2022 is the year in which the (first) Fieldlab Zephyros AIRTuB project will be completed.
For more than 3 years, the 16 partners below have researched, designed and prototyped together intensively to optimize blade maintenance on wind turbines at sea.
The first 2022 AIRTuB event ‘Sensors for damage inspection of wind turbine blades’ has been succesful. The event was held at the TU Delft, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and attended by participants from industry (both from solution and technology providers as well by owner/operators and others) and science. This led to questions after the presentations and discussions between participants during lunch.
After the initial presentations by various specialists from AIRTuB highlighting their results, other stakeholders presented their solutions for blade inspections, followed by a lab-tour.
Via the links below you can look at the presentations:
- Introduction into blade damage and overview of detection methods – Rogier Nijssen, TNO
- AIRTuB Laser line scanning for leading-edge erosion inspection – Andrei G. Anisimov, TUD
- Ultrasonic Inspection of Wind Turbine Blades – Jason Hwang & Ali Nokhbatolfoghahai, NLR and TUD
- Internal damage detection in wind turbine blades using an autonomous Aerial Radiography System – A. Goveas, Wyndtek
- Internal sensoring of windturbine blades – Hans van Beek, Tarucca
- Solution for robotized blade inspections with ultrasonic and laserline scanner – Jan Erik Bree, Invert Robotics
Link to the video of the online part of the event:
Save the dates for the other thematic AIRTuB meetings:
May 20th – Coating and blade repair (Qlayers – Delft)
September 22nd – Crawlers for Inspection & Repair (kenniswerf Vlissingen)
October 14th – Impact LEE on AEP (ENTRANCE – Groningen)
November 24th – Drones & flightcontrolers (NLR – Marknesse)