Reliable statements on the efficiency, functionality, and service life of wind turbines are essential for their realization. To this end, IWES performs measurements on turbines in operation, tests mechanical loads and determines their performance behavior at the Application Center for Wind Energy Field Measurements (AWF). To research the aero-servo-hydro-elastic simulation of wind turbines, IWES programs the MoWiT simulation model for load calculation and real-time simulation. MoWiT is used to optimize wind energy systems and develop AI models.
The dynamically increasing competition in the wind energy sector demands high-quality, efficient processes with which prototypes and old turbines in the field can be measured, analyzed, and optimized. As with banks and insurance companies, developers, manufacturers, operators, and technical service providers require reliable information about the efficiency, functionality, and service life prospects of their turbines.
The Application Center for Wind Energy Field Measurements (AWF), a cooperation between Fraunhofer IWES and fk-wind at Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences, offers (as a partner in R&D projects) the measurement of turbines in operation as a service.
AWF boasts highly qualified (scientific and technical) staff and is an accredited testing and calibration laboratory in accordance with ISO 17025 for the measurement of mechanical loads (IEC 61400-13) and the assessment of the power performance characteristics of wind turbines (IEC 61400-12). In addition, it also has the unique testing infrastructure of the entire IWES at its disposal.
The AWF at Fraunhofer IWES plans and conducts measurements of onshore and offshore wind turbines and Flettner rotor vessels. The relevant national and international standards and guidelines are applied in consultation with customers. https://lnkd.in/dMYMXSHf