Investigating the impact of disruptive events on the fabrication and installation processes for a floating offshore wind farm

Zohreh Sarichloo, Adrian Murphy, Joseph Butterfield, John Doran, Paddy Hannigan, Cian Desmond

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Abstract

In this study, we investigate how the interruptions and non-deterministic operational behavior at the base port affect the installation time and resource utilization. Scenarios such as equipment breakdown are examples of interruption occurrences. The work provides a detailed study of realistic port tasks and scenarios. The operations at the base port and those between the port and the offshore site include fabrication, assembly, load-out, ballasting tasks of the floater, turbine assembly, integrated floater-turbine towing, and hook-up operations. The reference floating substructure, adopted in this study, is an innovative submersible platform concept, developed by CENER for the INNWIND 10MW wind turbine. SimPy, an open-source Python-based package is used to model critical port and installation procedure operations using Discrete Event Simulation. The results are obtained for a range of disruption frequency from 0.0005 to 0.01 ( ℎ𝑟−1) and repair times of 8 and 16 (hrs). Results showed an increase in the installation time when disruption frequency and repair time increased. The predicted delay in the installation operations was significant in case of higher disruption frequencies and could reach 21%, compared to the reference case without any failure. Moreover, the utilization of fabrication machines decreased by increasing the disruption rate and repair time. For example, the utilization of welding machines for pontoons fabrication was reduced by 19% for a high disruption frequency of 0.01 (ℎ𝑟−1), compared to the reference case.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the ASME 2022 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Number of pages7
Volume8
ISBN (Electronic)9780791885932
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Oct 2022
EventASME 2022 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2022 - Hamburg, Germany
Duration: 05 Jun 202210 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE
Volume8

Conference

ConferenceASME 2022 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2022
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHamburg
Period05/06/202210/06/2022

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Floating Offshore Wind Turbine
  • Marshalling Ports
  • Discrete Event Simulation
  • Disruptions
  • Machine Failure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Mechanical Engineering

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