Development and First Results of a Bird Impact Detection System for Wind Turbines

Topics:
Mechanical and Industrial
Tags:
Bird Collision,
ECN,
Energy Research Centre Of The Netherlands,
Telecom & Utilities,
Turbine
Source:
Energy research Centre of the Netherlands

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Overview: ECN has developed a bird collision recorder, which detects and registers bird collisions with wind turbines. This paper identifies the features. Experiments with simulated bird collisions show that the event can be heard with by microphones, so detected, and registered. A video clip of the event can be used to identify the species. At the moment two systems are being installed and running satisfactorily at two different sites. Both systems haven't recorded any bird collision and also no birds have been found in the vicinity of the wind turbines.

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Format: PDF | Size: 855KB | Date: Jul 2003 | Pages: 9

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