Maximising tidal energy generation through Blade Scaling & Advanced Digital Engineering - MAXBlades

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%。到目前为止，所有这些问题都没有得到充分解决，需要全面解决，以达到潮汐流能源现场平均成本降低30欧元/兆瓦时的目标，同时使技术成熟，以解决投资吸引力方面的障碍。该项目还预计到将循环经济原则应用于潮汐流涡轮机叶片以追求净零发电领域的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紧密联系，该项目解决了潮汐涡轮机叶片的全面循环经济路线图，包括推进可回收热塑性树脂用于复合叶片的潜力。该项目还推进了一些举措，以确保欧洲复合材料部门通过知识转移、叶片生产设计的实际参与以及识别和解决增加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2年的设计和开发阶段，18个月的建造阶段，随后是2年的性能验证，通过建造至少两个单元（c. 5MW）的潮汐阵列，确保8个叶片（4个转子）进行测试，提供累计12万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.