Owi project

The collective centre of the Belgian technology industry

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

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Our centre

Federation Collective centre
for the technology industry of the technology industry
• Nonprofit organisation
• Industry owned

Mission
competitiveness of
“Increase the
companies of the Agoria sectors through
technological innovations”


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

Ghent Leuven
Materials Engineering Mechatronics
Technology Coaching

Brussels Hasselt
Software Engineering & ICT Materials Engineering
Technology Coaching Production Technology

Liège
Charleroi Rapid Manufacturing
Rapid Manufacturing Materials Engineering

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in the 3 regions 5

Offshore Wind Infrastructure (OWI)
project

27/06/2011

the collective centre of the Belgian technological industry

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

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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)

RESEARCH
DATA-POOL

SOFTWARE
(Simulation)

Project overview

1 2 3 4

Test-lab infrastucture for Systeem & component O&M
LIDAR accelerated lifetime testing condition monitoring software
of WT components systemen (CMS) tool

= 1 deelproject

Project overview: Sub-project 2

• (1) Large climate chamber
Test-lab infrastucture for
• Real life component testing infrastructure accelerated lifetime testing
• Focus: accelerated lifetime testing of WT components
• 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 facility: Large climate chamer



CMS-SHM: Systeem & component
condition monitoring
(Condition & Structural Health Monitoring) systemen (CMS)

• 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



Testcapacity Systeem & component
• Grand access to: condition monitoring
• Offshore wind turbine structures systemen (CMS)
(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)



O&M- software tool O&M
software
• Buy or make a software tool tool
• Generate O&M-strategies by using datasets in tool:
• Performance data
• Weather & wind data (LIDAR)
• CMS
• SHM
• Measurement campaigns



LIDAR
LIDAR
• Stationary & floating LIDAR
• Coordination by 3E & GeoSea
• Generate data:
• Weather data & wind data (LIDAR)


In the pipeline: 1e R&D project – knowledge acquisition

1 3 4

Systeem & component O&M
LIDAR condition monitoring software
systemen (CMS) tool

“Test & monitoring campaign at sea – part 1”

…


(part 1)
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


(part 2)
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

Longer term – partnership OEM

(part 1 & 2)


(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


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