技术
- 传感器 - 流量计
- 传感器 - 电表
适用行业
- 农业
- 可再生能源
适用功能
- 维护
- 产品研发
用例
- 农场监控与精准农业
- 时间敏感网络
服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
Deepwater Wind 是一家位于罗德岛州普罗维登斯的领先海上风电开发商,承担了耗资 2.9 亿美元的布洛克岛风电场项目,为居民提供更便宜的电力。作为美国第一个商业风电场,该项目旨在展示海上风电作为美国沿海城市替代能源的可行性。布洛克岛风电场距离美国大陆 15 英里,距离布洛克岛海岸 3 英里。该海上风电场预计将为布洛克岛居民降低 40% 的能源成本,并减少目前使用的柴油发电产生的二氧化碳和其他有害排放。
挑战
Keystone Engineering 的任务是为价值 2.9 亿美元的布洛克岛风电场的五台 6 兆瓦风力涡轮发电机设计导管架式下部结构。面临的挑战是优化设计以降低风险、最小化钢材重量并降低制造和安装成本。该设计需要考虑复杂的空气动力和水动力载荷,包括极端载荷情况,例如涡轮机控制故障和飓风级大风。该团队必须计算负载、对疲劳性能进行建模,并对平台进行设计,使其能够在 20 年的设计寿命内承受各种负载组合。该项目旨在展示海上风电作为美国沿海城市替代能源的可行性。
解决方案
Keystone 使用 Bentley Systems 的 OpenWindPower 软件简化与发电机设计师 (Alstom) 的沟通,并对深水平台复杂的空气动力和水动力载荷曲线进行建模。该软件使设计团队能够为多个设计迭代创建同步模拟,并通过优化子结构的重量和强度设计来帮助降低安装成本。该团队采用了石油和天然气行业通常使用的钢导管架基础设计。 OpenWindPower 使 Keystone 能够设计导管架下部结构的复合结构和复杂的节点几何形状,为仅限于位于较浅水深的海上风电场的典型单桩混凝土基础提供了替代方案。该软件还促进了与风力涡轮机设计人员的有效协作,确保精确建模,从而在整个项目中产生创新的设计解决方案。
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