Leap-Ahead Power and Tethering (LAPT) Program for Remote Offshore Inspections

用于远程海上检查的跨越式电力和网络共享 (LAPT) 计划

• 批准号: 10037262
• 金额: $ 37.96万
• 依托单位: HONUWORX LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10037262
• 关键词: Leap; Ahead; Power; Tethering; LAPT

Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) have long been utilised for subsea inspection and maintenance in the offshore energy industry. Launching ROVs at sea is challenging - managing vessel motion, weather dynamics and the significant weight of these large maintenance class robots requires large vessels with complex lifting equipment.The associated cost and carbon footprint of these large vessels unfortunately limits the value and environmental benefits of subsea robotics. Although smaller Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) have emerged as a potential solution, deploying ROVs from them is a technical challenge in anything but completely calm seas.HonuWorx seeks to replace crew-based launch vessels with subsea deployment platforms and move the crew roles onshore. Loggerhead is a large-AUV based approach for transporting and deploying ROVs that offers a step-change reduction in operating costs and emissions by replacing large crewed surface vessels with an uncrewed submersible mothership.The LAPT project shall develop and prototype two key sub-systems of "Loggerhead". The project mitigates risk by combining proven subsea technologies and focuses resources on deploying advances in energy storage and advanced marine communications to create a unique and disruptive system for subsea work. The Loggerhead approach is superior to crewed and uncrewed surface vessel deployment because(1) it is a less capital intensive system,(2) offers a step change reduction in operations costs and emissions(3) it supports all-weather subsea operations by eliminating splash-zone deployment risks, and(4) the system stays subsea during navigation to avoid regulatory issuesLoggerhead promises to reduce costs of offshore inspections by up to 50% and eliminate emissions. The project is an opportunity to extend the UK's leadership in the transportation sector, support the net-zero transition and in robotic technologies.

远程操作的车辆（ROV）长期以来一直在海上能源行业进行海底检查和维护。在海上发射ROV具有挑战性 - 管理船只运动，天气动态以及这些大型维护类机器人的显着权重需要具有复杂起升设备的大型船只。不幸的是，这些大型船只的相关成本和碳足迹不幸地限制了海底机器人技术的价值和环境收益。尽管较小的未裂面的表面容器（USV）已成为一种潜在的解决方案，但除了完全平静的海域以外，从中部署ROV是一个技术挑战。HonuWorx试图用海底部署平台替换基于机组人员的发射容器，并将机组人员的角色移动。 Loggerhead是一种基于大型AUV的方法，用于运输和部署ROV，通过用未剥削的潜水母亲替换大型机组人员的表面船只逐步降低了运营成本和排放。该项目通过结合验证的海底技术来减轻风险，并将资源重点放在部署储能和先进的海洋通信方面的进步上，从而为海底工作创建独特而破坏性的系统。 Loggerhead方法优于船员和未螺旋的表面船只部署，因为（1）它是一个较低的资本密集型系统，（2）可以减少操作成本和排放（3），它通过消除Splash-Zone的部署风险，以及（4）在避免使用导航的情况下，它支持全天候的子运营（3）并消除排放。该项目是扩大英国在运输领域的领导地位，支持零净过渡和机器人技术的机会。