The world's largest single-capacity floating wind power platform set sail from the southern Chinese megalopolis of Guangzhou Sunday to an offshore wind farm in Yangjiang City, also in Guangdong Province.
The "Mingyang Tiancheng" features a Y-shaped floating foundation. The upper part, the V-shaped structure, is installed with two wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 16.6 MW, and an impeller of 219 meters at its highest point.
It will arrive at the Mingyang Qingzhou Sihai Offshore Wind Farm on Wednesday after a 72-hour voyage of 191 nautical miles.
This monolithic platform, developed independently by the Mingyang Smart Energy Group, is projected to generate approximately 54 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually.
It is designed for a wide range of waters over 35 meters deep and can serve for about 25 years under severe sea conditions such as typhoons and high waves.
"It is expected to generate 54 million kWh annually, which will be enough to power 30,000 three-member families for a year," said Wang Chao, chief engineer of the platform with the Mingyang Smart Energy Group.
World's largest monolithic floating wind power platform sets sail for offshore farm
China has officially launched its first testing platform capable of evaluating the takeoff and landing performance of aviation tires under complex conditions.
The platform in Guilin City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, aims to verify tire performance and ensure safe flights as Chinese manufacturers become increasingly involved in innovation in the aviation industry.
As the only component in direct contact with the ground during an aircraft's takeoff, landing, and taxiing, aviation tires play a critical role in ensuring flight safety.
The newly launched testing platform can simulate takeoff and landing tests for tires under complex conditions such as "ultra-high acceleration takeoff, ultra-high loading rates, and foreign object damage tests," all while indoors. It provides data support and validation for the development of civil aviation tires.
At the complex-condition aviation tire takeoff and landing testing platform run by Guilin Lanyu Aircraft Tire Development, a tire model under development has just completed a simulated takeoff experiment.
"What we are looking at now is a civil aviation tire currently under development and design. The just-completed test aims to evaluate its dynamic performance on rough runway surfaces, providing data support for its wear life analysis," said Bai Tiantian, senior engineer at the company, which is a subsidiary of Sinochem Holdings.
The testing platform, the first of its kind in China, utilizes a specialized device for dynamic testing of aviation tires under complex conditions. It fills a gap in the nation's testing capabilities in this field.
"This system provides a highly reliable testing platform for aviation tire evaluation, significantly enhancing our design and development capabilities for civil aviation tires. It also establishes independent assurance capabilities for the testing and inspection of aviation tires in our country," said Bai.
China launches first aviation tire takeoff, landing test platform for complex conditions
