity (AUGent) is groupedaroundGhentUniversity, one of the two major universities in Flanders, Belgium. In totalit is home to 5.000 researchers and 32.000 students. It has 11 faculties, of which the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture is one of the biggestwith 2200 students and 850 (a.o. 150 professors) researchersworking in different fieldsrangingfromarchitecture, ICT, materials as well as electrical, mechanical and thermalenergysystems. The associate partners relevant forGOwind! are the university colleges HoGent(Ghent, Belgium) and HoWest (Kortrijk, Belgium). Both are stronglyconnected to the localSME-market and canrelyon excellent and extensive test infrastructure. More info and links at www.set.ugent.be/GOwind

4. Table of contents Research topics Test infrastructure Research groups Contact

5. Small, large and off-shore Small and medium turbines Large turbines Off-shore turbines

6. Research topics Conditionmonitoring Drive train Blades Tower Foundations Gridcoupling

7. Blades BLADES Composite blades Structural design of composites Fatigue of composites models Nondestructive inspection of composites using optic fibers Structural health monitoring using ultra sound polar plots Self-healing composite materials Smart blades Combined fluid-structural simulation

8. Blades

9. Blades

10. Tower/Foundation TOWER/FOUNDATION Foundations Sourprotectionaroundmono-pile foundations Wave slamming Prediction of wave run up Predicition of structural stress Tower Impact of imbalance of bladesontotower

11. Tower

12. Tower

13. Drive train DRIVE TRAIN Bearings and vibrations Frettingfatigue Precitionvibrations in drive trains Generator Design, simulation and prototyping of electrical machines Capex vs. Opex: impact of magneticmaterialchoicesonenergyyield Control Maximum power pointrackingtechniquesforsmall wind turbines Model predictivecontrol Sensorlesscontrol of electrical machines Vector control of permanent magnetelectrical machines

15. Drive train

16. Drive train

17. Gridinteraction GRID INTERACTION Gridcoupling of decentralised units Power electronicsforimproved power quality Advancedcontrol in µ-gridoperation LESTS aspectsoneco-industrialparks Farm operation

18. Gridcoupling

19. Gridcoupling

20. Conditionmonitoring CONDITION MONITORING Optical sensors embedded in bladesforconditionmonitoring Accelerometers to detectvibrations and wear Argus data-acquistion and communication platform to collect sensor readings

21. Conditionmonitoring

22. Conditionmonitoring

23. Exploitation EXPLOITATION Noise Generation Propagation Annoyance research Repair and maintenance Planning System for lifting person and goods

24. Exploitation

25. Exploitation

26. Table of contents Research topics Test infrastructure Research groups Contact

27. SWT-FieldLaboratory Field laboratory @ Greenbridge, Ostend (B) 10 turbine mastsoperating as a field laboratory (not demo) for research institutes and manufacturers Rearchinfrastructureincludes: Noise camera’s and microphonearray to investigatenoisepropagation Acoustic camera forstructuralhealthmonitoring Meteo-mast Mobile data aquistion systemincl. straingauges, speed, torque, voltage and currentsensors

28. Test infrastructure Materials Tribology Fatigue Fracture µ-tomografie Stress

29. Electrical test infrastructure Power electronics and electrical machines, e.g. 240kVA power source Test rigsforelectrical machines

30. Simulation tools Expertise and knowhow in using, a.o. Matlab/simulink Mathcad CAD Abaqus Fluent Ansys Catia Comsol Own software tools + HPC cluster with 2000+ cores!

31. Table of contents Research topics Test infrastructure Research groups Contact

32. Research groups (1) Mechanics of Materials and Structures – J. Degrieck, W. Van Paepegem Structural design of composites Fatigue of composites Nondestructive inspection of composites Wave slamming on offshore structures Structural health monitoring Acoustics – D. Botteldooren Noisesources and propagationfrom wind turbines and monitoring MER-reports(Environmental Impact Reports) Annoyanceresearch CoastalEngineering – J. De Rouck, P. Troch Sourprotection of foundation Mobility and SpatialPlanning – G. Van Eetvelde Use of wind turbines in eco-industrialparks

33. Research groups (2) Mechanical Construction and Production - LaboratorySoete – P. De Baets Frictions, bearings, frettingfatigue, Electrical Energy Laboratory – J. Melkebeek, A. Van den Bossche, L. Dupré, L. Vandevelde Electrical, magnetic and thermal design of electrical machines Power electronics Gridcoupling and incorporation in µ-grids SYSTeMS – R. De keyser, M. Loccufier Controltheoryfor low level control of individualcomponents, model predictivecontrolformastercontrol of wind turbines/farms, analysis and prevention of vibrations FluidMechanics – J. Vierendeels ComputationalFluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulation of Fluid-StructureInteraction (FSI) Industrial management – H. Van Landegem Leanmanufacturing, cost and efficiency impact of industrial planning

34. Research groups (3) UGent – Associate partners HoGent – Electrotechnics – P. Sergeant Design and testing of electrical machines HoWest – Electromechanics – K. Stockman, J. Desmet Gridcoupling Test infrastructureforelectricalmachines Vibrations Ostendbased – G. Van Eetvelde UGent-Greenbridge: clean tech incubator and science park located in the inner harbour of Ostend (B) UGent-Power-Link: clean techknowledge platform coupled to the incubator

35. More information Jeroen De Maeyer p/a UGent-EELAB Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41 B-9000 Ghent T +32 9 264 79 14 M +32 471 58 88 32 Jeroen.demaeyer@ugent.be www.set.ugent.be/GOwind