How to certify in offshore wind – Risk mitigation on a new level

This paper introduces the new service specifications for project, type and component certification of wind turbines and power plants including a full overview on standards and recommended practices. The service specification applying to type certification of wind turbines as well as for component certification was published in summer 2016, the one for project certification of power plants at the end of 2015. The experiences gathered from certification projects in on‐ and offshore wind realised over the last years has been taken into account for these new service specifications. Correspondingly the project, type and component certification schemes have been adapted to meet market needs and expectations. But in course of the update of the whole scheme much more effort was taken to get to the next level of certification and standardization; beyond modules and elements of certification this includes all technical aspects laid down in standards and recommended practices.     

Untersuchungen zum Korrosionsschutz von Kanten an Stahlkonstruktionen – Problemstellung und Versuchsdurchführung (Teil 1)

Im Rahmen von Laborprüfungen wurde die Korrosionsschutzwirkung organischer Beschichtungssysteme an Kanten von Stahlkonstruktionen untersucht. Die Kanten waren mit verschiedenen mechanischen und thermischen Verfahren vor dem Beschichten gerundet worden. Es kamen drei verschiedene Beschichtungssysteme zum Einsatz, darunter ein sogenanntes kantenfreundliches System. Für die Beurteilung der Korrosionsschutzwirkung wurden drei Kennwerte herangezogen: Kantenüberdeckungsgrad, Ohmscher Widerstand der Beschichtung und Antikorrosiv‐ Effekt. Die Prüfungen umfassten Messungen der Trockenschichtdicken an Kanten und Flächen, Untersuchungen mittels elektrochemischer Impedanzspektroskopie (EIS) und beschleunigte Alterungsprüfungen in einer Wellentank‐Simulationskammer. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden Konzeption und Durchführung der Prüfungen sowie die verwendeten Prüfkörper und Korrosionsschutzsysteme beschrieben. Über die Ergebnisse der Prüfungen wird in weiteren Beiträgen berichtet. Investigations into the corrosion protection on edges of steel constructions – Introduction and test scenario (Part 1). Based on laboratory tests, the corrosion protection capability of organic coating systems on edges of steel constructions was investigated. The edges were rounded with different mechanical and thermal tools. Three different coating systems were considered, whereby one of the systems was a so‐called edge retentive system. Three criteria were utilized in order to assess the corrosion protection capability: edge coverage degree, Ohmic resistance of the coating systems, and an anticorrosive effect. The tests included DFT measurements on edges and areas, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements and accelerated ageing tests in a wave tank simulation chamber. This paper covers the general experimental design and details of the experimental procedure, whereas following papers deal with the results of the test programme.