Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | W/44/00658/00/00 | |
| Title | Stealth Technology for Wind Turbines (STWT) | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Wind Energy) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 25%; Applied Research and Development 75%; |
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| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials) 25%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 50%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 25%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 90%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 10%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Mr J (Jon ) Pinto No email address given BAE Systems (Operations) Limited |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | DTI | |
| Start Date | 15 September 2005 | |
| End Date | 30 September 2007 | |
| Duration | 24 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £1,141,961 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Aerospace and Defence | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | WIND | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Mr J (Jon ) Pinto , BAE Systems (Operations) Limited (99.997%) |
| Other Investigator | Professor B (Barry ) Chambers , Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield (0.001%) Dr Z (Zoe ) Moore , Vestas Technology UK Ltd (0.001%) Professor A (Anthony ) Brown , Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester (0.001%) |
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| Web Site | ||
| Objectives | STWT is a £1.2M project part-funded by the Department of Trade and Industry to bring military aerospace stealth technology to wind turbines. The project commenced in November 2005 and is forecast to complete in October 2007. Many proposed wind farms are objected to by government and civil bodies representing the interests of radar users on the basis that detection of targets in the vicinity of wind farms may be impaired. This applies to military airdefence radars, civil and military air traffic control radars, meteorological radars and marine vessel and shore based coastal radars, among others. The STWT programme consists of 16 Work packages, each of which is sub-divided into a series of sub-tasks as described in a “Level 2 plan document” and “Work Breakdown Structure”. In the initial requirements capture phase, data relating tovarious radar types, on and offshore wind farms, both existing ‘round 1’ and proposed ‘round 2’, were collected along with detailed information on the geometry, materials and construction methods associated with wind turbine production. These requirements were then drafted into a target specification along with antcipated costs of manufacture for a low observable wind turbine based on the market expectation of future turbine costs. The consortium consists of BAE SYSTEMS Advanced Technology Centre as the lead partner with the University of Manchester, University of Sheffield and the wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Technology. | |
| Abstract | ||
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
