Traceable mechanical and electrical power measurement for efficiency determination of wind turbines

Project: EU project

Project Details

Description

Practical and traceable testing processes to ensure high reliability of wind power production.
        
The wind energy sector needs standardised tests for the efficiency determination of nacelles and their components on test benches in order to improve the efficiency of wind turbine drive trains, quicken the development cycles and shorten the time to market.
        
Project will establish practical and traceable methods for torque measurements up to 5 MN m and rotational speeds covering the operational speeds on low-speed and high-speed shafts.         
          
VTT MIKES will establish torque transfer standards with a measurement range up to 100 kN m.
    
        
Call 2019: Metrology for Energy
        
This project has received funding from the EMPIR programme co-financed by the Participating States and from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
AcronymWindEFCY
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1/09/20 → 31/08/23

Collaborative partners

  • German National Metrology Institute (PTB) (lead)
  • BA66 National metrology institute VTT MIKES
  • Czech Metrology Institute (CMI) (Project partner)
  • Central Office of Measures (GUM) (Project partner)
  • Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS) (Project partner)
  • National Renewable Energy Centre (CENER) (Project partner)
  • Dinnteco Factory Gasteiz S.L. (Project partner)
  • Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V. (Project partner)
  • University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg (Project partner)
  • RWTH Aachen University (Project partner)
  • Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia (INMETRO) (Project partner)

Funding

  • EURAMET e.V.

Keywords

  • torque measurement
  • wind turbine drive train
  • nachelle

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  • 1 Conference article in proceedings