Characterisation of the offshore precipitation environment to help combat leading edge  erosion of wind turbine blades

Herring, Robbie; Dyer, Kirsten; Howkins, Paul; Ward, Carwyn

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-1399-2020

Articles | Volume 5, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-1399-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-1399-2020

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Research article

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27 Oct 2020

Research article |

| 27 Oct 2020

Characterisation of the offshore precipitation environment to help combat leading edge erosion of wind turbine blades

Robbie Herring, Kirsten Dyer, Paul Howkins, and Carwyn Ward

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 May 2020
RC2: 'Review comment on “Characterisation of the Offshore Precipitation Environment to Help Combat Leading Edge Erosion of Wind Turbine Blades”', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Jun 2020
AC1: 'Author Response to Reviewer Comments', Robbie Herring, 06 Aug 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Robbie Herring on behalf of the Authors (06 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Aug 2020) by Ignacio Marti Perez

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (25 Aug 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (03 Sep 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Sep 2020) by Ignacio Marti Perez

AR by Robbie Herring on behalf of the Authors (06 Sep 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Sep 2020) by Ignacio Marti Perez

ED: Publish as is (21 Sep 2020) by Joachim Peinke (Chief editor)

AR by Robbie Herring on behalf of the Authors (23 Sep 2020)

Short summary

Leading edge erosion has developed into a significant problem for the offshore wind industry. It is important to understand the offshore precipitation environment to model and predict the onset of erosion and to design systems to protect against it. In this study, the offshore environment was characterised using up-to-date measuring techniques. A general offshore droplet size distribution that can be used to improve lifetime prediction techniques has been presented.