UK offshore wind cost optimisation: top head mass (Presentation to All Energy, 10th May 2017)

The Industrial Doctorate Centre for Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE) trains research engineers whose work in conjunction with sponsoring companies aims to accelerate the deployment of offshore wind, wave and tidal-current technologies. This is to help meet the UK’s ambitious renewable energy targets.Students undertake a four year full time course including time with a sponsoring company working on “real world” applications and research initiatives to obtain their doctorates. IDCORE is administered from the University of Edinburgh. ETI sponsored IDCORE Research Engineer Inés Tunga presents “UK offshore wind cost optimisation: top head mass” at All Energy 2017 in Glasgow. Reducing the ‘top head mass’ (i.e. nacelle, rotor, gearbox, generator and ancillaries) of a wind turbine is one of the key requirements for current and futuredesigns. It enables a lighter and more cost effective tower and foundation, and reducing gearbox weight and size has a huge benefit.

离岸可再生能源工业博士中心（Industrial Doctorate Centre for Offshore Renewable Energy, IDCORE）专注培养研究型工程师，其研究与赞助企业协同开展，旨在加快海上风电、波浪能及潮流能技术的商业化部署，助力英国达成其极具雄心的可再生能源发展目标。学员需完成为期四年的全日制课程，其中包含在赞助企业参与‘真实场景’应用与研究项目的时长，以此获取博士学位。该中心由爱丁堡大学负责管理运营。由ETI资助的IDCORE研究工程师伊内斯·通加（Inés Tunga）在格拉斯哥举办的2017年全能源展会（All Energy 2017）上发表了题为《英国海上风电成本优化：顶部舱体质量》的报告。降低风力发电机组的‘顶部舱体质量（top head mass）’，即机舱、叶轮、齿轮箱、发电机及配套辅机的总质量，是当前及未来风电设计的核心要求之一。这可实现更轻量化、更具成本效益的塔筒与基础设计，而降低齿轮箱的重量与尺寸则能带来显著效益。