WindPACT Turbine Design Scaling Studies Technical Area 2: Turbine, Rotor and Blade Logistics

Smith, K.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: South Dakota;    Windpact;    Wind Turbines;    Transportation;    Transportation Systems;   

DOI  :  10.2172/785133
RP-ID  :  NREL/SR-500-29439
RP-ID  :  AC36-99GO10337
RP-ID  :  785133

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the United States Department of Energy (DOE) implemented the Wind Partnership for Advanced Component Technologies (WindPACT) program. This program will explore advanced technologies that may reduce the cost of energy (COE) from wind turbines. The initial step in the WindPACT program is a series of preliminary scaling studies intended to determine the optimum sizes for future turbines, help define sizing limits for certain critical technologies, and explore the potential for advanced technologies to contribute to reduced COE as turbine scales increase. This report documents the results of Technical Area 2-Turbine Rotor and Blade Logistics. For this report, we investigated the transportation, assembly, and crane logistics and costs associated with installation of a range of multi-megawatt-scale wind turbines. We focused on using currently available equipment, assembly techniques, and transportation system capabilities and limitations to hypothetically transport and install 50 wind turbines at a facility in south-central South Dakota.