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Day 1

Invited Speakers

Learn from some of the best in the field on September 22nd in Copenhagen, Denmark
Robert Ernst
​Dr. Ernst is working at PolyTech A/S on condition monitoring of blades. Previously he has worked at TNO and at VESTAS for 6 years. At VESTAS, he led the development of a novel blade root connection and R&D of non-destructive testing. He received his PhD on wave propagation from ETH Zurich in 2015, working on various structural health monitoring problems.
 Valery Godinez-Azcuaga
As Vice President of Engineering and Product Development for the Products & Systems Division of MISTRAS Group Inc., Valery Godinez-Azcuaga is leading efforts for the development of state-of-the-art asset monitoring solutions through the implementation of NDE4.0 across a variety of markets and has more than 25 years of experience in the field of Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE).
John Dalsgaard Sørensen
John Dalsgaard Sørensen (PhD) is professor in structural reliability at Aalborg University, Denmark. He received his MSc in Structural engineering in 1980 and PhD in Structural reliability in 1984. His main research fields are stochastic modelling, reliability assessment and risk-based decision making for planning of inspections and O&M. He is leader of a research group ‘Risk, Resilience, Safety and Sustainability of systems’. Further, he is active in standardization activities in the Eurocodes and IEC-61400 for wind turbines, especially related to reliability.
Christian Berggreen
​Christian Berggreen (PhD) is Professor within Lightweight Structures and Composites at the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), and Head of Laboratory for DTU Structural Lab, one of the largest and most advanced material and structural test laboratories in Northern Europe. He is furthermore leading a research group focused on lightweight structures and composites within a number of industrial areas, eg. aerospace, marine, automotive, offshore and energy, with particular interest in fracture and damage propagation in sandwich composites under both ultimate static, cyclic and dynamic loading at very high speeds, where damage propagation in components and structures is simulated by use of advanced fracture mechanical analysis methods. 
Find Mølholt Jensen
After 10 years of research at Risoe DTU in the field of wind turbine blades, Find M. Jensen, PhD, has addressed a number of failures having the potential to dominate future wind turbine blade issues. In 2011 Find founded Bladena based on 7 patents. Today, Find holds the position of CEO at Bladena working on a global scale to support customers with structural blade failure issues to help them lower OPEX, risk of blade failures and loss of AEP.
Find is also leading large R&D projects (Funded by EUDP) with many members from both the industry and research institutes. He also participates actively in elevating the design of blades to the next level.
Bent F. Sørensen
Professor Bent F. Sørensen works at the Department of Wind and Energy Systems, The Technical University of Denmark, DTU. He holds a PhD from the Department of Solid Mechanics at DTU in 1992 and Dr. Techn. from DTU in 2010. His research field covers both experimental investigations and modelling of failure mechanisms, aiming at establishing links between microscale parameters and macroscale fracture properties. The focus of his research is interface fracture mechanics, measurement and modelling of cohesive laws, large-scale fibre bridging on the delamination of fibre composites and cracking of adhesively bonded joints. 
Author of more than 150 papers, 99 in international scientific journal.

Panel

Companies attending the panel discussion

Agenda

09:00 - 09:15
Breakfast
09:15 - 09:45
Welcome by Find M. Jensen and Mathias K. Reding, Bladena
09:45 - 10:30
​Scaling of WTG blades and consequent impact of torsional loads and structural considerations by Ioannis Bertsios, Bladena
10:30 - 11:05
Coffee break
11:05 - 11:45
Invited speaker: Valery Godinez-Azcuaga, MISTRAS Group
​Topic: Monitoring of critical structural failure modes for large blades
11:45 - 12:25
Invited speaker: Robert Ernst, Polytech
Topic: Monitoring of loads & vibrations on blades
12:25 - 13:25
​Lunch
13:25 - 14:10
​Risk mitigation & financial analysis through business cases and risk-based maintenance strategies by Javier O. Arconada, Bladena
14:10 - 14:50
Invited speakers: CEO Find M. Jensen, Bladena, Prof. Christian Berggreen, DTU Construct, Prof. John Dalsgaard Sørensen, Aalborg University & Prof. Bent F. Sørensen, DTU Wind
Topic: Risk-Based Maintenance strategies using the “Damage Tolerance Approach”
14:50 - 15:15
Coffee break
15:15 - 16:00
​Next steps roadmap for risk mitigation, by Find M. Jensen, Bladena
16:00 - 17:00
​Panel discussion: Risk based maintenance and impact of monitoring chaired by Mathias Reding, Bladena. Wouter Haans, Shell, Peter Hansen, Northland Power & Yangjiao Liao, Equinor are participating
17:00 - 18:00
Lounge & Networking session

Location

HUONE Kastrup
​Amager Strandvej 390, 2770 Kastrup (Close to CPH Airport)

Funded by EUDP - CORTIR II

About
​The conference is funded by EUDP through the CORTIR II project.
The main deliverables of this project is a new retrofit solution designed for high forces in the Root-Transition Zones (RTZ) of blades, a new innovative state-of-the-art O&M strategy (NIFIS), and, further development of the Cost and Risk Tool (CAR Tool) developed in the CORTIR project.
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Day 2

ReLife Seminar

Together with DTU Wind we are extending our International Conference in September to include one more day!
 
Why?
 
To give you top class knowledge about risk mitigation & monitoring in wind turbine blades seen from not only a business perspective but also from a more technical point of view.
 
On the 23rd of September you will have the opportunity to visit DTU Wind and Energy Systems (Risø Campus) in Roskilde to attend the Relife Seminar for wind turbine owners. Even though the event is targeted operators/owners, the rest of the industry is more than welcome to join as well!
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At this event you will learn more about how risk, damage tolerance, structural failures and the nature of composites is viewed today and in the future. But this time from a more technical perspective.

Agenda

08:30 - 09:00
Breakfast and networking
09:00 - 09:30
Welcome, introduction, and main achievements of the ReLife project by Bent F. Sørensen, DTU Wind
09:30 - 10:30
O&M Risk related topics presented by Javier Ozores Arconada, Bladena (WP7): 
- New trends on structural damages – Acoustic Emission sensors as a risk mitigation tool
- Risk based maintenance strategy with support of software tools and traditional risk analysis
- Financial consequences of blade damages
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Short Presentations from Signe Olsson (Statkraft) on why this project is of interest for WTOs
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:35
Structural damage overview of wind turbine blades focused on main structural failure modes by Bent F. Sørensen and Ioannis Bertsios (Bladena)
11:35 - 12:10
Inspections – Monitoring – Measurements presented by DTU and MISTRAS
-  Acoustic Emission for crack growth detection and possible shear-web disbonding (fundamental aspects), by Obdulia Ley, MISTRAS Group
12:10 - 12:45
Experiences with Acoustic Emission sensors used in experimental full-scale test by Malcolm McGugan, DTU Wind
12:45 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 14:30
Discussion chaired by Bent F. Sørensen
- From technical research to industry with risk perspective
- Applicability of the methodology from a WTO’s perspective 
- Tools, business cases scenarios, and next steps
14:30 - 15:00
Summary of discussion by Bent F. Sørensen, DTU and Find Mølholt Jensen, Bladena
15:00 - 16:30
Tour at DTUs lab

Location

​DTU Risø Campus
Location: Niels Bohr Auditorium, Building 112, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark

Registration

Limited seats and free of charge!
Attending the 22nd and 23rd is free of charge, as the conference is funded by EUDP.
Sign up here
Please send us your name and email and we will get back to you to confirm your reservation. With limited seats we suggest you sign up as early as possible to secure a seat.

Questions?

Please write to Simone Damkjær at sbd@bladena.com, if you have any questions.
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