Informing components development innovations for floating offshore wind through applied FMEA framework
Rinaldi, G; Thies, P; Johanning, L; et al.McEvoy, P; Georgallis, G; Moraiti, A; Vidmar, M; Cortes Lahuerta, C
Date: 18 December 2020
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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Abstract
Future offshore wind technology solutions will be floating to
facilitate deep water locations. The EUH2020 funded project
FLOTANT (Innovative, low cost, low weight and safe floating
wind technology optimized for deep water wind sites) aims to
address the arising technical and economic challenges linked to
this progress. In particular, ...
Future offshore wind technology solutions will be floating to
facilitate deep water locations. The EUH2020 funded project
FLOTANT (Innovative, low cost, low weight and safe floating
wind technology optimized for deep water wind sites) aims to
address the arising technical and economic challenges linked to
this progress. In particular, innovative solutions in terms of
mooring lines, power cable and floating platform, specifically
designed for floating offshore wind devices, will be developed
and tested, and the benefits provided by these components
assessed. In this paper a purpose-built Failure Modes and Effect
Analysis (FMEA) technique is presented, and applied to the
novel floating offshore wind components. The aim is to determine
the technology qualification, identify the key failure modes and
assess the criticality of these components and their relative
contributions to the reliability, availability and maintainability
of the device. This will allow for the identification of suitable
mitigation measures in the development lifecycle, as well as an
assessment of potential cost savings and impacts of the specific
innovations. The methodology takes into account inputs from the
components developers and other project partners, as well as
information extracted from existing literature and databases.
Findings in terms of components innovations, their main
criticalities and related mitigation measures, and impacts on
preventive and corrective maintenance, will be presented in
order to inform current and future developments for floating
offshore wind devices.
Engineering
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
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