The AVIMo research project focuses on the relationships between the movement of vessels and delays of work activities in offshore wind farms. The overall goal of the project is to combine weather and sea state data with specifically modeled work vessel movements in a logistical planning demonstrator.
BMWK, 12/2018 - 12/2022
The project partners are joining forces in order to improve the effectiveness of known protective mechanisms for rotor blades significantly. This will result in reduced time and money invested in repairs and maintenance.
BMWK, 12/2017 – 03/2022
Together with its project partners, Fraunhofer IWES is developing COAST 2.0, a software solution for optimizing the costs and risks of weather-dependent offshore and T&I activities.
BMWK, 07/2018 – 06/2022
Within the project, we will extend a reference architecture for digital twins in such a way that it can represent modularity and take into account modifications incorporated into the system. The developed procedures are applied by estimating the residual service life of components and put to the test on the Adwen AD 8-180 research turbine.
VGB-Forschungsstiftung, 07/2021 - 06/2022
The project partners are determining the component properties for casted shafts made using the chill casting process in order to design load- and material-optimized components for wind turbines using modern casting methods.
BMWK, 12/2018 - 02/2022
In this project a coherent data and model space is created for the co-simulation of usage scenarios for a future hydrogen economy. To facilitate this, key components of the hydrogen value chain are modelled.
BMBF, 08/2021 - 12/2022
To date, there are no certified approaches for estimating the service life of rotor blade bearings. The HBDV joint project "Design of Highly Loaded Slewing Bearings" aims to draw up a guideline with the aid of which rotor blade bearings can be designed safely and uniformly in the future.
BMWK, 10/2018 - 03/2022
Within the project, a new test stand is being set up and a new testing methodology for minimal systems – comprising a high-speed generator and a converter system for WT - will be developed. The aim is to accelerate the procedure of electrical certification and to improve predictability of the market launch for new products.
BMWK, 07/2017 - 03/2022
In order to test the high-performance electronics used in wind turbines subject to combined climatic and electrical loading realistically, test and trial facilities for complete converters are being developed for turbines with outputs of up to 10 MW. For this reason, the causes of failure are also being researched and concepts for optimizing the robustness of power electronics are being developed and tested in experiments.
BMWK, 10/2017 - 06/2022
Together with the project partners Institute for Geotechnical Engineering (IGtH) and Test Center Support Structures in Hannover (TTH) (both affiliated with the Leibniz University Hannover), the IWES is investigating the applicability of approaches to describe the soil-structure interaction of monopile foundation under cyclic loading by means of large tests.
BMWK, 12/2018 - 11/2022
The project partners are developing and testing sensors which enable point measurement of the wind speed in front of the rotor of a wind turbine.
BMWK, 12/2018 - 08/2022
The project partners are developing an economically feasible disposal strategy allowing as high a recycling quota as possible and thereby enabling a sustainable circular economy.
BMBF, 10/2021 - 06/2022
Development and design of modular, innovative, and cost-efficient PEM electrolysis components and development of a downstream compression system.
BMBF, Zwanzig20, 11/2019 - 05/2022
The cooperative project RadKom-QS has the goal of developing a novel, autonomous and cost-effective sensor network that is integrated during the production stage and enables remote monitoring of operational rotor blades.
BMWK, 11/2018-04/2022
The influencing factors that trigger defects of power electronic components will be systematically assessed in order to develop efficient protection. On the basis of experimental investigations, damage models and models for calculation of the remaining service life are generated. At the same time, comprehensive failure and operating data is evaluated and field measurements are carried out.
BMWK, 12/2018 - 11/2022
The project partners are developing a technically optimized, resonance-based test method to investigate the soil-structure interactions of offshore foundation structures and allow fatigue testing of large components.
BMWK, 01/2019 – 11/2022
The aim of the joint project is the development and testing of a novel reversible electrolysis technology for efficient production of hydrogen from renewable energies and its reconversion into electricity.
BMBF, 08/2019 - 09/2022
Fraunhofer IWES is developing and operating a test field for state-of-the-art wind turbine technology in Bremerhaven which will be connected to the existing large-test rigs at the IWES.
BMWK, 12/2016 - 09/2022
Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems