Event information: |
Time:10:00am - 17:00pm, Thursday 25th March 2010 |
Location: The Turing, imago@Holywell Park, Loughborough LE11 3TU |
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Agenda: |
10:00-10:30 |
Registration and coffee |
10:30-11:00 |
Project phase 1 presentation by Prof. Bill Leithead, University of Strathclyde |
11:00-11:20 |
Technology progress in wind energy by Dr Gillian Smith, Garrad Hassan |
11:20-11:40 |
How R&D can assist the application of wind generation by Dr Dave Pearce, E.ON |
11:40-12:10 |
Posters and coffee break |
12:10-12:30 |
Wind tunnel modelling of wind turbine wakes by Dr Philip Hancock, Surrey University |
12:30-12:50 |
Fault analysis and condition monitoring for wind turbines: practical techniques for wind farms by Dr Simon Watson, Loughborough University |
12:50-14:00 |
Posters and lunch |
14:00-14:20 |
Control strategies for blade and tower load reduction by Prof. Bill Leithead, University of Strathclyde |
14:20-14:40 |
Wind turbine blade materials by Prof. Paul Hogg, University of Manchester |
14:40-15:00 |
Lightning-protection and Radar Cross Section minimisation by Prof Tony Brown, University of Manchester |
15:00-15:30 |
Posters and coffee break |
15:30-15:50 |
Blade model for certification test support and failure prediction by Dr Geoff Dutton, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC |
15:50-16:20 |
Phase 2 - Towards the offshore wind power station by Prof. Peter Tavner, Durham University |
16:30-17:00 |
7th CSC meeting of Phase 1 (Only to project partners) |
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Each technical presentation will be 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes discussion |
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