Networking of Distributed Sensors for Proactive Condition Monitoring of Wind Turbines

该项目旨在研究和演示传感器阵列的主动自动化控制和管理技术，重点关注传感器阵列在风力发电场运行和管理中的应用。该研究将确定理想的主动行为，并提出新颖的自然启发算法来实现这些行为。它还将探索促进主动控制和管理软件使用的机制，包括a)策略驱动的管理基础设施，该基础设施将使用高级用户目标来约束仪器级的主动行为，b)支持适当观察、通信和驱动的并行平台，以及c)轻量级、有弹性的点对点无线通信架构。该项目将把这项研究的结果整合到一个大规模的示范中，打算在山顶风电场部署。

This project addresses the investigation and demonstration of techniques that enable proactive automated control and management of sensor arrays, focusing in particular on applications of sensor arrays in the operation and management of wind farms. The research will identify desirable proactive behaviours and propose novel nature-inspired algorithms to deliver them. It will also explore mechanisms that facilitate the use of proactive control and management software including a) a policy driven management infrastructure that will use high level user goals to constrain the instrument level proactive behaviours, b) a parallel platform that supports appropriate observation, communication and actuation, and c) a lightweight, resilient peer to peer wireless communications architecture. The project will integrate the results of this research into a large scale demonstration intended for deployment at a hilltop windfarm.