MAXBlade – Maximising tidal energy generation through Blade Scaling & Advanced Digital Engineering

MAXBlade项目将通过解决与潮汐涡轮机叶片相关的设计、可靠性、状态监测、维护和控制问题，将该技术的转子扫掠面积增加70%。迄今为止，潮汐涡轮机叶片尚未充分解决所有这些问题，需要全面解决这些问题，以实现潮汐流能源的现场平均成本降低30欧元/兆瓦时，同时使技术成熟，以解决投资吸引力方面的障碍。该项目还预计将面临重大挑战和预期的立法要求，将循环经济原则应用于潮汐流涡轮机叶片，以实现净零发电部门。通过叶片设计和测试活动之间的密切联系，该项目为潮汐涡轮机叶片制定了全面的循环经济路线图，包括提高可回收热塑性树脂在复合材料叶片中的应用潜力。该项目还推进了一些举措，以确保欧洲复合材料行业通过知识转让、实际参与叶片生产设计以及确定和解决提高欧洲供应商能力的障碍，成为潮汐叶片制造的国际领导者。该项目将包括一个为期2年的设计和开发阶段，一个18个月的建设，其次是一个为期2年的性能验证，通过建立一个潮汐阵列的至少两个单位（c。5 MW），确保测试8个叶片（4个转子），提供累计120，000小时的转子性能数据

The MAXBlade project will specifically focus on delivering a 70% increase in rotor swept area of the technology by addressing design, reliability, condition monitoring, maintenance and control issues relating to tidal turbine blades. All of these issues have to date been insufficiently addressed for tidal turbine blades and need to be holistically tackled to reach a site-averaged €30/MWh cost reduction in tidal stream energy, while maturing the technology to address barriers around investment attractiveness. The project also anticipates significant challenges and expected legislative requirements around applying circular economy principles to tidal stream turbine blades in pursuit of a net zero generation sector. With a close interface between blade design and testing activities, the project addresses a comprehensive circular economy roadmap for tidal turbine blades, including advancing the potential of recyclable thermoplastic resins for use in the composite blades. The project also progresses initiatives to ensure that the European composite sectors become the international leader in tidal blade manufacture through knowledge transfer, practical engagement in the blade production design and identifying and addressing barriers to increasing European supplier capacity. The project will consist of a 2-year design and development phase, an 18- month build, followed by a 2-year performance verification through the build of a tidal array of at least two units (c. 5MW), ensuring that 8 blades (4 rotors) are tested providing cumulatively 120,000 hours of rotor performance data