Maximising tidal energy generation through Blade Scaling & Advanced Digital Engineering

MAXBlade项目将专门致力于通过解决与潮汐涡轮叶片相关的设计、可靠性、状态监测、维护和控制问题，将该技术的转子掠过面积增加70%。到目前为止，对于潮汐涡轮机叶片来说，所有这些问题都没有得到足够的解决，需要全面解决，以实现潮汐水流能源的现场平均成本降低30欧元/兆瓦时，同时成熟技术，以解决围绕投资吸引力的障碍。该项目还预计，在将循环经济原则应用于潮流涡轮叶片以追求净零发电部门方面，将面临重大挑战和预期的立法要求。通过叶片设计和测试活动之间的密切联系，该项目提出了潮汐涡轮机叶片的全面循环经济路线图，包括提高复合材料叶片中使用的可回收热塑性树脂的潜力。该项目还推进了确保欧洲复合材料部门通过知识转让、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先者的举措。该项目将包括为期两年的设计和开发阶段，为期18个月的建造，然后通过建造至少两台机组(约5兆瓦)的潮汐阵列进行为期两年的性能验证，确保测试8个叶片(4个转子)，累计提供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.