Multi Rotor Wind Systems (MRS) provide a potential route to solving many fundamental issues with upscaling wind turbines. High volumes of smaller generators and blades lend themselves to production line economies of scale, including circular economy models and increased local content. But given the novelty of the technology there are still technological challenges that need to be addressed. 

This PhD studentship aims to investigate rotor design and manufacturing techniques for these new systems. It is hypothesised that the rotors will be less complex than conventional devices and therefore, have more flexibility when selecting material and manufacturing processes.  This PhD will focus on using several aerodynamic parameters and create three-dimensional models for the wind turbine concepts explored here.  The material properties will serve as inputs for the design tool and these can be interfaced with finite element models. The aim is to determine whether the UK/Europe could establish a local supply chain and what requirements are needed for this purpose.

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This projects starts on 1 October 2025.