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Major Turbine Components
Turbine Manufacturing
Andrew Kusiak
Intelligent Systems Laboratory
2139 Seamans Center
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242 - 1527
andrew-kusiak@[Link]
Tel: 319-335-5934 Fax: 319-335-5669
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Rotor Blade Materials Modern Blade Design
Rotor blades are usually made using a matrix of fiber glass
that is impregnated with a material such as polyester
(GFRP = Glass fiber reinforced polyester)
The polyester is hardened after it has impregnated the
fiber glass
Epoxy may be used instead of polyester
Likewise the basic matrix may be made entirely or partially
from carbon fiber, which is lighter, but more expensive
material
Wood-epoxy laminates were also being used for some rotor
blades Laminated shell design with spar box and spar webs
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Rotor Blade Cross-section New Blade Design
Mixed glass fiber/carbon fiber with cross-bolt joining at the rotor hub
GFRP = Glass fiber reinforced polyester
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Winding Machine Automated Manufacturing
1. Winding with D-spar
2. Placing the cones for the rear box
3. Winding the complete blade
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Blade Manufacturing Facility Tower Section
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Concrete Tower Manufacturing Blade Testing
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The Purpose of Testing Rotor Nacelle on the Road
Blades
The purpose of rotor blade testing is to verify that
laminations in the blade are, safe, i.e., that the layers
of the rotor blade do not separate (delamination)
Also, the test verifies that the fibers do not break
under repeated stress
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Tower Transportation Tower Transportation
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Tower Base Foundation for a Tabular Tower
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Assembly of Three Puling up
Tower Sections a Nacelle
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Mounting the Helicopter Use
Complete
Rotor
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Portal
Swinging
Crane
Crane
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Two Cranes
Top Crane Mounting
a Generator
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Concrete Cost Breakdown
Tower
Construction
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Mfg Cost Cost Breakdown
Breakdown
200 MW turbine with 25m rotor diameter
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Turbine Supply Chain Turbine Supply Chain
Supply chain of importance due to global production of Characteristics
turbine components
Product (wind turbine) assembled in the field Overlapping supply chain with the number of sinks equal
Mix of mechanical,, electrical,, and civil engineering
g g activities to the number of wind turbines at a park
Different assembly equipment (e.g., cranes) and different Transportation distance (time) a significant component
assemblies (e.g., high power electricity, mechanical assembly) of the network
Energy cost to manufacture and transport components Modeling such a network is challenging due to new network
and assemblies is an issue architecture (intertwined networks)
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Turbine Supply Chain
Turbine Supply Chain
Supplier options
Examples of supply chain modeling methodologies
Single supply source
Ease of quality control
Network flow models
High risk of delivery disruption
Petri nets
Low control relative to the cost of
Neural
N l networks
t k
components, and assemblies
Data-driven models (data mining)
Important to consider in modeling supply chains: Multiple supply sources
Evolving network architecture More involved quality control
Risks Lower risk of delivery disruption
Costs Management of cost and quality is
needed
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Many to many relationships prevail
A supplier may work with many primes,
and a prime may be supplied with components,
assemblies, and services offered by many suppliers
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Reference
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