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EU funding (€2,716,907): Wind Turbine Shearography Robotic Inspection On-blade System (SheaRIOS) Hor 1 Jan 2018 EU Research and Innovation programme "Horizon"
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Wind Turbine Shearography Robotic Inspection On-blade System (SheaRIOS)
SheaRIOS is a solution for the Wind Turbine Blade (WTB) inspection industry that enables easier, faster and more accurate inspection utilising robotics and shearography, a high-quality method that is applied outside of the laboratory for the first time. A deployment platform will ascend on the wind turbine tower and deploy a work climber on the base of the blade. The climber will move on the blade by means of air-suction and carry out inspection with a shearography kit on a cantilever. The deployment platform will also act as the power and data link. Operational modelling is done by EDF, the end-user that drives this Innovation Action. Preliminary testing and validation of the market-readiness of the SheaRIOS robotic application will take place at their on-shore wind turbine facilities. Three competitive small and mid-scale technology companies from three European countries will contribute so Europe will (1) integrate more wind power, (2) reduce operational costs, (3) keep the technology lead, and (4) remain a major export. As per Wind Europe, these are the targets for enabling wind to become the backbone of our electricity generation system. Based on our analysis, the non-destructive testing service provider would save 1,055€ per wind turbine inspection and payback of SheaRIOS investment will be achieved after 152 inspections, or the first 2 years. The wind farm operator will save more than 1 full day per wind turbine inspection, because of the reduced inspection time, which directly translates to less revenue lost due to idle wind turbines. Finally, the cumulative savings for a period of the first 5 years will translate to €92.74m, assuming SheaRIOS will be successful in averting just 20% of the unforeseen WTB failures and contributing to increased health and safety for the rope access workers that are involved in hundreds of accidents each year. [1] Wind Europe, “Making transition work”, September 2016
Funded Companies:
| Company name | Funding amount |
| Acondicionamiento Tarrasense Associacion | €462,500 |
| Centre FOR Renewable Energy Sources AND Saving Fondation | €119,290 |
| EDF Energy Ltd. | €0.00 |
| EDF Energy R&D UK Centre Ltd. | €117,941 |
| EDF Energy Renewables Ltd. | €71,951 |
| Electricite de France | €0.00 |
| Iknowhow SA | €517,759 |
| Renewable Technical Services Ltd. | €0.00 |
| TWI Ltd. | €908,059 |
| Visatec Gesellschaft FUR Visuelle Inspektionsanlagen mbH | €308,641 |
| WRS Cathodic Protection B.V. | €210,766 |
Source: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/780662
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