User type
Turbine manufacturers
DNV's Turbine Engineering team has experience in designing over 20 wind turbine platforms for a wide range of turbine OEMs. Renewables.Architect was used to identify the most suitable product definition in the majority of these cases, capturing individual component scaling effects and design trade-offs. Renewables.Architect's concept design models allow major component sizes and masses to be estimated in minutes, feeding into the first sets of aero-elastic load calculations and control algorithm designs.
Core features
- Rapid loads prediction of interface and spanwise loads, for each load case, or a site-specific or class basis.
- High speed sizing and mass calculations for all major components
- Choice of geared or direct-drive configurations with a range of generator and transmission options.
- Higher fidelity models and workflows for key components such as blade and tower design optimization
Use cases
- Evidence-based decision making on headline sizing, drivetrain architecture, rotor configuration, hub height.
- Market specific sizing strategy and platform options development subject to practical/logistics constraints
- Holistic system design evaluation and optimization across components and sub-systems and including maintenance and operations considerations
