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Mega Windforce builds a new type of wind turbine.In a conventional wind turbine, all forces come together in a central axis, creating a vulnerable part in the design. The forces and shifts in the central axis are increasing with the ever-increasing turbines. This means that the central axle must become more and more robust, as well as the corresponding bearings and the gearbox. These components slowly but surely move towards the limits that the current materials can handle in the current design. With this data, the idea was created from the drawing board to apply a ring in the design to replace this central axis. After all, the energy generated hardly comes from this central area. Because of this new idea, another transfer was no longer necessary. The solution to the problem of current turbines is threefold: use of lighter materials-alternative ring generator to generate the current -a better distribution of forces within the system The last (and most important) observation: 80 % of the energy generated by a wind turbine is generated by the outer 20 % of the blades. This has led to a different construction concept of a wind turbine. The unique concept lies in the fact that the turbine is designed without a central axis, without nacelle (the housing at the top of the mast where the wind force conversion takes place) and without a gearbox. This has a number of advantages:-The cost per amount of energy produced is significantly lower. Depending on the diameter of the turbine, it is tens of percent.-The construction of the turbine is simple and fast compared to the conventional turbines. So inexpensive.-The design also causes much less noise and much less drop shadow than with conventional turbines;-The reliability of the turbine is many times higher. Existing techniques from other industries that are uniquely combined with each other are used.- Maintenance of the MWF turbines is currently estimated at < 1 % of the cost price, which can be considered very low within the market. All of this is now being applied by MWF in a prototype with a diameter of 12 meters. (English) | |||||||||||||||
| Property / summary: Mega Windforce builds a new type of wind turbine.In a conventional wind turbine, all forces come together in a central axis, creating a vulnerable part in the design. The forces and shifts in the central axis are increasing with the ever-increasing turbines. This means that the central axle must become more and more robust, as well as the corresponding bearings and the gearbox. These components slowly but surely move towards the limits that the current materials can handle in the current design. With this data, the idea was created from the drawing board to apply a ring in the design to replace this central axis. After all, the energy generated hardly comes from this central area. Because of this new idea, another transfer was no longer necessary. The solution to the problem of current turbines is threefold: use of lighter materials-alternative ring generator to generate the current -a better distribution of forces within the system The last (and most important) observation: 80 % of the energy generated by a wind turbine is generated by the outer 20 % of the blades. This has led to a different construction concept of a wind turbine. The unique concept lies in the fact that the turbine is designed without a central axis, without nacelle (the housing at the top of the mast where the wind force conversion takes place) and without a gearbox. This has a number of advantages:-The cost per amount of energy produced is significantly lower. Depending on the diameter of the turbine, it is tens of percent.-The construction of the turbine is simple and fast compared to the conventional turbines. So inexpensive.-The design also causes much less noise and much less drop shadow than with conventional turbines;-The reliability of the turbine is many times higher. Existing techniques from other industries that are uniquely combined with each other are used.- Maintenance of the MWF turbines is currently estimated at < 1 % of the cost price, which can be considered very low within the market. All of this is now being applied by MWF in a prototype with a diameter of 12 meters. (English) / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / summary: Mega Windforce builds a new type of wind turbine.In a conventional wind turbine, all forces come together in a central axis, creating a vulnerable part in the design. The forces and shifts in the central axis are increasing with the ever-increasing turbines. This means that the central axle must become more and more robust, as well as the corresponding bearings and the gearbox. These components slowly but surely move towards the limits that the current materials can handle in the current design. With this data, the idea was created from the drawing board to apply a ring in the design to replace this central axis. After all, the energy generated hardly comes from this central area. Because of this new idea, another transfer was no longer necessary. The solution to the problem of current turbines is threefold: use of lighter materials-alternative ring generator to generate the current -a better distribution of forces within the system The last (and most important) observation: 80 % of the energy generated by a wind turbine is generated by the outer 20 % of the blades. This has led to a different construction concept of a wind turbine. The unique concept lies in the fact that the turbine is designed without a central axis, without nacelle (the housing at the top of the mast where the wind force conversion takes place) and without a gearbox. This has a number of advantages:-The cost per amount of energy produced is significantly lower. Depending on the diameter of the turbine, it is tens of percent.-The construction of the turbine is simple and fast compared to the conventional turbines. So inexpensive.-The design also causes much less noise and much less drop shadow than with conventional turbines;-The reliability of the turbine is many times higher. Existing techniques from other industries that are uniquely combined with each other are used.- Maintenance of the MWF turbines is currently estimated at < 1 % of the cost price, which can be considered very low within the market. All of this is now being applied by MWF in a prototype with a diameter of 12 meters. (English) / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
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Project Q3988781 in Netherlands
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | MegaWindForce wind turbine |
Project Q3988781 in Netherlands |
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961,611.58 Euro
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2,829,101.442 Euro
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33.99 percent
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1 September 2016
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21 December 2019
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Mega Windforce BV
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53°8'29.94"N, 7°3'4.07"E
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9672AW
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Mega Windforce bouwt een nieuw type windturbine.Bij een conventionele windturbine komen alle krachten samen in een centrale as, waarmee een kwetsbaar onderdeel in het ontwerp ontstaat. De krachten en afschuivingen in de centrale as nemen toe met de steeds groter wordende turbines. Hiermee moet de centrale as steeds robuuster worden, evenals de bijbehorende lagers en de eventuele tandwielkast. Deze componenten gaan bij het huidige ontwerp langzaam maar zeker richting de limieten die de huidige materialen aan kunnen. Met dit gegeven is vanuit de tekentafel de gedachte ontstaan een ring toe te passen in het ontwerp ter vervanging van deze centrale as. De opgewekte energie komt immers nauwelijks vanuit dit centrale gebied. Vanuit deze nieuwe gedachte was een andere overbrenging ook niet meer nodig. De oplossing voor de problematiek van de huidige turbines is drieledig: -gebruik van lichtere materialen-alternatieve ringgenerator om de stroom op te wekken -een betere verdeling van de krachten binnen het systeem De laatste (en belangrijkste) constatering: 80% van de door een windturbine opgewekte energie wordt opgebracht door de buitenste 20% van de bladen. Dit heeft geleid tot een andere constructie-concept van een windturbine. Het unieke in het concept ligt in het feit dat de turbine is ontworpen zonder centrale as, zonder nacelle (de behuizing op de top van de mast waar de omzetting van de windkracht plaatsvindt) en zonder versnellingsbak. Dit heeft een aantal voordelen:-De kosten per geproduceerde hoeveelheid energie liggen fors lager. Het gaat hier, afhankelijk de diameter van de turbine, om tientallen procenten.-De opbouw van de turbine gaat in vergelijking met de conventionele turbines eenvoudig en snel. Dus goedkoop.-Het ontwerp zorgt daarnaast voor veel minder geluidshinder en veel minder slagschaduw dan bij de conventionele turbines;-De betrouwbaarheid van de turbine is vele malen groter. Er wordt gebruik gemaakt van bestaande technieken uit andere industrieën die op een unieke wijze met elkaar zijn gecombineerd.-Onderhoud van de MWF turbines wordt momenteel ingeschat op < 1% van de kostprijs, hetgeen binnen de markt als zeer laag kan worden beschouwd.Dit alles wordt nu door MWF toegepast in een prototype met een diameter van 12 meter. (Dutch)
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Mega Windforce builds a new type of wind turbine.In a conventional wind turbine, all forces come together in a central axis, creating a vulnerable part in the design. The forces and shifts in the central axis are increasing with the ever-increasing turbines. This means that the central axle must become more and more robust, as well as the corresponding bearings and the gearbox. These components slowly but surely move towards the limits that the current materials can handle in the current design. With this data, the idea was created from the drawing board to apply a ring in the design to replace this central axis. After all, the energy generated hardly comes from this central area. Because of this new idea, another transfer was no longer necessary. The solution to the problem of current turbines is threefold: use of lighter materials-alternative ring generator to generate the current -a better distribution of forces within the system The last (and most important) observation: 80 % of the energy generated by a wind turbine is generated by the outer 20 % of the blades. This has led to a different construction concept of a wind turbine. The unique concept lies in the fact that the turbine is designed without a central axis, without nacelle (the housing at the top of the mast where the wind force conversion takes place) and without a gearbox. This has a number of advantages:-The cost per amount of energy produced is significantly lower. Depending on the diameter of the turbine, it is tens of percent.-The construction of the turbine is simple and fast compared to the conventional turbines. So inexpensive.-The design also causes much less noise and much less drop shadow than with conventional turbines;-The reliability of the turbine is many times higher. Existing techniques from other industries that are uniquely combined with each other are used.- Maintenance of the MWF turbines is currently estimated at < 1 % of the cost price, which can be considered very low within the market. All of this is now being applied by MWF in a prototype with a diameter of 12 meters. (English)
15 December 2021
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Identifiers
OP-2014-2023-Noord-OPSNN0121
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