In-service X-ray radiography of offshore wind blades (RADBLAD)

海上风电叶片的在役 X 射线照相 (RADBLAD)

• 批准号: 104827
• 金额: $ 98.15万
• 依托单位: INNVOTEK LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=104827
• 关键词: service; ray; radiography; offshore; wind

"UK policy targets 15% green power generation by 2020 and 57% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2030\. This has led to a significant growth in installed wind power capacity within the last decade (especially in offshore wind power in the UK) to 18.9 GW in the UK and 539 GW globally. The UK market has multiplied 10-fold, supplying 5.4% of the UK's electricity consumption in 2016\.Turbine blades are subjected to gusting wind loads, driving the accumulation of fatigue damage in the blade structures, leading to failures. Around 3,800 blade failures a year are attributed to poor maintenance. Preventative inspection every 3-4 months and maintenance every 6 months is necessary, costing between £70,000 and £700,000 each. Accidents and fatalities are also quite prevalent: 2,265 accidents to June 2018, with fatalities accounting for 6% and injuries 7%.This phase 2 further develops RADBLAD, a first-of-its-kind magnetically-adhering wall-climbing robot, with manipulator arm that deploys the x-ray system around a blade. An end effector holds the source and detector against the blade, so they move with the blade in the presence of 3-D blade vibrations. A crucial and novel extension of RADBLAD lies in the use of a radiographic system for inspection and in providing an integrated solution that offers high-quality, efficient inspection method, which is human safe. Unlike radiography, RADBLAD does not require costly, time-consuming onshore dismantling of blades and transportation to workshop, inspection in x-ray bays and return and reassembly, taking around 10-days during which revenue is lost due to generating downtime. Contact methods, e.g. ultrasound volume inspection, are less effective on multi-layered composite structures, and more difficult to perform on-site. RADBLAD is also faster and cheaper than onshore inspection (not counting loss of revenue due to turbine downtime).To successfully achieve this, the project consortium features the relevant expertise, including robotic development and manufacture, radiography development, and AI algorithm software development.Our initial target market is the offshore wind turbine operation and maintenance market, with wind farm asset operators the target users. This project represents a clear technological innovation for the UK offshore wind generation industry, and major growth opportunity for the SME supply chain consortium."

“英国的政策目标是到 2020 年实现 15% 的绿色发电，到 2030 年将二氧化碳排放量减少 57%。这导致过去十年内风电装机容量（尤其是英国的海上风电）大幅增长，英国达到 18.9 吉瓦，全球达到 539 吉瓦。英国市场增长了 10 倍，供应了英国 2017 年用电量的 5.4%。 2016\.涡轮叶片经受 阵风载荷，导致叶片结构疲劳损伤累积，导致故障。每年约有 3,800 起叶片故障是由于维护不当造成的。每 3-4 个月进行一次预防性检查，每 6 个月进行一次维护，每次费用在 70,000 英镑到 700,000 英镑之间。事故和死亡事故也相当普遍：截至 2018 年 6 月，发生了 2,265 起事故，死亡人数占 6%， 伤害 7%。第二阶段进一步开发 RADBLAD，这是一款首创的磁力吸附爬墙机器人，其机械臂可在刀片周围部署 X 射线系统。末端执行器将源和探测器固定在刀片上，因此它们在存在 3D 刀片振动的情况下随刀片一起移动。 RADBLAD 的一个重要且新颖的扩展在于使用放射线照相系统 检测并提供集成解决方案，提供高质量、高效的检测方法，对人体安全。与射线照相不同，RADBLAD 不需要昂贵且耗时的陆上叶片拆卸、运输到车间、X 射线室检查以及返回和重新组装，这需要大约 10 天的时间，期间会因停机而损失收入。联系方式，例如超声体积检查，效果较差 多层复合结构，现场施工难度较大。 RADBLAD 也比陆上检查更快、更便宜（不包括风机停机造成的收入损失）。为了成功实现这一目标，项目联合体拥有相关专业知识，包括机器人开发和制造、射线照相开发和人工智能算法软件开发。我们最初的目标市场是海上风机运维市场，拥有风电场资产 运营商目标用户。该项目代表了英国海上风力发电行业的明显技术创新，以及中小企业供应链联盟的重大增长机会。”