Renewables Design & Analysis
We Offer
Design and analysis services to customers in the wind (land and off-shore), wave and tidal renewable energy sectors.
Experience
Considerable experience in assessing equipment subject to complex loading induced by aero and fluid dynamics.
Unique
Experience from sectors such as Aerospace and Gas Turbines allows us to provide a unique and comprehensive service.
Our Capabilities
Hydrogen
- Novel containment system design
- Design and analysis of high-pressure tanks
- Optimisation of composite vessels
- Implementation in vehicles and transport
- Testing equipment design for fuel cell R&D
- Equipment design for fuel cell production
Land and Offshore Wind Energy
- Design in metallics & composites
- Turbine blade design & analysis
- Support structures design & analysis
- Design of offshore maintenance vessels
- Gearbox fatigue assessments
- Aero & fluid loading assessments
Wave and Tidal Energy
- Concept design of novel systems
- Design & analysis of energy devices
- Structural optimisation
- Design of subsea tooling
- Marine applications material selection
- Deployment & recovery systems design
Client Case
Wind Turbine Concept
We performed structural analysis of a novel, small scale wind turbine concept to be utilised for powering remote agricultural farms. Analysis of the complex aero loading imparted on the composite ducting required intricate load mapping within our finite element model to ensure accuracy. As a direct consequence of this project, our client was able to identify a manufacturing technique with 40% cost savings.
Filament Wound Pressure Vessel
Our team used combined composite design and analysis to optimise a high-pressure carbon-wrapped hydrogen fuel tank, to be used in a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. Initially we used synthesised layup models for fast design iteration and optimisation, followed by full 3D composite wound mesh models for final structural assurance. To create these 3D models we have developed unique in-house software tools allowing us to translate between CAD/CAM robotic filament winding software, and our own analysis software. This capability allows us to assess different filament-wound designs swiftly and accurately.
