| dc.contributor.author | Gray, A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Johanning, L | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dickens, B | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-23T10:02:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-09-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Operations and maintenance is a vital area of
research in the push to make wave energy a commercial reality.
A tool has previously been developed by Pelamis Wave Power to
obtain reliable estimates for operational expenditure and ensure
smooth running of wave energy arrays. Wave Energy Scotland is
now tasked with the future development of this operations and
maintenance tool. One of its key inputs is the wave and wind data
used to simulate weather windows suitable for marine access.
This paper details the creation and validation of a Markov Chain
Model to enhance the weather simulation capabilities of the tool.
This will ensure that the operations and maintenance strategy of
wave energy arrays is modelled more realistically, resulting in an
increased confidence in cost estimates and logistical
arrangements. | en_GB |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The author would like to thank the academic supervisors
of this IDCORE project for their contributions, advice and
support. Similar thanks must go to the engineers, past and
present, who have dedicated their time to the Pelamis project.
The industrial supervisor deserves a special mention, without
her experience and guidance this study would not have been a
success. The author would also like the IDCORE programme
and its funding bodies, in particular the ETP (Energy
Technology Partnership), for their support. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.citation | Proceedings of the 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference EWTEC 2015, 2015-09-06, 2015-09-11, Nantes, France | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/21653 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
| dc.publisher | EWTEC | en_GB |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.ewtec.org/ewtec2015/ | en_GB |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.ewtec.org/ | en_GB |
| dc.rights | Copyright © European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference 2015 | |
| dc.subject | Markov Chain Model | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Wave Energy | en_GB |
| dc.subject | O&M | en_GB |
| dc.title | A Markov chain model to enhanced the weather simulation capabilities of an operations and maintenance tool for a wave energy array | en_GB |
| dc.type | Conference paper | en_GB |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-23T10:02:03Z | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2309-1983 | |
| dc.identifier.journal | EWTEC 2015 | en_GB |
