A New Partnership in Offshore Wind
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Abstract
The opening of Siemens new £310m offshore wind (OSW) turbine blade factory in Hull is a milestone for the industry. It coincides with increased investment in operations and maintenance activities to service the increasing capacity of OSW farms, especially by the world's largest OSW developer, DONG Energy. This proposal brings together these two major players with world-leading academic researchers in a £7.64m, 5-year programme. Focussing on TRL1-3 it will address the fundamental research problems that will help to reduce the Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCoE) from OSW and to support UK supply chain growth. The £3.83m requested from EPSRC unlocks £2.50m investment by the industrial players in lower TRL activity that they would not otherwise fund to this level. A further £1.31m is invested by the academic partners.
Planned Impact
The programme ultimately enables more affordable and efficient technology to facilitate growth of offshore wind power (OSW) to meet energy needs worldwide. It provides growth in the UK OSW supply chain, meeting the national needs of growth in the low-carbon economy, achieving UK CO2 emissions-targets and ensuring resilient low-cost energy. Key beneficiaries include:
1. The UK OSW industry will obtain solutions to key issues impeding the further development of OSW technology - this will allow participants to forge ahead in a rapidly growing, high-demand global sector, developing new products and improve the efficiency and durability of existing technology. They will also benefit from an influx of specialists with a skill set tailored to their specific needs.
2. The British Government and the environment will benefit from resilient and affordable solutions to meet their international obligations for reductions in CO2 emissions.
3. The public will benefit from lower prices for sustainable electricity.
4. Academic research benefits from the dissemination of this internationally leading low-TRL research in high-impact journals and conferences.
5. Young people and under-represented groups will be attracted into engineering and innovation.
Leadership of the programme by the UK's major OSW companies (Siemens and DONG Energy) drives the primary pathway to impact: innovation and growth in the UK OSW supply chain to meet the national needs of low-carbon economic growth, CO2 emissions-targets and resilient low-cost energy. This new industrial and university collaboration is built upon well-established individual partnerships thereby de-risking the translation to industry.
One of the barriers to achieving the required cost reduction in the OSW industry is the presence of disconnects in the delivery chain between the turbine OEM and the wind farm developer/operator. For the first time in the UK, Siemens and DONG Energy will jointly participate in a fundamental research programme to co-create and co-influence sector wide roadmaps. In addition, Siemens and DONG Energy will drive the progression through the TRLs and improve links into the existing mechanisms for supporting early stage ideas in this sector aided by the collaboration with the EPSRC Supergen Wind Hub and ORE Catapult.
Direct impact through the industrial partners includes new generator designs for the next generation of even larger wind turbines at lower capital cost, structural health monitoring for reduced O&M costs, novel designs of blades and foundations.
Creation of a new collaboration between the Universities of Durham, Hull and Sheffield accelerate academic impact for this challenge and the transfer of leading research capabilities into related fields: equipment design, condition monitoring, structural health monitoring, and blade manufacturing and instrumentation.
1. The UK OSW industry will obtain solutions to key issues impeding the further development of OSW technology - this will allow participants to forge ahead in a rapidly growing, high-demand global sector, developing new products and improve the efficiency and durability of existing technology. They will also benefit from an influx of specialists with a skill set tailored to their specific needs.
2. The British Government and the environment will benefit from resilient and affordable solutions to meet their international obligations for reductions in CO2 emissions.
3. The public will benefit from lower prices for sustainable electricity.
4. Academic research benefits from the dissemination of this internationally leading low-TRL research in high-impact journals and conferences.
5. Young people and under-represented groups will be attracted into engineering and innovation.
Leadership of the programme by the UK's major OSW companies (Siemens and DONG Energy) drives the primary pathway to impact: innovation and growth in the UK OSW supply chain to meet the national needs of low-carbon economic growth, CO2 emissions-targets and resilient low-cost energy. This new industrial and university collaboration is built upon well-established individual partnerships thereby de-risking the translation to industry.
One of the barriers to achieving the required cost reduction in the OSW industry is the presence of disconnects in the delivery chain between the turbine OEM and the wind farm developer/operator. For the first time in the UK, Siemens and DONG Energy will jointly participate in a fundamental research programme to co-create and co-influence sector wide roadmaps. In addition, Siemens and DONG Energy will drive the progression through the TRLs and improve links into the existing mechanisms for supporting early stage ideas in this sector aided by the collaboration with the EPSRC Supergen Wind Hub and ORE Catapult.
Direct impact through the industrial partners includes new generator designs for the next generation of even larger wind turbines at lower capital cost, structural health monitoring for reduced O&M costs, novel designs of blades and foundations.
Creation of a new collaboration between the Universities of Durham, Hull and Sheffield accelerate academic impact for this challenge and the transfer of leading research capabilities into related fields: equipment design, condition monitoring, structural health monitoring, and blade manufacturing and instrumentation.
Organisations
- University of Sheffield (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Teesside University (Collaboration)
- Siemens AG (Collaboration)
- ORE Catapult (Collaboration)
- Newcastle University (Collaboration)
- European Academy of Wind Energy (Collaboration)
- Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (Collaboration)
- TRW Automotive (Collaboration)
- C.C.JENSEN (Collaboration)
Publications
Allsop T
(2019)
A Review: Evolution and Diversity of Optical Fibre Plasmonic Sensors.
in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Allsop T
(2020)
Detection of nitrous oxide using infrared optical plasmonics coupled with carbon nanotubes
in Nanoscale Advances
Allsop T
(2021)
A Review: Application and Implementation of Optic Fibre Sensors for Gas Detection
in Sensors
Allsop T
(2020)
Generation of a Conjoint Surface Plasmon by an Infrared Nano-Antenna Array
in Advanced Photonics Research
Allsop T
(2023)
Long-period gratings for monitoring the resin transfer molding of fiber-reinforced polymer composites.
in Optics letters
Alnersson G
(2020)
Review of the Numerical Modeling of Compression Molding of Sheet Molding Compound
in Processes
| Description | The project was a highly successful collaboration that produced many benefits for all the partner organisations and, indirectly, for society as a whole. In summary: Over 150 publications, over 80 knowledge exchange and engagement activities, 12 other collaborations and 10 examples of additional further funding for research in this field totalling over £18M. Over 15 IPs filed and granted. We were able to compare these outputs with those from other Prosperity Partnership projects awarded at the same time and, in almost every case,ours was the highest scoring project. 45 PhD students, PD Research Assistants and technicians were funded by the project and many of them have since furthered their careers in this field, in industrial research (eg McClaren, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Orsted, Dyson, Samsung AI, Midea, Alvier Mechatronics) and in academic positions (eg. University of Technology Delft, Sheffield and Durham Universities, and Nanjing, Fudan and Tongji Universities). 7 young academic staff members have been promoted to full professors: The University of Sheffield: Milijana Odavic (EEE), Guangjin Li (EEE), Antonio Griffo (EEE), Nikolaos Dervilis (Mec), Elizabeth Cross (Mec); Durham University: William Coombes, Christopher Crabtree. |
| Exploitation Route | 10 examples of additional further funding for research in this field totalling over £18M. |
| Sectors | Energy Environment Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology |
| URL | https://npow.group.shef.ac.uk |
| Description | Our project has addressed fundamental resea rch problems that will help to reduce the Levelised Cost of Electricity from OSW and to support UK supply chain growth. This means the UK will benefit from affordable, sustainable energy, with reduced reliance on non-renewable sources. In addition we hope that the project will be an exemplar for how the maturing OSW industry can engage more systematically with academia. The industrial partners both believe that the synergy and scale of this programme will give greater momentum and coherence to industrial-academic collaboration in the future. Both of our industrial partners have seen tangible outcomes from the research that they have been able to adopt into their design and planning processes to make significant improvements to their business outputs. In addition, these innovations were achieved much earlier than the original project scope had predicted due to the project achieving a higher Technology Readiness Level rating that was initially expected. The work of the project to develop more efficient and effective ways of monitoring the health of wind turbine blades is an exceptional example of research that can be directly applied by industry to improve commercial performance. Modern wind turbines are massive structures that, ideally, should last for the entire life of an offshore wind farm without needing replacement or significant maintenance. Replacing a structure of this size in the harsh offshore environment is a very costly and time consuming exercise that results in significant amounts of lost electricity generation. The work of this project directly targets improvements in early warning of potential defects in blades and helps us minimise the risk of needing to unexpectedly repair or replace components. Overall, improvements in health monitoring, operations and maintenance helps us to continually drive down the cost of offshore wind energy - savings that are passed on to the consumer. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
| Sector | Energy,Environment,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Societal Economic |
| Description | Submission of evidence to APPG on Equity in STEM |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/appg |
| Description | Aura Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Offshore Wind Energy and the Environment |
| Amount | £5,500,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 08/2027 |
| Description | Further development on high power density direct drive permanent magnet generators. |
| Amount | £900,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Spain |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 02/2027 |
| Description | Future Advanced Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub |
| Amount | £10,306,217 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S018034/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 12/2025 |
| Description | Heterogeneous Fibre Optic sensor Arrays to Monitor Composite Manufacture (H-FOAM) |
| Amount | £1,011,752 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W025108/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 12/2025 |
| Description | Offshore Cable Burial: How deep is deep enough? |
| Amount | £1,400,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W000970/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 05/2025 |
| Description | PhD Studentship |
| Amount | £75,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Hull |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | Powertrain Research Hub, Research Collaboration |
| Amount | £699,269 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Call Ref. ORE/18/20 |
| Organisation | ORE Catapult |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 02/2024 |
| Description | RAE/Siemens Gamesa Research Chair extension. |
| Amount | £384,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Spain |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 12/2024 |
| Description | Revolutionising Operational Safety and Economy for High-value Infrastructure using Population-based SHM (ROSEHIPS) |
| Amount | £6,326,800 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W005816/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 02/2027 |
| Description | Supergen ORE hub 2018 |
| Amount | £9,193,414 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S000747/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 06/2023 |
| Description | CC Jensen joining the project as a new partner. |
| Organisation | C.C.JENSEN |
| Country | Denmark |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Our project is offering the opportunity for CC Jensen to become involved in a key area of research and be able to put their experience and expertise towards finding solutions to the problems we are trying to resolve. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CC Jensen formally joined the project as a collaborating partner in April 2020 and are working closely with our teams at Durham University and Ørsted on Work Package theme 3.1: Determining the condition of lubricated components through monitoring of oil condition. They are the global leader in oil maintenance with more than 60 years of experience designing and manufacturing oil filtration solutions for the removal of particles, water, acidity and oil degradation products from hydraulic oils, lube oils, gear oils and diesel fuels. |
| Impact | Yes, this is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between industry and academia. Outcomes are likely to be realised towards the latter stages of the project after more research and testing has been undertaken. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Energi Coast Innovation Group |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Presenting innovation case studies (from Durham University) and showcasing the important role of University level innovation for ensuirng UK offshore wind sector success continues to grow. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other Universities and Industry partners will also present innovation case studies from their perspective. |
| Impact | No impact as yet; only launched the group in Sept 2020. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Energi Coast Innovation Group |
| Organisation | ORE Catapult |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Presenting innovation case studies (from Durham University) and showcasing the important role of University level innovation for ensuirng UK offshore wind sector success continues to grow. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other Universities and Industry partners will also present innovation case studies from their perspective. |
| Impact | No impact as yet; only launched the group in Sept 2020. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Energi Coast Innovation Group |
| Organisation | Teesside University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Presenting innovation case studies (from Durham University) and showcasing the important role of University level innovation for ensuirng UK offshore wind sector success continues to grow. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other Universities and Industry partners will also present innovation case studies from their perspective. |
| Impact | No impact as yet; only launched the group in Sept 2020. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Industry based secondment |
| Organisation | Siemens AG |
| Department | Siemens plc, Keele |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Identifying a PhD (J Maravi-Nieto) student and a specific requirement for on-site work experience and knowledge exchange. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of instruction and knowledge transfer during a secondment period. |
| Impact | Better understanding and increased knowledge of the research field and specific issues. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Industry based secondment |
| Organisation | Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We have made the arrangements and authorised for the student to spend 3 months on an industry-based secondment with one of our industry partners. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy will provide technical support, mentoring and knowledge exchange as well as access to test equipment and data. |
| Impact | Knowledge exchange, technical assistance and advice, first-hand experience of working in the industry facilities and guidance on the direction of future research for the PhD student, Tianyi Liu. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Industry based secondment |
| Organisation | Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We have made the arrangements and authorised for the student to spend 3 months on an industry-based secondment with one of our industry partners. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy will provide technical support, mentoring and knowledge exchange as well as access to test equipment and data. |
| Impact | Knowledge exchange, technical assistance and advice, first-hand experience of working in the industry facilities and guidance on the direction of future research for the PhD student, Yi Wei. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Industry based secondment. |
| Organisation | Siemens AG |
| Department | Siemens plc, Keele |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Identifying a PhD student (Ximeng Wu) and a specific requirement for on-site work experience and knowledge transfer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of instruction and knowledge transfer during a secondment period. |
| Impact | Better understanding and increased knowledge of the research field and specific issues. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | MSc Apprenticeship programme. |
| Organisation | Siemens AG |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The University of Hull is hosting and teaching the new programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Siemens Gamesa are contributing expertise to provide the students with real-world application and to develop specialist knowledge of offshore wind energy engineering technologies, methods, practices and strategy. |
| Impact | It is too early to list any outcomes at this moment. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Marcus Haywood-Alexander placement |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Marcus Haywood-Alexander was a PhD student on the project initially and in July 2021 he started as a Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield as part of a short-term placement. His role is to design, develop, build, manage and maintain the experimental system for measuring the physical twin as part of a new Digital Twins for High Value Engineering (DTHIVE) project. He is managing a team of peers to perform experiments, having created an experimental tracking system to record and keep track of all tests with relation to the database. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Providing a short-term research placement in an area directly related to the student's PhD topic. |
| Impact | Providing a short-term research placement in an area directly related to the student's PhD topic which has extended his knowledge and practical experience in the research field as well as improving his employability prospects in the future. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Membership of European Academy of Wind Energy |
| Organisation | European Academy of Wind Energy |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The University of Hull will contribute its expertise and knowledge on various areas of offshore wind energy. |
| Collaborator Contribution | EAWE is an international community that promotes and supports the development of wind energy science to exploit wind energy to its full potential for the benefit of the world |
| Impact | It is too early to identify any outcomes at this point. the collaboration is multi-disciplinary in the field of wind energy. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Permanent Magnet machines for electric power steering |
| Organisation | TRW Automotive |
| Department | TRW Automotive Technical Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Developed global optimization techniques for designing motors for power steering; Analyzed the manufacturing tolerances. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contributed to technical discussions; Provided TRW's specifications and requirements. |
| Impact | Technical reports provided to TRW A joint technical paper to be presented at PEMD2020. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Title | Cooling of an electric generator. |
| Description | Cooling of an electric generator. |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Patent / Patent application |
| Year Protection Granted | 2021 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | None |
| Title | Electrical machine having a segmented stator or rotor. |
| Description | Electrical machine having a segmented stator or rotor. |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Patent / Patent application |
| Year Protection Granted | 2022 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | none |
| Title | Electrical machine with a segmented stator or rotor. |
| Description | Electrical machine with a segmented stator or rotor. |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Patent / Patent application |
| Year Protection Granted | 2020 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | None |
| Title | Method for determining the rotational position of a rotor in a permanent magnet synchronous machine |
| Description | Method for determining the rotational position of a rotor in a permanent magnet synchronous machine |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Patent / Patent application |
| Year Protection Granted | 2019 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | not applicable |
| Title | Segmented stator electrical machine. |
| Description | Segmented stator electrical machine. |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Patent / Patent application |
| Year Protection Granted | 2018 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | none |
| Title | Segmented stator electrical machine. |
| Description | Segmented stator electrical machine. |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Patent / Patent application |
| Year Protection Granted | 2022 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | None |
| Title | Voltage control of a dc link. |
| Description | Voltage control of a dc link. |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Patent / Patent application |
| Year Protection Granted | 2020 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | none |
| Description | "Fibre Bragg Gratings: Monitoring of infusion process in liquid composite moulding manufacturing" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Tom Allsop gave a verbal presentation to SPIE Photonics Europe. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | "The Future of Renewable Energy" webinar. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof James Gilbert, Work Package 4 Leader, University of Hull, presented this webinar to the Yorkshire and Humber Institute of Technology which consists of seven regional colleges. Industry collaborators and the general public also attended. One industrial participant is interested in collaborative work on the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | %th Annual Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Our 5th and final project Annual Meeting was held on 24th March 2023 at The Science Museum in London. As usual we heard from our four Work Package Leaders, giving a full progress report on their research and highlighting the many positive outcomes and impacts that had been achieved. After lunch, the Advisory Board and Management Board members held a brief discussion session to identify possible future activities and continued collaboration between the partners, and to reflect on the success of the partnership. The event, and the project, were formally concluded by our Advisory Board Chair, Professor Peter Tavner, who expressed thanks to everyone who had so hard and with such great commitment over the five and a half years of the project resulting in an incredibly impactful and successful collaboration. He was then thanked for his input and guidance over the course of the project by the two Principal Investigators and given gifts of appreciation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 'Pint of Science Festival' Going Offshore: The Future of UK Energy, Hull, 9 May 2022. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On 5th May Professor Jim Gilbert gave a presentation and led a discussion as part of the 'Pint of Science' Festival. His session was entitled "The role of offshore wind in meeting net zero targets" and is summarised as: Offshore wind has been widely promoted as a key technology for the UK to meet a large proportion of its energy needs and to address net zero targets but there are significant challenges still to overcome if this is to be achieved. These include issues around the available wind resource and what happens when the wind does not blow, the environmental impacts of large numbers of marine structures and the use of scarce resources in turbines and associated equipment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/planet-earth |
| Description | 'Pint of Science' Festival, Sheffield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of the national, annual 'Pint of Science' festival our project manager, Keith Dean, gave a presentation to an audience of around fifty members of the public, highlighting the successes of the project and explaining the numerous outcomes and impacts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 2 Day visit to Brande, Denmark, for presentations, discussions and site visits. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Prof.Zhu gave a presentation to Siemens Gamesa engineers and senior managers entitled "Electrical Machines and Drives; the Revolution Continues." The 2-day event also included a discussion session on the technical cheallenges and fuure research issues for wind turbine generators, and visits to a production line and to the top of an on-shore turbine. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 2nd Project Annual Meeting and meeting of Advisory Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | In September 2019 The University of Hull hosted the second annual meeting of the project to which we invited members of our Advisory Board, members of our Management Board, all the academic supervisors from the three universities, and all the PDRAs and PhD students who had been appointed. Over sixty members of the project were present on the first day to hear about the nature of the research being undertaken in the four work packages and to hear from the Work Package Leaders on progress that has been made in the last twelve months. In addition, we reported back on actions taken in response to the recommendations made by the Advisory Board at the previous meeting. We ran a poster competition, with all the PDRAs and PhD students eligible to enter, which we asked the members of Advisory Board and Management Board to judge. The prizes were awarded at a social event in the evening. The second day began with presentations from a selection of the PhD students to provide more detailed information on the type of research being undertaken on the project. Many useful comments and questions were posed by our industrial partners which the students and their supervisors will take on board as they plan their next steps. We completed the event with meetings of both the Management and Advisory Boards which were followed by a feedback and discussion session to allow the key project stakeholders to hear the thoughts, recommendations and advice of the Advisory Board as part of their remit to help improve the relevance and efficacy of the research being conducted. We are sincerely grateful for all the contributions from the Advisory Board members and welcome their input and their continuing future involvement in our work. A number of important recommendations have been generated from the event and the Management Board look forward to implementing them in the coming months. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 2nd UK India Offshore Wind Summit, Chennai, 10th March 2023. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor James Gilbert was a member of a skills panel session at this event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 3rd Project Annual Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | It was a shame we were not able to hold a conference-style event for Annual Meeting this year because of lockdown restrictions, but we went ahead with an on-line, virtual version to which all project members and a representative from EPSRC were invited. The objective was to provide a full update on the progress over the previous 15 months, primarily to members of our Advisory Board. The Principal Investigators and the four Work Package Leaders gave live presentations which were well received and created some interesting and informative discussions. All the PhD students and Post-Doc researchers had produced short, 5 minute, video presentations of their work and these were made available to project members via our web site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | 4th project Annual Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The meeting began with presentations from our industrial partners, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Ørsted, who reported on the successes and research relevance of the work being undertaken, specifically in response to a request from the project Advisory Board for clarification on this. We then heard from the four Work Package leaders on the progress made and the issues that had arisen over the past twelve months. After separate meetings of the Advisory and Management Boards, we reconvened for a feedback session at which the Advisory Board praised the continued, excellent research and collaboration that was clearly evident across the full scope of the partnership. The final part of the formal meeting was a series of presentations from some of the post-doctoral researchers and PhD students currently working on the project. Three groups had been formed, each including a cross-section of members from the three universities and the four work packages. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://npow.org.uk/4th-annual-meeting-aalborg-denmark-25-april-2022/ |
| Description | AURA Energy Breakfast meeting, October 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof R Patton and Dr Y Liu were invited to talk at an AURA Energy breakfast meeting in October 2019. Their presentation was entitled "Smart Wind Turbine Fault Tolerance and Load Balancing." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Attended International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM2018), 3-5 Sept. 2018, Alexandroupolis, Greece. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended the conference, communicated with global researchers on various topics particularly associated with wind power generation, and presented 6 papers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Continued interaction with industrial partners. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | As a result of travel restrictions resulting from the pandemic, we have changed the way we report to, and receive feedback from, our industrial partners. In the past we have arranged in-person presentations to report on research progress and make trips to Denmark to maintain our close collaborations. It is pleasing to report that the flexible, revised arrangements have worked well for all four Work Packages with no detriment to the quality of the reporting or feedback. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Durham University 'Celebrate Science' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Professor Simon Hogg, our principal academic lead from the Durham University, and Aidan Duffy, one of our PhD students there, took part in this 3-day community festival during the half-term school holidays to share their passion for science and engineering with 7-11 years olds and their families. The information, equipment and samples on their stall explained about the power of wind and demonstrated a wind turbine in action. Over 6,000 visitors attended the event and a feature was included on BBC Look North (North East and Cumbria) Evening News on 27th October. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Electrical Machine Drives Group Symposium, Sheffield 15 September 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Profoessor Zhu gave a keynote speech to the group providing an update into the research in the Electrical Machines and Drives Group and, more generally, in the sector as a whole. He shared some of the successes and outputs of the Prosperity Partnership project. Professor Geraint Jewell, Director of the Future Machine Manufacturing Hub, also gave a presentation on the work of that project and we also heard from the IEEE student branch on their recent activities. We organised a research poster competition for undergraduate students, postgraduates and Post-Doctoral researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | First Project Annual Meeting and Meeting of the Advisory Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | In October 2018 The University of Sheffield hosted the first annual meeting of the project to which we invited members of our Advisory Board, members of our Management Board, all the academic supervisors from the three universities, and all the PDRAs and PhD students who had been appointed. Over forty members of the project were present on the first day to hear about the nature of the research being undertaken in the four work packages and to hear from the Work Package Leaders on progress that has been made in the first twelve months. On the second day we held meetings of both the Management and Advisory Boards. These were followed by a feedback and discussion session to allow the key project stakeholders to hear the thoughts, recommendations and advice of the Advisory Board as part of their remit to help improve the relevance and efficacy of the research being conducted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Future Machine Manufacturing Hub Annual Conference, Sheffield, 13 Septemvbr 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Project members attended the conference, alongside a wide range of delegates from many partner industries and associated sectors. to hear progress updates on the latest work of the hub and on its future objectives. The event also included a tour of the facilities at the Factory 2020 site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Global Offshore Wind Conference 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International virtual conference (over 2,500 delegates) that aimed "to provide insight, debate and opportunities to do business" for all stakeholders in the offshore wind sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Global Offshore Wind Conference 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A number of project members attended the conference and some members of our Advisory Board and Management Board were guest speakers/presenters at some of the sessions. It gave the opportunity for attendees to learn more about the GOW landscape and how recent government policies and targets would affect the industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://events.renewableuk.com/gow21-programme |
| Description | ICEM Conf., Sweden. Aug. 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A conference paper was presented "Influence of air gap in transverse flux permanent magnet machines for wind power applications." Kumar R, Zhu Z-Q, Duke A, Thomas A, Clark R which will have disseminated and promoted the latest research on the PP project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://icem2020.se/ |
| Description | IEEE-ECCE 2019 Conference and Expo, 29 Sept - 3 Oct 2019, Baltimore, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Prof Zhu and other members of the project gave presentations to the audience on Electrical Machines and Drives; Power Electronics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.ieee-ecce.org/2019/ |
| Description | IFAC Safeprocess Conference, Warsaw, August 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Yanhua Liu gave a presentation of the work (Y Liu and R J Patton) "Fault-tolerant Individual Pitch Control using Adaptive Sliding Mode Observer" at an invited special session about "Fault tolerant control of wind turbines". The session, organised by Prof. Ron Patton and Dr Silvio Simani (University of Ferrara) provided an excellent forum for discussion with other researchers working on this subject. The other sessions presenters are world experts in the is subject. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/138614/7/Fault%20tolerant%20individual%20pitch%20control%20using%20ad... |
| Description | Industry Awareness event for all post-doctroal research associates and PhD students. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | a 3-day event of seminars and workshops that also included visits to a Siemens Gamesa blade factory and training facility, and to Orsted's operation and maintenance facility in Grimsby. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited Talk at Angers University. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Nikos Dervilis gave an invited talk on Robust Novelty Detection to the Institut Universitaire de Technologie at the University of Angers, France, in May 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited Talk at ETH University, Zurich. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Nikos Dervilis gave an invited talk on Complexity in Engineering Systems to an audience at ETH University, Zurich, Switzerland in July 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited Talk to Los Alamos National Laboratory Summer School, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Nikos Dervilis gave a talk on Offshore Wind to an audience made up of students, academics and industrial collaborators at a summer school at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in California, USA in June 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited talk IET Power Electronics Machines and Drives International Conference, Liverpool, June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Prof Zhu gave an invited talk to the conference to heighten awareness of current issues in this research area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited talk and lecture to Los Alamos National Laboratories Engineering School, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture to the prestigious Los Alamos National Laboratories Engineering Summer/Training School. It is one of the top Engineering Schools in the USA with top undergraduate students across US academia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited talk and lecture to Los Alamos National Laboratories Engineering School, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture to the prestigious Los Alamos National Laboratories Engineering Summer/Training School. It is one of the top Engineering Schools in the USA with top undergraduate students across US academia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited talk and lecture to Los Alamos National Laboratories Engineering School, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture to the prestigious Los Alamos National Laboratories Engineering Summer/Training School. It is one of the top Engineering Schools in the USA with top undergraduate students across US academia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited talk and lecture to Los Alamos National Laboratories Engineering School, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture to the prestigious Los Alamos National Laboratories Engineering Summer/Training School. It is one of the top Engineering Schools in the USA with top undergraduate students across US academia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited talk and lecture to Los Alamos National Laboratories Engineering School, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture to the prestigious Los Alamos National Laboratories Engineering Summer/Training School. It is one of the top Engineering Schools in the USA with top undergraduate students across US academia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Invited talk at Columbia University, New York, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Dervilis gave a talk on Population-based Structural Health Monitoring for Offshore Wind. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited talk at Columbia University, New York, USA, for Dr Nikolaos Dervilis and Professor Keith Worden. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A series of invited talks from Columbia University as part of a technical seminar to establish collaboration and common research activities. This specific talk was about offshore wind turbine performance monitoring, and about how the use of offshore wind farms has been growing in recent years in the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited talk, ETH University, Zurich, Swizerland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentations and extensive research discussion around the subject of offshore wind energy and the use of advanced machine learning tools in the sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | JMAG European User Conference, Oct 15-17 2019, Strasbourg, France |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Prof Zhu gave a 4-hour presentation entitled "Electrical Machine Technologies, Topologies and Applications" at the JMAG User Workshop and Rajesh Kumar presented on "3D design of transverse flux machine." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://events.powersys-solutions.com/jmag-europe-user-conference-2019/ |
| Description | Knowledge Exchange presentation, P Taras, Brande |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | On 27th April Professor Z-Q Zhu and Dr Petrica Taras visited the SGRE team in Brande, Denmark. The meeting's goal was for Petrica to present his work and receive feedback at an important point in the research, and in addition to the regular progress update reports. This Knowledge Exchange event was presented to members of the thermal team, including some joining online from India, as well as other SGRE colleagues. Title: "Thermal and Cooling Aspects of Large Wind Power PM Generators." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Knowledge sharing seminar, DU + Orsted, 01/10/2020, WP3.1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Richard Williams presented a progress update on project 3.1 to an internal knowledge sharing seminar 3.1 with around 80 attendees including colleagues from Ørsted and other project managers. It is anticipated that this event will repeated in future years. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Panelist in TV programme on offshore wind TRT World |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | one of three panelists discussing the challenges and opportunities in offshore wind and the importance of research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJNs5iWjiB0 |
| Description | Presence at Global Offshore Wind Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | AURA attended, and had a stand at, the Global Offshore Wind Conference held in London in June 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presence at Wind Europe Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | AURA attended, and had a stand at, the Wind Energy Europe Conference held in Copenhagen in November 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Detroit, Michigan, US, 11-15 October, 2020. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Two conference papers were presented; "Improved Sensorless Control Method for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines Considering Resistance Asymmetry and Temperature Variation" Liu T, Zhu Z-Q, Wu Z Y, Stone D, Foster M "Frequency-domain based windings voltage distribution modelling for converter-fed electrical machines." Wei Y, Griffo A, Gonzalez F, Bhide R, Samanta S, Clark R, Thomas A, Zhu Z-Q which will have promoted and disseminated the research being undertaken on the PP project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ieee-ecce.org/2020/ |
| Description | Presentation at UK Association of Computational Mechanics, Loughborough University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We gave a presentation named "A comparison of implicit time discretisation techniques" by G. Pretti, W. M. Coombs, and C.E. Augarde, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation to Energi Coast offshore wind cluster innovation group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Shared experience of prompting innovation in the offshore wind sector and presenting outcomes from various research projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.energicoast.co.uk/ |
| Description | Presentation to Yorkshire and Humber Institiute of Technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presented challenges and opportunities for innovation in offshore wind |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentations to Electrobras |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Prof James Gilbert gave two presentations on offshore wind energy to twenty engineers from the Brazilian company who are seeking to start developing their offshore wind capabilities. The events were facilitated by the Department of Trade and the Brazilian Embassy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentations to Global Offshore Wind, Manchester, 22 June 2022. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Members of our project team presented two sessions at this event in the Partnership Hub. "How can academia support the growth of the offshore wind industry?" David Bould (Ørsted), together with Andrew Elmes (SGRE), Louise Smith (Aura) and Agota Mockute (University of Hull). "Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy + University of Hull: A partnership story." Jim Gilbert (University of Hull) and Chris Briggs (SGRE). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://events.renewableuk.com/gow22-programme |
| Description | Project Exposition to Policy Makers and Stakeholders, Royal Academy of Engineering, 23rd March 2023. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | One of the key aims of the project has always been to promote and disseminate the outputs and successes that we have achieved but it was also very important to stress the need for further investment in research in this field to continue so that even more advancements and improvements can be created to bring down the cost of offshore wind energy even further. To facilitate this we arranged a prestigious event, held at the Royal Academy of Engineering, and invited a wide variety of people representing policy makers, research funders, industries and other key stakeholders. After a welcome and introduction from our industrial Principal Investigator, Dr Arwyn Thomas of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, we heard from Professor Peter Tavner, our Advisory Board Chair, and from Andrew Elmes (SGRE) on their observations around the current offshore wind energy landscape and future priorities. Our four Work Package Leaders gave presentations highlighting the successes and outcomes of the research we have undertaken which were followed by a 'Show and Tell' exhibition session where some of our PhD Students and Post-doctoral Research Associates demonstrated and explained some of the innovations in more detail. Finally, alongside a drinks reception, the event was wrapped up by Benj Sykes (Ørsted) and Clark MacFarlane (SGRE) giving an executive summary on the future of offshore wind from their perspectives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Project web site |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A dedicated project web site to raise awareness of the project to the general public and the research community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.npow.group.shef.ac.uk |
| Description | Promotion and Dissemination event (WP1) 28 July 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A series of presentations were given: 1 to explain the nature of the Prosperity Partnership project and their aims (Stephen Webb, EPSRC) 2 to explain the associated work being carried out with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult 3 to describe the collaboration relationship and the benefits to one of our industrial partners (Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy) 4 to provide an overview of the research being done in the Electrical Machines and Drives Group and the University of Sheffield, and 5 to give more specific details of some of the live projects. A Q&A session at the end attracted some interesting questions and all the presentations have been made available via the project web site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://npow.group.shef.ac.uk/promotion-and-dissemination-event-28-july-2021/ |
| Description | Promotion and Dissemination event (WP2) 9 February 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | We held an online promotion and dissemination event to showcase the research being done in the Dept of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield; on WP" of the Prosperity Partnership. It was run jointly with projects in the same department that are going ahead as part of the Powertrain Research Hub collaboration with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://npow.org.uk/promotion-and-dissemination-event-28-july-2021/ |
| Description | Research Progress Meeting and Site Visitt |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | During a visit to the SGRE offices in Brande, Denmark, from 25th to 29th November 2019, Weijiang Lin and Chandula Wickramarachchi had the opportunity to meet with the staff from Siemens Gamesa who provide support to their research. The discussions were extremely useful for both sides in reaching an agreement on the research directions of the projects, and gaining a clear understanding of what resources are available and best suitable. Support for technical issues was immediately available as they were encountered. It was encouraging to hear that the staff in Brande had a great interest in the potential in our projects and a strong willingness to provide whatever resources were needed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Research progress meeting and site visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | From 25th-28th November 2019, Jack Barker travelled to Ørsted offices in Copenhagen with his supervisor, Toby Breckon, for the formal project kick-off meeting for Work Package 2.1 and to agree more details of Ørsted's requirements for in-situ blade inspection. They discussed an outline of future testing and the provision of blade samples to Durham University and set up monthly progress teleconferences. On 26th they visited the test site at Avendore. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Research progress meeting with industrial sponsor. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Project members from the Dynamics Research Group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield continued their series of technical review meetings by returning to Brande in September. They were able to follow up on the advice and feedback from their visit in June and receive further guidance on how the research should progress over the coming months. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Research progress presentation videos. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | As part of the project's 3rd Annual Meeting at the end of February 2021, each PhD student and Post-Doctoral Research Associate produced a 5-minjute video presentation of progress on their work. We have made a selection of them available for viewing via the project web site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://npow.group.shef.ac.uk/3rd-annual-meeting-25-february-2021/ |
| Description | SGRE 6-monthly technical presentation event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The latest of our 6-monthly events where all the PhD students and Post-Docs on the project (in the EMD group at Sheffield) present their work to managers and engineers from Siemens Gamesa. Our colleagues from SGRE give valuable feedback and guidance that steers the research work and ensures it is aligned with their requirements. The students are asked to respond to the comments and will begin their presentations at the next event by reporting on their actions as a result of them. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | SGRE Technical Wokshop (Dynamics Resesarch Group) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our first technical presentation and feedback event for the post-doctoral research associates and PhD students in the Dynamics Research Group. The event tok lace in Brande, Denmark, and allowed the researchers to get informed, expert advice and guidance from one of our main industrial partners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | SGRE Technical presentations (June 2019) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A continuation of the 6-monthly technical presentations by students and PDRAs in EMD to our industrial partners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | SUPERGEN Wind General Assembly, Dundee, November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Yanhua Liu provided a poster (Supervisors R J Patton and J M Gilbert) "Wind Turbine Structural Load Reduction with Pitch Sensor Fault Compensation". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.supergen-wind.org.uk/research/nov2018generalassembly |
| Description | Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy - University of Sheffield 10 year collaboration anniversary. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Sheffield Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Research Centre (S²GRE) celebrated its 10 year anniversary at a dinner and drinks reception held at the Siemens Mindsphere Lounge in The Diamond at the University of Sheffield. The innovative collaboration between the Electrical Machines and Drives research group from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Siemens Gamesa has developed the most reliable, innovative and efficient wind turbine generators for the global market since 2009. The evening saw key players of the collaborative partnership share the successes of the last 10 years to an audience of The University of Sheffield academics and Siemens Gamesa colleagues. The S²GRE Centre is now focusing on the future by developing second generation off-shore wind power generators with further improved power density and reduced cost. The Centre forms a key element of the University's strategic collaboration with Siemens Gamesa. The broad partnership is developing innovative solutions for global challenges in renewable energy, working across disciplines as part of the University's Energy Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Siemens-Gamesa Renewable Energy Technical Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Our 3rd Technical Workshop event, over 2 days, allowed all the PhD students and PDRAs working in the EMD Research Group at the University of Sheffield the opportunity to present their research to an audience of SGRE engineers from Brande, Keele and Sheffield. The constructive feedback and advice we received is ensuring that the work remains fully aligned to industry priorities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Siemens-Gamesa Renewable Energy Technical Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We continued with our 6-monthly programme of presentations by the PhD students and PDRAs working on the project. Each was asked to give an update on their work taking account of the feedback they had received from the first event in January. Their progress, the scope of their work and their plans for future research were all assessed against the requirements of our industrial partners. Attended by engineers/managers from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Keele UK, and Brande Denmark. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Siemens-gamesa Renewable Energy Technical Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Overview the global research activities associated with the project (literature review) and make plans for the research topics, scopes, and major directions. Attended by Engineers/managers from Siemens-Gamesa Renewable Energy, Keele, UK, and Brande, Denmark. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Siemens-gamesa Renewable Energy Technical Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Brainstorming session on research topics for Direct-Drive Wind Power Generators, 21 Nov. 2017, attended by Engineers/managers from Siemens-Gamesa Renewable Energy, Brande, Denmark. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Siemens-gamesa Renewable Energy Technical Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Brainstorming session on research topics for converter topologies for Wind Turbine Generators, 10 Oct. 2017, attended by Engineers/managers from Siemens-Gamesa Renewable Energy, Keele, UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Site visit to Siemens Gamesa facilities in Aalborg, Denmark |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | At the end of April two of our research staff at the University of Hull were invited to visit Siemens Gamesa facilities in Aalborg, Denmark. Waseem Tahir and Thomas Allsop wanted to find out more about the manufacturing process of wind turbine blades and to reaffirm that their research, on Work Package 4.2, was continuing in line with the requirements of our industry partner. At the same time it was possible to better understand the SGRE objectives with regards to structural heath monitoring and performance during the wind turbines operation offshore, along with the optimisation of the manufacturing process of the blades. During their stay they were shown around the factory to learnt more about the manufacturing process of the wind turbine blades and, in particular, to understand the process of the infusion of resin within the reinforcements in the mould and issues arising from it. The experience has given them an opportunity to propose alternative methods and monitoring of various stages and to then study the flow of the resin during the process. It is hoped that this could lead to a significant reduction in the amount of repair and maintenance of the blades. Other issues around the temperature control of the mould-filling process are also being considered now that the problems are better understood. Siemens Gamesa has agreed to supply materials and samples to allow for further investigation and testing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Site visit to Wind Turbine, Denmark |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | One of our Post-Doctoral Research Associates, Richard Williams, got the opportunity to witness the installation of sensors on two near-shore Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbines owned and operated by Ørsted, in Copenhagen on the 24th of January 2019. The Oil Contamination Monitor (CJC® OCM15), which measures particles and the condition of the oil, was supplied and installed by C.C.Jensen and is now giving valuable baseline data for the project. During the trip, Richard also took the opportunity to visit the test facilities at C.C.Jensen in Svendborg. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Supergen 2019 Annual Assembly |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Eight members of the project, and two members of our Advisory Board, attended the Supegen Annual Assembly at the University of Strathclyde in November 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Supergen Annual Assembly |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Over 400 delegates (four times the usual attendance) attended sessions of this virtual conference over the course of a week. Both of the industrial partners on our project, Ørsted and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, are represented on the Advisory Board of this hub which is chaired by Paul McKeever (Head of Electrical Research at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult); a member of our own Advisory Board. Good networking opportunities for our project members alongside learning and developmental opportunities on what is going on in the sector at the moment, and the political and environmental consequences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Supergen Autumn Assembly, Oxford, September 29th 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Members of our project presented at, and took part in panel sessions at, this event attended by people from many organisations involved in the ORE sector. It is a regular event that provides updates on the overall scope of work of Supergen, on progress with the research they have funded and includes discussion sessions about topics important to the sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://supergen-ore.net/news-and-events/supergen-ore-hub-autumn-assembly |
| Description | Supergen ORE Hub 4th Annual Assembly |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International conference on wind energy issues with attendance from industry, policy makers, academia, sponsors and students. Three days of presentations/discussions and parallel sessions on a wide range of topics related to the sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://eu-webapp.spotme.com/a1416b423d86cdefac80ffdcd749f136/home-feed |
| Description | TRT World News, discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Our project leads from Durham University and the University of Hull (Prof Simon Hogg and Prof Jim Gilbert) took part in a discussion and debate about the development and benefits of floating wind technology, with a colleague from Loughborough University. The broadcast was on TRT World News. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJNs5iWjiB0 |
| Description | UKACC Control Conference, Sheffield, September 2018, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Yanhua Liu gave a presentation (Y Liu and R J Patton) "Wind Turbine Load Mitigation using MPC with Gaussian Wind Speed Prediction" is a session "Energy and Power Systems" at this conference. The session provided an excellent forum for discussion with other researchers working on Power and Energy Systems in a wider context. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8516882 |
| Description | University Press Releases, and media responses and reactions. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In March 2023, immediately preceding our prestigious Exposition Event at The Royal Academy of Engineering, the three Universities released press statements which attracted a lot of attention from a wide range of organisations; regional and national. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Videos and animations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We have produced a final video recording that outlines the scope of the project, describes the areas of research undertaken, and explains the key outputs. We also created a 60-second summarised version that concentrates predominantly on the outputs, and also a short animation film that helps describe the research in non-technical language. All three universities have put the videos on their departmental web sites and they have also been shared with media outlets/contacts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/eee/research/areas/energy/epsrc-prosperity-partnership-new-partnership-o... |
| Description | Visit to Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg, Denmark |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | On Wednesday 26th April, a group of academic staff, research staff and PhD students from the University of Sheffield, along with Peter Tavner the chair of our Advisory Board, visited the Department of Energy Technology at Aalborg University. Hosted by Professor Frede Blaabjerg, we received a presentation on the structure of the department and its areas of research excellence and activities, particularly in power electronic systems, before embarking on a tour of their extensive and impressive suite of modern research laboratories. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://npow.org.uk/visit-to-department-of-energy-technology-aalborg-university-denmark-27-april-202... |
| Description | Visit to Osterild onshore test facilty |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | On Tuesday 26th April, a group of 28 project members made the journey to the Ørsterild onshore test centre on the north coast. We were given a presentation from Allan Vesth of DTU explaining the history of the site and on how it operates to assist with turbine technology development. Three of the nine test sites are currently rented by SGRE so Esben Orlowitz and Claus Schroeder told us how SGRE use the facilities to test and develop their turbine equipment. After a tour of the site from a DTU guide, we were allowed some free time to walk around and explore for ourselves. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://npow.org.uk/4rd-annual-meeting-25-april-2022/ |
| Description | Visit to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy facilities at Keele University. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Six PhD students, four Academic supervisors and one colleague for our industry sponsor made a visit to see the laboratories and facilities that Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy have at Keele University. They were given: and introduction to SGRE (global company), an Introduction to Keele & Glasgow, a presentation on "The Wind Industry, Status, Prospects and Main Technical Issues", an explanation of active development projects, an introduction to research work ongoing (outside of Sheffield), a description of Graduate experiences and a tour of laboratories. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to facilities of the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Blyth, 18 Oct 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | We are grateful to the staff at OREC for allowing us to visit their facilities in Blyth. Project members from the Prosperity Partnership were joined by colleagues working on the Powertrain Research Hub programme that is jointly-funded by OREC. Our group of over 20 included post-doctoral RAs, PhD students, academic and industrial supervisors, and other members of our Management Board. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visits to Siemens Gamesa turbine blade factory, Hull,11 July 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Project members visited the SGRE blade factory in Hull to see and understand better the manufacturing process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | WP 3.3 Presentation, R Patton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | On 25th February 2022 Professor Ron Patton from the University of Hull gave a presentation on the work he has been leading in work package 3.3 to an audience that included members of the project Advisory Board, Management Board, academic colleagues, PhD students, post-doctoral researchers and industrial partners. Together with post-doctoral research associate Yanhua Liu, Prof Patton has been undertaking research into 'Pitch and Rotor System Level Fault Monitoring' and his presentation gave an update on progress as well as an indication as to how the work underpins, complements and might influence the work in other areas of the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://npow.org.uk/pitch-and-rotor-system-level-fault-monitoring/ |
| Description | Workshop on modelling and sensing with casting team in Aalborg |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Project team members held a workshop with ten SGRE colleagues from the casting team in Aalborg to exchange details of current research progress and future plans and to provide background to the new CDT PhD project on casting process simulation. This has led to identifying additional routes to collaborate on monitoring of defects in blades, linking in to the Reliablade project in which SGRE are a partner. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission Conference, Leeds, 15 November 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor James Gilbert represented the project at this important conference which was hosted by BBC journalist and climate correspondent Paul Hudson. At a session entitled 'Yorkshire's Green Energy Future', Jim spoke about his roles within AURA and the Prosperity Partnership project and, specifically, about the benefits from the very successful collaborative approach taken by all the partners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Z.Q. Zhu, "A new partnership in off-shore wind," Keynote speech at SUPERGEN Wind General Assembly, Manchester, 16 Nov., 2017. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Z.Q. Zhu was invited to give an over-view on the project "A new partnership in off-shore wind", as a keynote speech at SUPERGEN Wind General Assembly, Manchester, 16 Nov., 2017, which was attended by approximately 60 members including researchers form the universities and engineers and managers from the industries.. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Z.Q. Zhu, "High efficiency and power density wind power generator systems with increased reliability and lower cost", Royal Academy of Engineering Research Forum, Invited Poster presentation, 20 November 2018, London. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Z.Q. Zhu gave an invited poster presentation entitled "High efficiency and power density wind power generator systems with increased reliability and lower cost" at Royal Academy of Engineering Research Forum, 20 November 2018, London. There were >100 participants, including Fellows of Royal Academy of Engineering, Research Chairs, Research Fellows. It sparked many questions and discussion afterwards, followed by a research seminar on 6 December 2018 at the University of Sheffield on "Fully superconducting machines for future electric aircraft" given by Dr Min Zhang, RAE Research Fellow, from Strathclyde University, as arranged by Professor Steve Williamson, Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering. Future co-operation on superconducting machines for wind power application between Sheffield and Strathclyde was discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | iMech Wind Turbine User Group Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Organised by engineers representing the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the inaugural Wind Turbine User Group offered attendees two days of technical content and knowledge sharing to support all engineers involved with wind turbine assets. The event is part of a popular series of power industry user groups that enable those involved in the management, operation and maintenance of wind turbines to discuss common problems and issues to exchange ideas, identify potential solutions and learn a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://events.imeche.org/ViewEvent?code=CON7232 |
| Description | presentation at workshop session, IFAC Safeprocess 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Ron Patton and Yanhua Liu presented a paper, "Pitch and Rotor System Level Fault Monitoring and Fault Tolerant Load Mitigation" at a workshop session on 'Recent Advances, Challenges and Solutions in Wind Turbine Advanced Control, Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |