A one-day session on the windpower industry will introduce attendees to turbine fundamentals, blade design, designing to cost, supply chain issues, and more.
Windpower explained — Design and component integration, is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept 23 at the Design and Manufacturing Show, Rosemont, IL.
Moderator Paul Dvorak, Editor of Windpower Engineering Magazine, will host a range of speakers from industry and government labs.
The session is intended for engineers, managers, and others related or interested in learning the design fundamentals of wind-turbine blade and drive trains along with a real world applications from leading OEM’s in the windpower market. Topics and speakers will include:
Market Overview and Funding: invited speaker
Drive Train: Sandy Butterfield, Wind Program Chief Engineer, National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Attendees will learn:
- Wind-turbine fundamentals
- Drivetrain configurations
- Drivetrain design issues and challenges
- Wind-turbine gearbox standards
- Gearbox lubrication systems
- Gearbox condition monitoring
Blade Design: Paul Veers, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Wind Energy Technology Department, Sandia National Laboratories
Attendees will learn:
- Fundamental role of rotor design options in wind plant capacity factor and cost of energy
- Significant differences between wind turbine blades and other composite structures.
- Basic approach to blade design and manufacturing
- Blade design evaluation: analysis and test
- Blade reliability issues
- Innovations in blades and turbine control
Part I: Integrating Parts into Systems: Lawrence D. Willey, P.E., Advanced Technology Operations Manager, Wind Systems Conceptual Design
Attendees will learn:
- Value Engineering throughout all aspects of turbine and component technology development
- Design to cost (DTC) – Not just about increasing output (e.g., AEP)
- Design load impact on trends for large (MW sized) wind turbine technology
- System and component considerations for real environments
- How suppliers can better approach OEMs with new ideas
Part II: Integrating Parts into Systems: Troy Patton, President, Utility Scale Wind
Attendees will learn:
- Design for Manufacturing/Assembly lessons learned
- Service considerations during System Integration
- Value of Rapid Prototyping
- Quoting prototype, beta series, and production parts
Part III: Integrating Parts into Systems: invited speaker
Panel Discussion: Faculty
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