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Risk Analysis of Maintenance Ship Collisions with Offshore Wind Turbines

Presencia, Carla E., Shafiee, Mahmood (2018) Risk Analysis of Maintenance Ship Collisions with Offshore Wind Turbines. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 37 (6). pp. 576-596. ISSN 1478-646X. (doi:10.1080/14786451.2017.1327437) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:79745)

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Abstract

A large number of offshore wind farms are planned to be built in remote deep-sea areas over the next five years. Though offshore wind sites are often located away from commercial ship traffic, the increased demand for repair or replacement services leads to high traffic densities of “maintenance ships”. To date, the risk analysis of collision between maintenance ship vessels and offshore wind turbines has received very little attention. In this paper, we propose a methodology to evaluate and prioritise the collision risks associated with various kinds of ships used for carrying out maintenance tasks on different subassemblies of wind turbines in an offshore wind farm. It is also studied how the risks of ship collision with wind turbines are distributed between two main types of maintenance tasks, namely corrective and preventative. The proposed model is tested on an offshore wind turbine with seventeen components requiring five kinds of ships to perform the maintenance tasks. Our results indicate that collision risks are mostly associated with maintenance of few components of the wind turbine and in particular, those undergoing a corrective maintenance (replacement). Finally, several mitigation strategies are introduced to minimise the risk of maintenance ship collisions with offshore wind turbines.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/14786451.2017.1327437
Uncontrolled keywords: Offshore wind energy; Risk analysis; Ship collision; Operation & Maintenance; Risk prioritization; Risk mitigation
Subjects: T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
V Naval Science > VM Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User: Mahmood Shafiee
Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2020 20:21 UTC
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2024 17:32 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/79745 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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