The main deliverables are a new retrofit solution designed for high forces in the Root-Transition Zones (RTZ) of blades, a new innovative state-of the art operation and maintenance strategy and lastly further developments of the Cost and Risk Tool (CAR Tool).
The RTZ-Solution will fulfill a need in the market and will be uniquely designed for the high forces in the root-transition zone of the blades, removing the root cause of the shear web disbond failure mode and providing more reliable blades for the WTOs. NIFIS will be a New Innovation Field Inspection Strategy developed to be used as a decision support tool. Finally, the Cost and Risk Tool (CAR Tool) developed in house will be used to analyse different maintenance strategies and this will be coupled with field experience and the findings and conclusions gathered in NIFIS, easily accessible and ready to be used by WTOs and ISPs. The CORTIR Phase II is supported by the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP), which is administered by the Danish Energy Agency. |
Many ISPs only have a limited set of options to offer the WTOs and the competition in the service market is high. The main competitive factor for an ISP is to be able to offer the market a reliable retrofit solution for the increasingly critical damage problems.
By adding Bladena knowledge and potential technology gathered through the project and the RTZ-solution to their services, ISPs can gain a competitive edge and a way to excel over rivals, as well as being able to provide their customers with a better service. |
The CAR Tool is designed to take in a various amount of user inputs, but also have some set default values. With these the CAR tool generate the most optimal maintenance strategy to help you lower your O&M costs.
In the CORTIR Phase II the project the CAR Tool will used in the project to analyse different maintenance strategies. |
CAR Tool |
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