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AVRG - Rotating Machinery & Performance Monitoring Lab

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Knowledge Institute

VUB

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Address

Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel

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Website

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N° of FTE working on wind topics

More than 10

Our offshore wind expertise (general)

  • Condition monitoring

  • Performance monitoring

  • Resource Assessment 

  • Control using AI methods

  • Loads and lifetime

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Our group was/is involved in these key offshore wind projects:

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Our relevant equipment | tools | infrastructure

for offshore wind:

  • Offshore wind measurement equipment for turbine response: vibrations (CMs), acoustics, current signatures, ...

  • Nacelle lidars 

  • Scanning lidar

  • Could platform and extensive datasets from offshore monitoring campaigns

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9.2.1 Protection of IoT, sensors, and embedded systems 

4.3.1 O&M process modelling and simulation 

4.1.2 Strategies for improved grid integration and power management  

4.1 Optimisation of wind farm operations 

9. Cybersecurity & AI

1.1.2 Long-term wind resource prediction

9.2 Secure SCADA systems and remote sensing and control techniques

4.2.4 O&M scheduling optimisation to minimise costs and downtime 

4.1.1 Performance and Energy Yield Optimisation

6.3 Re-use and Repowering    

6. End-of-Life

1.1.1 Wind speed and direction measurement 

9.1 Secure IT and OT systems 

4.2.3 Innovative inspection/repair techniques

4.3 Digital Twins and Simulation 

6.2 Lifetime extension strategies 

4. Operation and Maintenance (O&M)

1.1 Wind Resource Analysis 

4.3.2 Digital twin development for risk management 

4.2.2 Predictive analytics and machine learning

4.2 Condition monitoring and (predictive) maintenance  

6.1 Residual lifetime assessment  

1.1.3 Turbulence and wake studies

1. Site Condition assessment & engineering

Our offshore wind expertise (all lifecycle stages)

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Contact details

Jan Helsen

Professor

jan.helsen@vub.be

+32 479 85 58 79

Jan Declercq

Business intelligence officer

jan.declercq@vub.be

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