Xiomara Herrera Feregrino
Summary
Passionate Experienced Engineer with more than 10 years working international environment at the wind industry : resource assessment, consulting wind farm development, energy auctions mainly in American Market. In Europe market Turbine Technology development: prototype testing, validation control features, Power Curve measurements.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work history
Consultant Wind Energy
Freelance
Barcelona, Spain & Switzerland
03.2023 - Current
- International Consulting Services on Project Procurement & Development within Wind Industry: Site Assessments, LT Evaluation, Measurement Campaigns, Loads & Optimization, contracting: TSA.
Testing & Validation Lead
GE Renewable Energy
Barcelona, Spain
07.2018 - 02.2023
- Test Manager sucessfully carried the validation of the System Loads Measurements from Prototype Cypress 6.1-158 in Test Center Osterild in Denmark for NPI and 3x Turbine Configuration allocated in Wieringermeer. Tasks: Test Plan creation, request of quotation, design instrumentation/ sensor selection, supplier contact, budget evaluation, installation, sensor calibration, collection and post processing and data quality evaluation.
- Lead the coordination with other 25 Validation Engineers for their Tests with common measurements with Loads/ PC Measurement campaigns. Communication within interdisciplinary and international teams (incl. technicians, peer, suppliers, internal upper management, customer).Test of customized features (External/control) for the the client.
- Reports for IEC Standards: 61400-13 and -12 in Loads, Power Curve and Perfomance Fatigue and Extreme cases, capture Matrix and evaluation of loads within high and low model precision in aeroelasticity.
- Master Thesis Mentor as the company advisor for a Student with project entitled "Mitigation of the Vortex Induced Vibration Events at the Tower top during Uninstallation, Re-power and Maintenance" collaboration with the academy of Flensburg University.
- Additional tests in components as Tightening bolts procedures, Tower bending moments, thurst by using inclinometers, tower Eigenfrequency validation in installation (measurements vs design).
- Support on site visits by coordinating with internal company and subcontractors for test during installation and comissioning. For this evaluation requirement was GWO, First Aid, Fire Handling, rescue.
Test Manager
DNV GL
Queretaro
- Providing our clients expertise and support with wind farm development in USA and Latin America by offering services as Energy Assessment Evaluation for Wind farm development and auction contracts:Daily tasks included: Evaluate, consult and carry measurement campaigns for wind conditions/micrositing
- Mast/ Lidar inspection and site visit, design measurement campaign Wind resource assessment to long term using MCP and site references.
- Wind Flow Modelling through WasP or CFD and energy calculations using Wind Farmer and Wind Farmer Analyst
- Daily tasks include writting technical reports and communicating with customers in an international enviroment
- Co- Author in Paper at International Wind Europe 2017 , Brussels Belgium "Validating turbine performance predictions"
- Softwares used : Wind farmer, GIS, WasP, CFD
Design Engineer
GE Aerospace
Queretaro
- Evaluation and improvement of components and analysis on structural integrity for MRBs
- Visual evaluation, GD&T by stack ups analysis, stress analysis (FEA, FEM ) and concentration, fatigue and crack propagation (SIESTA)
- Collaboration in multi disciplinary and international team with engineers and manufacturers design and cost reduction strategies
- Softwares used for data : ANSYS, Siemens NX, Inventor
- Internship at Bombardier , Material Logistic: Learjet 85
- Tracking Curing process and materials at clean room
- Softwares used for data : SAP
Master Thesis (Industrial)
Morewind-Engineering GmbH
- Master Thesis at morewind-engineering GmBh, Rostock, Germany
- Evaluation of methodology for rotor aerodynamic imbalance measurements
- The approach included evaluation of loads using aeroelastic simulation in FAST and post processing in mwloads software based on IEC Standards
- Support on the testing/ development of new patent GUI software.
Education
Msc - Wind Energy
Technical University of Denmark
Msc - Aerospace
Technical University of Delft
Bsc - Mechanical Engineering and Administration
2013
Bsc - Exchange Mechanical Engineering
TU Darmstadt
2012
Languages
English
Fluent
Spanish
Native
Timeline
Consultant Wind Energy
Freelance
03.2023 - Current
Testing & Validation Lead
GE Renewable Energy
07.2018 - 02.2023
Test Manager
DNV GL
Design Engineer
GE Aerospace
Master Thesis (Industrial)
Morewind-Engineering GmbH
Msc - Wind Energy
Technical University of Denmark
Msc - Aerospace
Technical University of Delft
Bsc - Mechanical Engineering and Administration
Bsc - Exchange Mechanical Engineering
TU Darmstadt
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