Newly established German Voodin Blade Technology GmbH contacted WINDnovation with the idea to make rotor blades for the next generation wind turbines mainly from wood. While it sounded strange in the beginning, the engineers looked a little deeper and found charming aspects:

德國Voodin Blade 技術(shù)股份有限公司是一家剛剛加入風(fēng)電行業(yè)的新公司。不久前，WINDnovation有幸收到來自Voodin Blade 的合作邀請，共同進(jìn)行由木材為主要材料的下一代風(fēng)電葉片設(shè)計工作。起初，這一想法似乎有些出格，但在我們的工程師進(jìn)行了進(jìn)一步研究后，發(fā)現(xiàn)這一想法的如下亮點：

For demonstrating the technology, currently a 20m blade is under development, which will run through all production steps, which are expected to be suitable for manufacturing of very large blades in the Multi-MW class. According to the plans, a fully sensor equipped first set will be installed in summer 2021 in Germany and be operated and closely monitored for at least one year.

作為該技術(shù)的示范項目，我們目前正在開發(fā)一款20米長的葉片，開發(fā)工作涵蓋所有的生產(chǎn)步驟。該技術(shù)預(yù)計可以適用于制造兆瓦級的超大型葉片。根據(jù)計劃，Voodin Blade將于2021年夏季在德國安裝并運行第一套完全配備傳感器的使用木制葉片的風(fēng)電機組，后續(xù)并進(jìn)行為期至少一年的密切監(jiān)測。

It shall be mentioned that not all questions with regard to rotor blades made from wood are solved:

當(dāng)然，對于木制葉片技術(shù)，也還存在一些尚未解決的問題：

• 使用何種涂層材料以及如何使用才能使木制葉片可以運行20或25年還需進(jìn)一步研究；

• 前緣防侵蝕保護(hù)同樣需要進(jìn)一步研究或測試；

• 根據(jù)目前的估計，同一款葉片，木質(zhì)葉片的重量將比玻纖制葉片約重20%，由質(zhì)量增加帶來的載荷增加可能會由更高的結(jié)構(gòu)阻尼補償，這一點還有待進(jìn)一步研究。

Voodin Blade Technology and WINDnovation will closely cooperate on finding good solutions to make the wooden blade technology mature. We will to publish updates every now and then talking about the latest achievements!

Voodin Blade Technology與WINDnovation將繼續(xù)開展密切合作，尋找最佳解決方案，使木制葉片技術(shù)走向成熟。我們也會不定時更新我們的研發(fā)進(jìn)展，分享我們的最新成果！