System Level Design and Feasibility of the Myriad Multi-rotor Wind Turbine Concept

无数多旋翼风力发电机概念的系统级设计和可行性

• 批准号: 10044410
• 金额: $ 6.01万
• 依托单位: MYRIAD WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10044410
• 关键词: System; Level; Design; Feasibility; Myriad

Wind energy has been exploding in recent years with turbines getting larger, cheaper, and further offshore than ever before. The trend of increasing the size of turbines has been an effective strategy for reducing cost, largely because it reduces the number of installations required for a given wind farm power. But, there's an economic and technical limit - and the industry is beginning to reach it.Myriad Wind Energy Systems has an alternative solution - the multi-rotor wind turbine (MRWT). A MRWT is an array of many smaller rotors on a single support structure rather than the conventional large single rotor turbines used today. The MRWT has huge potential to be a step-change in wind turbine technology, delivering a significant reduction in capital costs, operation and maintenance (O&M) costs, installation and transportation costs while improving the energy capture of wind turbines. Our smaller components lead to less specialised manufacturing, helping alleviate supply chain bottlenecks. Transportation, installation and maintenance are greatly simplified by avoiding the use of massive components. We estimate that our MRWT could reduce the levelized cost of wind energy by at least 25%, significantly more than is possible with today's turbines. We can achieve all of these aims while still increasing the overall power rating of our systems and avoiding all the problems associated with very large components - we simply add more modules.The MRWT concept has been well studied in academia, and proven to show a huge potential for significant cost savings. We believe it is the future of wind energy. The concept still requires development to be transformed from a great idea to a truly realisable product that can deliver cost effective wind energy to the world.This project represents the first phase of Myriad's technology development plan. The project involves a system level design of a MRWT. Also included is stakeholder engagement that covers all aspects of the wind industry. This ensures the system level design aligns with industry needs and restrictions.

近年来，风能一直在爆炸式增长，涡轮机变得更大，更便宜，而且比以往任何时候都更离岸。增加涡轮机尺寸的趋势是降低成本的有效策略，主要是因为它减少了给定风电场功率所需的安装数量。但是，有一个经济和技术的限制-和行业开始达到这一点。无数风能系统有一个替代解决方案-多转子风力涡轮机（MRWT）。MRWT是在单个支撑结构上的许多较小转子的阵列，而不是今天使用的传统大型单转子涡轮机。MRWT具有巨大的潜力，可以成为风力涡轮机技术的一步变革，显著降低资本成本、运营和维护（O&M）成本、安装和运输成本，同时提高风力涡轮机的能量捕获能力。我们的组件更小，专业化程度更低，有助于缓解供应链瓶颈。通过避免使用大型部件，大大简化了运输、安装和维护。我们估计，我们的MRWT可以将风能的平均成本降低至少25%，远远超过今天的涡轮机。我们可以实现所有这些目标，同时仍然提高我们系统的总体额定功率，避免与非常大的组件相关的所有问题-我们只需添加更多的模块。MRWT概念在学术界得到了很好的研究，并被证明具有显著节省成本的巨大潜力。我们相信这是风能的未来。这个概念仍然需要从一个伟大的想法转变为一个真正可实现的产品，可以向世界提供具有成本效益的风能。这个项目代表了Myriad技术开发计划的第一阶段。该项目涉及一个多媒体无线电WT的系统级设计。还包括利益相关者参与，涵盖风电行业的各个方面。这确保了系统级设计符合行业需求和限制。