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Marine Renewable Energy Directed KE Fellowship: Biofouling in the UK Marine Renewable Energy Industry

海洋可再生能源指导 KE 奖学金：英国海洋可再生能源行业的生物污垢

基本信息

批准号：
NE/P006566/1
负责人：
Jennifer Loxton
金额：
$ 25.45万
依托单位：
University of the Highlands and Islands
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2016 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FP006566%2F1
关键词：
Marine Renewable Energy Directed KE

项目摘要

When man-made structures, such as marine renewable energy devices, are deployed in the sea they are quickly colonised by communities of organisms growing on exposed surfaces. This marine growth, or biofouling, is often unwanted from an engineering perspective and can have consequences for structural integrity, efficiency, maintenance and functioning of devices. Non-native species are also commonly found on man-made structures, making biofouling a potential biosecurity risk and a possible vector for species invasions. Factors such as the type of species in the biofouling community, the geographical location and the seasonality of organism settlement and growth lead to a high degree of variability in biofouling properties such as mass, thickness and texture. At the moment marine renewable energy SME's conduct most of their design, efficiency calculations and maintenance planning based on very basic figures for biofouling thickness which do not take into account variability. Technical standards acknowledge the limitations of existing guidance and recommend that whenever possible, site-specific measurements should be used. Unfortunately, due to the newness of the industry, this data is often not available and SMEs and engineers are working with little more than a "best guess" when calculating for the effects of marine growth on devices.Jen Loxton recently co-hosted a workshop which discussed biofouling on marine renewable energy devices with attendees spanning academia, regulatory bodies, and industry. Together this group identified 119 issues associated with biofouling with operational, financial or environmental impacts. A key priority which was identified to help solve many of these issues was improved knowledge exchange between science, engineering and marine industry. It was acknowledged that there is a lot of biofouling knowledge in the scientific and industrial communities but there is currently no pathway for getting this to the right people to inform renewable energy device design and maintenance decisions. It is this gap in communication which Jen aims to address in this KE project.During the fellowship Jen will develop and launch a comprehensive online resource which will consolidate biofouling science in an accessible and industry relevant format for the UK marine renewable energy community. This resource will consist of:- A website of biofouling knowledge, translated for industry- An interactive tool/app powered by a database of UK biofouling distribution and characteristicsThe website will provide a biofouling "one-stop-shop" for stakeholders associated with the UK marine renewable energy industry and help to inform engineering and operational decisions and increase awareness of potential environmental considerations. It is anticipated that it will increase the reach and impact of biofouling science.A comprehensive database will be populated with biofouling science and species distribution data and will power the interactive tool/app. A user would specify location, deployment type and available observations of biofouling and the tool will generate a tailored suite of industrially relevant statistics and possible management techniques. Full specifications for the tool will be determined during the fellowship but examples of possible outputs include maximum biomass, thickness and rugosity of fouling, expected seasonal variations and known non-native species in the vicinity. The database will continue to grow during the life of the fellowship and beyond through live links with UK databases (e.g. NBN gateway) and the addition of user specified biofouling observations.Information for the fellowship will be gathered from academia, regulatory bodies and from across the maritime industries, including oil & gas, shipping, leisure boating and the aquaculture industries. The fellow will include data from previous NERC projects (e.g. EBAO and FlowBec), expanding the impact of this research.

当人造结构，如海洋可再生能源设备，被部署在海洋中时，它们很快就会被生长在暴露表面上的生物群落所殖民。从工程角度来看，这种海洋生长物或生物污垢通常是不希望的，并且可能对装置的结构完整性、效率、维护和功能产生影响。非本地物种也经常出现在人造结构上，使生物污垢成为潜在的生物安全风险和物种入侵的可能载体。诸如生物淤积群落中的物种类型、地理位置以及生物体定居和生长的季节性等因素导致生物淤积性质（诸如质量、厚度和质地）的高度可变性。目前，海洋可再生能源中小型企业的设计、效率计算和维护规划大多基于生物淤积厚度的基本数据，而这些数据没有考虑到可变性。技术标准承认现有指南的局限性，并建议尽可能采用针对具体场地的测量方法。不幸的是，由于该行业的新生，这些数据往往是不可用的，中小企业和工程师在计算海洋生物对设备的影响时，只不过是在“最佳猜测”。Jen洛克斯顿最近共同主持了一个研讨会，与学术界、监管机构和工业界的与会者讨论了海洋可再生能源设备上的生物污垢。该小组共确定了119个与生物污损有关的问题，这些问题具有运营、财务或环境影响。为帮助解决其中许多问题而确定的一个关键优先事项是改善科学、工程和海洋工业之间的知识交流。人们承认，在科学和工业界有很多关于生物污垢的知识，但目前还没有途径将这些知识传递给合适的人，以告知可再生能源设备的设计和维护决策。Jen的目标是在KE项目中解决沟通中的这种差距。在奖学金期间，Jen将开发并推出一个全面的在线资源，该资源将以一种可访问的和行业相关的形式为英国海洋可再生能源社区巩固生物污损科学。这一资源将包括：-一个生物污损知识的网站，翻译为行业-一个互动的工具/应用程序，由英国生物污损分布和特征的数据库提供动力该网站将为与英国海洋可再生能源行业相关的利益相关者提供生物污损“一站式商店”，并帮助告知工程和运营决策，提高对潜在环境因素的认识。预计这将增加生物污损科学的覆盖面和影响力。一个综合数据库将填充生物污损科学和物种分布数据，并将为交互式工具/应用程序提供动力。用户将指定位置，部署类型和生物污损的可用观察结果，该工具将生成一套定制的工业相关统计数据和可能的管理技术。该工具的全部规格将在研究金期间确定，但可能产出的例子包括最大生物量、污垢厚度和粗糙度、预期的季节变化和附近已知的非本地物种。该数据库将在奖学金期间继续增长，并通过与英国数据库的实时链接（例如NBN网关）和增加用户指定的生物污损观测。奖学金的信息将从学术界，监管机构和整个海洋行业收集，包括石油和天然气，航运，休闲船和水产养殖业。该研究员将包括以前NERC项目（例如EBAO和FlowBec）的数据，扩大这项研究的影响。