Title
Wind Turbine Integrated Lidar (WinTIL)

CoPED ID
ab247aef-2df7-49e6-b1ad-9869b0a6798a

Status
Closed


Value
£1,393,956

Start Date
Sept. 30, 2015

End Date
March 30, 2017

Description

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WinTIL will develop the technology for the first generation of LIDAR systems suitable for integration into wind

turbines, in order to provide advance information about the incident wind field across the entire rotor area.

This data can then be used by turbine control systems to minimise fatigue loads and to optimise energy

extraction. Reductions in fatigue loads on turbines and components will enable optimised service intervals and

extend service life for onshore and offshore turbines. More efficient, safer and more reliable energy generation

will reduce costs and improve public perceptions of wind energy. It is currently impossible to use lidars in this

way due to technology limitations and the need for systems to be cheaper, more reliable and compact. WinTIL

will integrate continuous-wave (CW) lidar into the turbine and reduce system complexity through innovations

such as automatic scanning, optimised optical transceivers and data processing algorithms. The WinTIL

consortium has experience of incorporating current wind lidars into turbines for research purposes, and is

ideally placed to move these concepts to a market-ready design.

Zephir Limited LEAD_ORG
Loxham Precision Limited PARTICIPANT_ORG
Heason Technology Limited PARTICIPANT_ORG

No people listed.

Subjects by relevance
  1. Wind energy
  2. Turbines
  3. Optimisation
  4. Wind power stations
  5. Data systems
  6. Lidar
  7. Renewable energy sources

Extracted key phrases
  1. Wind Turbine Integrated Lidar
  2. Turbine control system
  3. Wintil
  4. Lidar system suitable
  5. Current wind lidar
  6. Reliable energy generation
  7. Wind energy
  8. Offshore turbine
  9. Incident wind field
  10. System complexity
  11. Technology limitation
  12. Datum processing algorithm
  13. Fatigue load
  14. Entire rotor area
  15. Service interval

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