Networking of Distributed Sensors for Proactive Condition Monitoring of Wind Turbines

Completed

Renewable Energy Sources(Wind Energy)

Basic and strategic applied research

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Professor IW Marshall
Lancaster Environment Centre
Lancaster University

Standard

EPSRC

01 October 2005

31 March 2007

18 months

£481,599

Info. & commun. Technol.

North West

Information & Communication Technology

Professor IW Marshall, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University

Dr KD McDonald-Maier, Computing and Electronic Systems, University of Essex

Project Contact, Scottish Power Ltd
Project Contact, Agilent Technologies UK Ltd
Project Contact, Moog Insensys Ltd
Project Contact, MESL Microwave Limited
Project Contact, National Engineering Laboratory
Project Contact, Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology

NB This garnt is linked to EP/C014804/1 and EP/C547594/1

This project addresses the investigation and demonstration of techniques that enable proactive automated control and management of sensor arrays, focusing in particular on applications of sensor arrays in the operation and management of wind farms. The research will identify desirable proactive behaviours and propose novel nature-inspired algorithms to deliver them. It will also explore mechanisms that facilitate the use of proactive control and management software includinga) a policy drivenmanagement infrastructure that will use high level user goals to constrain the instrument level proactive behaviours,b) a parallel platform that supports appropriate observation, communication and actuation, andc) a lightweight, resilient peer to peer wireless communications architecture.The project will integrate the results of this research into a large scale demonstration intended for deployment at a hilltop windfarm

11/09/07