Wind Energy Forum

Wind Energy Forum

Wind Turbine Blades: Design, construction and environmental effects
Blade design and validation • Structural materials for wind turbine blades • Effects on wind farm operation

Thursday March 29 – 2:30pm / 5:00pm

Blade design and validation

1 - Innoblade: Design and validation of G10x modular blades

Gamesa
Ion Arocena de la Rúa (Spain)
Blade Design Manager

Gamesa
Eneko Sanz Pascual (Spain)
Blade Project Manager

· Development of new technology for sectional wind turbine blades
· Optimization of the blade structure to minimize cost
· New techniques of blades validation

Structural materials for wind turbine blades

2 - Requirements and challenges for composites used in wind turbine blades of the future

Technical University of Denmark
Povl Brøndsted (Denmark)
Research Specialist
 
· The Influence of Fiber, Resin and Sizing on the Composite Fatigue Performance
· Fatigue Initiation Mechanisms in Wind turbine Blade Materials
· Measurements of Fiber properties
· Composite Properties and Fiber Architecture

 
3 - Improved materials for the spar caps of wind turbine blades

Hexcel
Dr. Chris Shennan (GB)
R&T Manager

· Pre-impregnated materials (prepregs) for wind energy
· Comparison of prepregs with infusion in the manufacture of spar caps
· Reduction of porosity in thick laminates

4 - Lowest in class resin pick up core material technology for wind turbine blades design and production

Dow Chemical
Alain Sagnard (GB)
Global application leader

· The recyclability and other key characteristics of the COMPAXX™ foam cores
· The improvements of the static and dynamic performance compared to the other foams
· The resin pick up and weight reduction compared to balsa and the other foam cores
· The overall cost savings

5 - Advancements in structural epoxy adhesives for wind blade assembly

3M
Christian Claus (Germany)
Business Manager Wind Energy

· Common Properties of Structural Adhesives in the Wind Industry
· Advancements in Structural Epoxy Adhesives - Cure Kinetics
· Advancements in Structural Epoxy Adhesives - Mechanical Properties

Effects on wind farm operation

6 - Influence of composites on wind farm operation

Vestas Mediterranean
Alvaro Matesanz Gil (Spain)
Specialist, Power Plant Engineering

· Field defects observed in composites during operation
· Repairing process of composites in field
· Composites recycling