RADAR Assisted Shutdown on Demand

RADAR Assisted Shutdown on Demand

BIRDTRACK © is a radar based solution that avoids mortality of birds at wind farms by selectively shutting down turbines subject to operation under special environmental restrictions as a result of intense bird migratory flux or the presence of endangered species.

It is a radar system solution for automatic detection and tracking of bird and bat targets for surveys, monitoring and mortality risk mitigation. It works in single and dual radar tracking configurations providing large data collection and analysis of long time series with classification of radar targets into groups of species.

 

It is designed to operate in onshore and offshore environments.

 

Birdtrack has been designed and optimized for selective turbine shutdown as a bird mortality mitigation system for wind farms and a bird migration monitoring tool.
The radar sensor allows an early detection of bird targets before arriving at the wind farm (up to 12km detection range). Bird trajectories are tracked and collision risk is assessed. At collision risk situations turbines are selectively shut down by pitching their blades (up to 15 seconds stalling time) until birds safely fly away and the wind farm resumes production. The selected turbines remain stalled until the collision risk is eliminated.

 

Birdtrack provides the opportunity to develop high performance and sustainable wind energy projects by keeping high availability and production while being safe for birds.
This radar system solution includes capabilities for tracking bird and bat targets for surveys, monitoring and mortality risk mitigation. These capabilities include the detection of bird and bat activity with analysis of flight patterns, georeferenced movement parameters, pathways, altitudes, mean traffic rates and other environmental conditions. Birdtrack radar system can operate autonomously and be remotely accessed. It can be configured for portable and fixed mounted stations with optional remote access capabilities.

 

Birdtrack incorporates signal-processing technology and advanced tracking algorithms that optimize automatic detection, tracking and classification of bird targets.
It includes modules for automatic data grabbing, calibration, ground and weather clutter filtering. Its site-specific adaptability renders very high detection efficiency and reduces significantly errors in target classification. Birdtrack includes a database management system that stores very large datasets of georeferenced individual flight trajectories and associated parameters that allows data export for robust statistical analysis.

 

This innovative system reduced bird mortality to zero. It’s the world’s most effective bird mortality mitigation system for wind turbines.
Unnecessary shutdown is fully avoided and the annual equivalent shutdown period is residual with minimal production loss.

 

BIRDTRACK © is a radar based solution that avoids mortality of birds at wind farms by selectively shutting down turbines subject to operation under special environmental restrictions as a result of intense bird migratory flux or the presence of endangered species.

It is a radar system solution for automatic detection and tracking of bird and bat targets for surveys, monitoring and mortality risk mitigation. It works in single and dual radar tracking configurations providing large data collection and analysis of long time series with classification of radar targets into groups of species.

 

It is designed to operate in onshore and offshore environments.

 

Birdtrack has been designed and optimized for selective turbine shutdown as a bird mortality mitigation system for wind farms and a bird migration monitoring tool.
The radar sensor allows an early detection of bird targets before arriving at the wind farm (up to 12km detection range). Bird trajectories are tracked and collision risk is assessed. At collision risk situations turbines are selectively shut down by pitching their blades (up to 15 seconds stalling time) until birds safely fly away and the wind farm resumes production. The selected turbines remain stalled until the collision risk is eliminated.

 

Birdtrack provides the opportunity to develop high performance and sustainable wind energy projects by keeping high availability and production while being safe for birds.
This radar system solution includes capabilities for tracking bird and bat targets for surveys, monitoring and mortality risk mitigation. These capabilities include the detection of bird and bat activity with analysis of flight patterns, georeferenced movement parameters, pathways, altitudes, mean traffic rates and other environmental conditions. Birdtrack radar system can operate autonomously and be remotely accessed. It can be configured for portable and fixed mounted stations with optional remote access capabilities.

 

Birdtrack incorporates signal-processing technology and advanced tracking algorithms that optimize automatic detection, tracking and classification of bird targets.
It includes modules for automatic data grabbing, calibration, ground and weather clutter filtering. Its site-specific adaptability renders very high detection efficiency and reduces significantly errors in target classification. Birdtrack includes a database management system that stores very large datasets of georeferenced individual flight trajectories and associated parameters that allows data export for robust statistical analysis.

 

This innovative system reduced bird mortality to zero. It’s the world’s most effective bird mortality mitigation system for wind turbines.
Unnecessary shutdown is fully avoided and the annual equivalent shutdown period is residual with minimal production loss.

 

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S-band radar, frequency 3050 MHz, 30 kW peak pulse power, beam width 2.3º-2.5º (horizontal) and 25º (vertical)
X-band radar, frequency 9410 MHz, 25kW peak pulse power, beam width 0.90º-0.95º (horizontal) and 20º (vertical)
Birdmonitor® radar bird detection and classification system with calibration capabilities
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Dual radar system for automatic detection and tracking of birds and bats

  • For bird mortality risk mitigation;
  • Continuous 24/7 bird and bat monitoring of large areas with excellent coverage at low cost;
  • Excellent tracking performance in low visibility (e.g. night, weather and poor visibility);
  • Better performance with increased detectability compared with visual observations;
  • Automatic tracking system, data collection and analysis of long time series with classification of radar targets into groups of species.
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Dual Radar Configuration

Birdtrack® dual radar system is an integrated radar combo consisting of an X-band radar (9410 MHz) and an S-Band radar (3050 MHz) for bird and bat detection and tracking. The S-band radar scans in horizontal surveillance mode. This radar configuration is designed to obtain precise bird and bat trajectories. It accurately maps trajectories of individual bats, birds or flocks, delivering flight speed and other parameters used in target identification (bird and bat species or groups of species). The X-band radar scans in vertical mode. This radar configuration is designed to obtain flight altitude, traffic flow and complementary data for target identification.

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BIRDMONITOR

Birdmonitor® is a software application for radar bird and bat detection developed by STRIX in collaboration with our technology-oriented partner INOV research institute. Birdmonitor® incorporates signal-processing technology and advanced tracking algorithms that optimize automatic detection, tracking and classification of bird targets. It includes modules for automatic data grabbing, calibration, ground and weather clutter filtering. Its site-specific adaptability renders very high detection efficiency and reduces significantly errors in target classification. Birdmonitor® includes a database management system that stores very large datasets of georeferenced individual flight trajectories and associated parameters that allows data export for robust statistical analysis.

The Birdtrack solution has been developed by R&D Strix Department with financial support from ON2, QREN and UE (European and Portuguese public funds).

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