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

近年来，风力发电迅猛发展，涡轮机越来越大，越来越便宜，离岸也越来越远。增加涡轮机尺寸的趋势一直是降低成本的有效策略，主要是因为它减少了给定风力发电场所需的安装数量。但是，这是有经济和技术限制的，而这个行业正开始达到这个极限。万利亚德风能系统有一个替代的解决方案-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在风力涡轮机技术方面具有巨大的潜力，可以显著降低资本成本、运行和维护（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。我们更小的组件导致较少的专业化制造，有助于缓解供应链瓶颈。由于避免使用大型部件，大大简化了运输、安装和维护。我们估计，我们的MRWT可以将风能的平准化成本降低至少25%，远远超过目前的涡轮机。我们可以实现所有这些目标，同时仍然提高系统的总体额定功率，并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概念已经在学术界得到了很好的研究，并被证明具有巨大的节省成本的潜力。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技术发展计划的第一阶段。该项目涉及MRWT的系统级设计。还包括涉及风能行业各个方面的利益相关者参与。这确保了系统级设计与行业需求和限制保持一致。

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.