Design and testing of a full-scale 2 MW tidal turbine blade
Fagan, Edward M. Wallace, Finlay Jiang, Yadong Kazemi, Afrooz Goggins, Jamie
Fagan, Edward M.
Wallace, Finlay
Jiang, Yadong
Kazemi, Afrooz
Goggins, Jamie
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2019-09-01
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Fagan, Edward M., Wallace, Finlay, Jiang, Yadong, Kazemi, Afrooz, & Goggins, Jamie (2019). Design and testing of a full-scale 2 MW tidal turbine blade. Paper presented at the 13th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2019), Naples, Italy, 01-06 September.
Abstract
The Large Structures Research Group of MaREI, Orbital Marine Power Ltd and ÉireComposites Teo. have designed a full-scale blade for a next-generation 2 MW tidal turbine as part of the H2020 FloTEC project. The 8.5 m long blade will be tested under static load conditions through the H2020 MaRINET2 transnational access programme and fatigue conditions through the OCEAN ERA-NET SEABLADE project. This paper provides an overview of the initial design study which analysed the impact of using a single shear web or two shear webs in the design. The result of this design study led to optimisation of the laminates throughout the blade to reduce the cost of manufacture and, hence, the levelized cost of energy of the device. The finite element analyses were performed using the MaREI@NUI Galway composite blade design software BladeComp. From the results of the analyses a single web design was chosen for the blade. The present work also describes the set-up for the structural tests and an overview of the data acquisition and instrumentation requirements for full-scale static and fatigue blade testing.
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European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
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