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1st Wind Turbine Technology Forum
LOCATION: Arsenale Congress Centre, Venice (Italy)
PARTICIPATION: Participants are adviced to report to the Conference reception desk well in advance; at least 20 minutes before the start of the session. You must present proof of payment.
LANGUAGE: English will be the official language at the Forum. Simultaneous translation service into Italian or vice-versa will be provided.
*to be confirmed
Thursday, 12 May 2011 |
8:30-9:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee |
09:30-10:30 Aerodynamics | |
Chair: Carlo L. Bottasso (Politecnico di Milano) | |
| Wind turbine testing in boundary layer wind tunnel |
| Wind tunnel testing, numerical analyses and shape optimization of a vertical axis wind turbine |
| Effect of trailing edge thickness on darrieus-type vertical-axis wind turbine performance |
10:30-11:30 Off-Shore Wind | |
Chair: Carlo L. Bottasso (Politecnico di Milano) | |
| The first large size wind turbine tailored specifically for offshore application |
| Incorporating a fully nonlinear wave model in coupled hydroaero-elastic simulation of offshore wind turbines |
| Designing and deploying ethernet networks for offshore wind power applications - A case study |
11:30-11:50 Coffee Break |
11:50-13:10 Maintenance, Testing and Reliability | |
Chair: Andrea Vaiani (REpower Systems) | |
| Methods for power performance assessment of wind power plants |
| Using standard and non-standard SODAR measurements for improving siting and maintenance of wind turbines |
| Improved wind turbine performance through rotor balancing and blade angle optimization |
| Cost-effective bolt monitoring in wind farms |
13:10-14:30 Lunch |
14:30-15:50 Blades | |
Chair: Marino Quaresimin (University of Padova) | |
| A multi-disciplinary approach for wind turbine design: from a multibody system simulation to detailed composite blades analysis |
| Advanced wind turbine rotor design |
| Blade design optimization |
| Multi-disciplinary design approach and optimization of a 3.0 MW rotor blade family |
15:50-16:10 Coffee Break |
16:10-17:30 Blades | |
Chair: Roberto Frassine (Politecnico di Milano) | |
| Comprehensive cost analysis of the tradeoffs between design intent and applicable manufacturing strategies for composite wind turbine blades |
| New polymeric foams as core material in sandwich panels |
| Design against multiaxial fatigue with polymeric composite materials: state of the art and future research |
| Question Time |
17:30-18:30 Cocktail Party |
Friday, 13 May 2011 |
8:30-9:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee |
9:30-11:30 Wind Turbine Design and Design Standard | |
Chair: Lorenzo Battisti (University of Trento) | |
| Wind turbine drive train concepts - gearbox vs. direct drive |
| Minimizing the cost of wind energy. Latest trends and technical solutions |
| Multidisciplinary and multi-objective optimization of a wind turbine |
| Quality strategy and life time performance |
| Analysis and comparison between technological solutions for small hawts in low-wind sites: control strategies and rotor dimensions |
| Small HAWT loads: a comparison of a quasy-dynamic model versus aerolastic simulations and the IEC 61400-2 simplified load calculation method |
11:30-11:50 Coffee Break |
11:50-12:50 Generators, Gearboxes, Towers, Subsystems and Sensors | |
Chair: Francesco Matteucci (Tozzi Nord Wind Turbines) | |
| Advanced engineering methods for the development of main rotor shaft bearing arrangements |
| Condition monitoring of rotor blades for damage, ice, overload |
| Condition Monitoring and Lifecycle Cost Management |
12:50-14:30 Lunch |
14:30-15:50 Generators, Gearboxes, Towers, Subsystems and Sensors | |
Chair: Carlo L. Bottasso (Politecnico di Milano) | |
| Post tensioning bars for wind turbine foundations: test for ETA and corrosion protection |
| Design for bolting: how to design effective bolted joint from the point of view of tightening process |
| New products for wind |
| Question Time |