MARLIN Modular Floating Platform for Offshore Wind : Concept Assessment

MARLIN 海上风电模块化浮动平台：概念评估

• 批准号: EP/P030645/1
• 负责人: Paul Blackwell
• 金额: $ 10.28万
• 依托单位: University of Strathclyde
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FP030645%2F1
• 关键词: MARLIN; Modular; Floating; Platform; Offshore

Project MARLIN will assess and develop a new concept for a modular floating platform system for offshore wind. Theproject will confirm technical and commercial feasibility of the novel method of construction and deployment of floatingstructures capable of supporting commercially relevant size wind turbines from ISO standard freight container-sizedmodules. Current demonstrator concepts in floating offshore wind require infrastructure of the scale unavailable orinaccessible in most of the world. Cost reductions needed to remove barriers to floating offshore adoption will come fromdevelopment of methods not requiring large infrastructure and use of cost-effective mass manufacturing methods formaking the construction modules.The proposed modular approach, with specially designed smaller and lighter building modules that could be towed out tosea for assembly, is significantly technically different from the current concepts and demonstrators. The concept willresolve the issue of prohibitively high cost of construction, logistics, and deployment in floating offshore wind.The main overarching research objective is to design the modules and the full structure, test those out as mathematical andphysical models, carry out wave tank and sea conditions testing, and development of the manufacturing method. Theproject will deliver: design of a low-cost single module building block structure, design of a full modular configurablestructure, creating physical and mathematical models, tank tests and sea test of physical models, analysis of manufacturingfeasibility including a materials selection study and identification of coastal sites and new markets for adoption of thetechnology.Two of the University of Strathclyde engineering departments, AFRC and NAOME, will work together with the othermembers of the consortium.NAOME's role within the consortium is to develop a detailed hydrodynamic simulation model of the semi-submersibleconcept for two different types of floating modules - a passive one and a dynamic one which can have its buoyancy andorientation altered. Scaled models of the two module concepts under a range of different sea states representative ofwhere the wind turbines will be deployed will be conducted. The results will be measured and analysed and a reportprovided to the lead partner on the findings from both tests and simulations.AFRC's role is to develop a finite element (FE) model for the initial and refined modules, to determine their suitability interms of structural strength performance under different load cases. Once the best configuration for the module has beendetermined, the AFRC will develop a FE model for two different configurations of the final structural assembly made withthe selected module and simulate the performance of the overall structures. A report will be provided, summarising thefindings. Due to the complexity of the project, the geographical spread of the partners and the close collaborative nature ofthe project, AFRC will also support Frontier Technical in the management of the project.

马林项目将评估和开发海上风电模块化浮动平台系统的新概念。该项目将确认建造和部署浮动结构的新方法的技术和商业可行性，该浮动结构能够支持来自ISO标准货运集装箱大小模块的商业相关尺寸的风力涡轮机。目前的海上浮动风力发电示范概念需要的基础设施规模在世界上大多数地方都是不可用或无法达到的。为消除海上浮式技术的障碍所需的成本降低将来自于开发不需要大型基础设施的方法和使用成本效益高的大规模制造方法来制造建筑模块。所提出的模块化方法，即专门设计的更小更轻的建筑模块，可以拖到海上进行组装，在技术上与目前的概念和示范有很大的不同。这一概念将解决海上浮动风力发电的建设、物流和部署成本过高的问题。主要的总体研究目标是设计模块和完整结构，作为数学和物理模型进行测试，进行波浪水槽和海况测试，并开发制造方法。该项目将提供：低成本单模块积木式结构的设计，全模块化可配置结构的设计，创建物理和数学模型，物理模型的水槽试验和海上试验，制造可行性分析，包括材料选择研究和沿海地点的识别以及采用该技术的新市场。斯特拉斯克莱德大学的两个工程系，AFRC和NAOME，NAOME在该联盟中的作用是为两种不同类型的浮动模块开发一个详细的半潜式概念水动力模拟模型-一个被动模块和一个动态模块，可以改变其浮力和方向。将进行两个模块概念在一系列不同海况下的比例模型，这些海况代表风力涡轮机将被部署的地方。测试结果将被测量和分析，并将测试和模拟结果报告给主要合作伙伴。AFRC的作用是为初始和改进模块开发有限元（FE）模型，以确定它们在不同载荷情况下的结构强度性能的适用性。一旦确定了模块的最佳配置，AFRC将为使用选定模块制造的最终结构组件的两种不同配置开发有限元模型，并模拟整体结构的性能。将提供一份报告，总结调查结果。由于该项目的复杂性，合作伙伴的地理分布以及该项目的密切合作性质，AFRC还将支持Frontier Technical管理该项目。