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Dr Brian Davison's Qualifications (6)

Certificat d'etudes francaises modernes
Other Qualification

Status Complete
Part Time No
Years 1981 - 1982
Awarding Institution Universite De Geneve

PG Certificate in Dance
Postgraduate Certificate

Status Complete
Part Time Yes
Years 1997 - 1998
Awarding Institution Heriot-Watt University

MA Linguistics with Artificial Intelligence
Master's Degree

Status Complete
Part Time No
Years 1983 - 1987
Awarding Institution University of Edinburgh

PGCert Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Postgraduate Certificate

Status Complete
Part Time Yes
Years 2002 - 2003
Awarding Institution Edinburgh Napier University

MSc Energy and Environmental Engineering
Master's Degree

Status Complete
Part Time Yes
Years 2009 - 2012
Project Title Development of a wind turbine emulator control system
Project Description Wind turbine design and development is currently a very dynamic industry, and designers need appropriate tools and resources to experiment with innovations and to evaluate the effect of modifications. However, access to installed turbines in situ for testing and monitoring is typically difficult. Hardware-in-the-loop simulation offers a solution to this problem. A wind turbine emulator uses a real or scaled-down drive train but typically replaces the prime mover with an electric drive.
Based on a review of previous work on wind turbine emulators, this project proposes a control system designed to reproduce a variable wind profile taking into account torque oscillations due to wind shear and tower shadow.
Initial software development is undertaken to provide a basic human machine interface to emulator hardware. The software does not attempt to implement the turbine model at this stage.
Results from evaluation and software testing identify limitations of the current configuration.
Awarding Institution Edinburgh Napier University

PhD
Doctorate

Status Complete
Part Time Yes
Years 2012 - 2019
Project Title The evaluation of data filtering criterial in wind turbine power performance assessment
Awarding Institution Edinburgh Napier University
Director of Studies Tariq Muneer
Second Supervisor Ahmed Al-Dubai