Compact and Robust Medium Wind Turbine (CART)

CART focuses on two project objectives. The first objective is the transfer of knowledge. Fundamental training as well as further education in the fields of wind energy technology and renewable energy is to be established in Vietnam in order to train personnel for the establishment of an entire industry at an early stage. These personnel also support the second project objective, which involves the develop-ment and construction of a compact and robust wind turbine. This plant is the main component of an energy system that will consist of different renewable energy technologies, such as biogas or photo-voltaic plants (sector coupling). For the operation of the WTG (min. 6 months in the project, thereafter by the industry partners), no compensation from power sales is anticipated, since the pilot plant(s) is/are to be used as owner-operated system. The intentionally simply- and robustly-designed WTG shall have a nominal output of approx. 125kW and be driven by a stall-controlled, two-bladed rotor (stall control: power output limitation by stall at the rotor blade profile).

Depending on the area of Application, the system should be suitable for off-grid or grid connected use, in combination with other renewable energy systems and energy storage systems. Therefore, even if the development and erection of the wind turbines are the focus of attention, other technical systems (energy storage, PV plant, biogas plant) intended for the pilot plant for application, research and training purposes, including in the field of sector coupling, should be set up. Knowledge of the project partners can be used to design the individual components of the overall system. It is the preeminent goal of this part of the project to develop an extensive adaptation of the individual components into a stable and functional overall system, as well as the task of modularly developing the elec-trical system consisting of different components. Another requirement is that all system components fit completely, or in part, into a standard 40 ft ISO container to ensure straightforward delivery by ship or truck.

It is desirable to have a high degree of independence from locally available infrastructure, as it is not always possible to assume the availability of the required capacities at the construction site.

The Project Leader Dr.-Ing. Frank Adam will be glad to answer any questions you may have.

Project duration - Phase 1: 04/17 - 09/17

Planned project duration - Phase 2: 04/18 - 03/21

Project Staff: Peter Dierken