Muk-Pavic, E; Pawling, R; Salha, A; (2014) Modelling of Support Systems for Offshore Wind Farms. In: International Conference on the Design and Construction of Wind Farm Vessels 2014. Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA): London, UK.

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With projected expansion of the offshore renewable energy sector, in terms of capacity (individual machine ratings and overall array size), depth and distance from shore, the development of effective support strategies that are appropriate to the array under consideration becomes more difficult. Recent research at UCL led to the production of a tool for modelling different Operation and Maintenance strategies for offshore windfarms. Developed in a 6 month MSc project, the Matlab model incorporated a range of input parameters such as array location, configuration and equipment reliability and developed a maintenance strategy utilising a choice of vessels. The model was validated by comparison with available data, with good correlation. Ongoing work is examining the use of the UCL developed Design Building Block approach to design Wind Farm Support Vessels, and to integrate the ship design models with the O&M model to allow an integrated analysis approach.

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