Programme

13-14 February 2019, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Blyth

Wednesday 13 February 2019
09.30- 10.00	Registration
10.00- 10.20	Welcome and introduction	Professor Robert Smith, University of Bristol and Tony Fong, ORE Catapult
	Session 1 – Understanding the industry	Chair: Professor Robert Smith, University of Bristol
10.20- 10.45	Drivers for design of wind turbines – design standards, materials, structures, structural integrity and efficiency	Tim Camp, LOC Group
10.50- 11.15	Drivers for manufacture of wind turbines – processes, process control, throughput and quality	Robert Ernst, Vestas
11.20- 11.45	Drivers for owners and operators of onshore/offshore wind turbines	Andrew Morris, EDF Energy
11.50- 12.15	Drivers for innovation (particularly inspection and monitoring, reduction of cost of ownership, etc)	Andrew Tipping, ORE Catapult
12.20- 12.40	Discussion – summary of requirements	Professor Robert Smith, University of Bristol
12.45- 13.30	Lunch
	Session 2 – Design, failure modes and effect of defects	Chair: Peter Thayer, RCNDE
13.30- 13.50	Design drivers for through-life management	Tony Fong and David Thompson, ORE Catapult
13.55- 14.15	Failure analysis of offshore wind turbine monopile foundations	Dr Ali Mehmanparast, Cranfield University
14.20- 14.40	Risk and asset management for wind turbines	Dr Daryl Hickey, Natural Power
14.45- 15.05	Managing blade integrity – guidance on allowable defects	Peter Greaves, ORE Catapult
15.10- 15.30	Tea and coffee
15.30- 15.50	Discussion and requirements capture	Professor Robert Smith, University of Bristol
	Session 3 – NDT/SHM/CM experiences from the field	Chair: Professor Robert Smith, University of Bristol
15.55- 16.15	Inspection approaches and machine learning for wind turbine integrity	Dr Daryl Hickey, Natural Power
16.20- 16.30	Blade integrity inspection – how the NCC can help	Rob Rose, National Composites Centre
16.30	Close for the day


Thursday 14 February 2019
08.45- 09.15	Registration
	Session 3 continued – NDT/SHM/CM experiences from the field	Chair: Professor Robert Smith, University of Bristol
09.15- 09.30	NDT standards and best practice guides	Dr Richard Freemantle, Wavelength NDT
09.35- 09.50	NDT case studies	Dr Colin Brett, Uniper
09.55- 10.10	Ultrasound equipment and data acquisition on blades	Leif Jeppesen, Force Technology
10.15- 10.30	NDT delivery systems – robotics, drones, scanners, etc	Euan Baird, Cyberhawk
10.30- 10.45	Tea and coffee
10.45- 12.30	Tour of Blyth Wind Turbine Demonstrator
12.30- 13.00	Lunch
	Session 4 – Potential future NDT and SHM improvements	Chair: Peter Thayer, RCNDE
13.00- 13.20	Examples of research and state-of-the-art NDT (overview and some particular examples)	Professor Robert Smith, University of Bristol
13.25- 13.45	Automatic evaluation of ultrasound data from blades	Niels Jeppesen, Force Technology and Technical University of Denmark
13.50- 14.10	Use of 3D visual mapping techniques to quantify the impact of biofouling on offshore wind foundation behaviour	Andrew Morris, EDF Energy
	Session 5 – Breakout session	Chair: Professor Robert Smith, University of Bristol
14.15- 15.15	Split into four breakout groups, which will rotate around every 15 minutes. Suggested groups: 1. Requirements for manufacturers 2. In-service requirements for onshore turbines 3. In-service requirements for offshore turbines 4. Potential for new NDT, CM and SHM.	Group leaders: 1. Peter Thayer 2. Tony Fong 3. Colin Brett 4. Richard Freemantle
15.15- 15.35	Tea and coffee
15.40- 16.00	Debrief from breakout groups	Scribe: Professor Robert Smith, University of Bristol
	Session 6 – Panel session	Chair: Professor Robert Smith, University of Bristol
16.00- 16.30	Panel discussion	Scribe: Peter Thayer, RCNDE
16.30	Workshop close

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