A master thesis from Aalborg University
De-icing and maintenance of wind turbines with drones
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Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2019
Submitted on
2019-01-10
Pages
40 pages
Abstract
The purpose of this project is to analyze a new concept that uses a drone to perform de-icing and maintenance operations on wind turbines. First an introduction to the wind energy sectors is made to understand the effects that ice have on wind turbines and energy production and why there is a need for a cost effective system to perform de-icing and other maintenance operations. The drone concept is analyzed alongside with the maturity of the system to understand the capabilities and the opportunities that a concept like that creates for the wind energy sector. The research concluded that using a drone system for deicing and maintenance on wind turbines has a lot of potential. It has the potential of performing operation and decrease the downtime due to icing but the technology seems to be not quite mature enough to handle day to day operations although successful tests have been made.
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