Wind Turbine Blade Load Monitoring - Purdue University
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PRF No. 65122 Disclosure Date: 5/9/2008 1281 Win Hentshel Blvd. West Lafayette, IN 47906 (765) 588-3470 Phone (765) 463-3501 Fax Eric Lynch Office of Technology Commercialization [email protected] (765)588-3477 www.prf.org/otc windmill from stress damage due to high winds. Domain: • Energy • Mechanical Engineering Advantages: • More accurate load measure- ments than currently possible • Protect against stress and dam- age • Maximize efficiency Although windmills have been used for centuries, there still is not an ac- curate method to measure the total physical loads placed on the wind- mill. This information is necessary to be able to control the rotation made of the windmill, especially in applications like electricity genera- tion. Current technologies have used rpms and thrust (sideway forces) on the windmill as input to control algo- rithms; however, there is still a need for better information. Researchers at Purdue have devel- oped an inexpensive and reliable method to give more accurate and timely information about the chang- ing wind profiles to the controllers of the windmill. This technology can maximize efficiency in low wind con- ditions all-the-while protecting the Wind Turbine Blade Load Monitoring Dr. Douglas Adams is the Kenninger Professor of Renewable Energy and Power Systems at Purdue University. He earned a B.S. from University of Cincinnati, a M.S. from MIT, and a Ph.D. from University of Cincinnati. Dr. Adams was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2002, the Technical Medal of Achievement from the US Army Stryker Combat Brigade in 2006, and the Commander’s Award from the US Navy and Air Warfare Center in 2010. His research interests include nonlinear structural dynamics and vibration, structural diagnostics/health monitoring and prognostics, applications in energy systems, and noise and vibration control.
Transcript of Wind Turbine Blade Load Monitoring - Purdue University
PRF No. 65122Disclosure Date: 5/9/2008
1281 Win Hentshel Blvd.West Lafayette, IN 47906
(765) 588-3470 Phone(765) 463-3501 Fax
Eric LynchOffice of Technology [email protected](765)588-3477 www.prf.org/otc
windmill from stress damage due to high winds.
Domain:• Energy• Mechanical Engineering
Advantages:• More accurate load measure-
ments than currently possible• Protect against stress and dam-
age• Maximize efficiency
Although windmills have been used for centuries, there still is not an ac-curate method to measure the total physical loads placed on the wind-mill. This information is necessary to be able to control the rotation made of the windmill, especially in applications like electricity genera-tion. Current technologies have used rpms and thrust (sideway forces) on the windmill as input to control algo-rithms; however, there is still a need for better information.
Researchers at Purdue have devel-oped an inexpensive and reliable method to give more accurate and timely information about the chang-ing wind profiles to the controllers of the windmill. This technology can maximize efficiency in low wind con-ditions all-the-while protecting the
Wind Turbine Blade Load Monitoring
Dr. Douglas Adams is the Kenninger Professor of Renewable Energy andPower Systems at Purdue University. He earned a B.S. from University ofCincinnati, a M.S. from MIT, and a Ph.D. from University of Cincinnati. Dr.Adams was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists andEngineers in 2002, the Technical Medal of Achievement from the US ArmyStryker Combat Brigade in 2006, and the Commander’s Award from theUS Navy and Air Warfare Center in 2010. His research interests includenonlinear structural dynamics and vibration, structural diagnostics/healthmonitoring and prognostics, applications in energy systems, and noise andvibration control.
