AQUAWAVE: Advancing Quality and Understanding of Wave Conditions in new Aquaculture Environments

AQUAWAVE：提高新水产养殖环境中波浪条件的质量和理解

• 批准号: NE/Y005198/1
• 负责人: Jonathan Hardwick
• 金额: $ 28.86万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FY005198%2F1
• 关键词: AQUAWAVE; Advancing; Quality; Understanding; Wave

What is the main project aim?The overall aim of this knowledge exchange project is to use academic expertise to help prepare the UK aquaculture sector for the challenging wave conditions that will be encountered as the industry continues to grow into more exposed sites. Why aquaculture?Aquaculture is a major industry in Scotland supporting over 11,000 jobs many of which are in remote communities with little other employment opportunities. Most salmon aquaculture in Scotland comprises sea cages within highly sheltered locations, mainly contained within the sea lochs and fjords around the islands and inlets of the west coast. Other aquaculture installations (for example: mussel farms and seaweed production) also aim to deploy in these sheltered areas. As the industry continues to expand, the best locations will reach capacity and space will be limited for further development in these ideal conditions. There is extensive space available if more exposed locations are to be considered. Expanding aquaculture into these new locations may present a number of additional benefits along with the likely challenges of the more extreme conditions. A better understanding of the wave conditions will help the industry design the infrastructure that is properly suited to these new sites. This will minimize the chance that costly and environmentally damaging accidents will occur and help the industry grow in a sustainable and economically viable manner. The pre-existing methods for wave assessment are very basic and often report values with large uncertainty. There is a large risk that this could lead to either: expensive overdesigned sites, or insufficiently reliable sea cages.What will this work achieve?Working with MOWI Scotland, this project will provide a detailed site assessment for a new and more exposed location in the west of Scotland. The company will see the advanced wave model and can use the output to design the infrastructure are the site. Across the sector, seafood producers will be provided with a new set of techniques that can be undertaken when scoping and planning new sites.Considering longer-term benefits, the aquaculture industry will be provided with the tools to design new guidance to account for larger and more complex waves. The bodies responsible for writing the technical guidelines will have access to the outputs of this project and it is hoped that in the future, the industry will take these methods on board as part of the standard planning procedures.What will this work involve?The project will apply existing advanced wave simulation models developed by the University of Exeter to accurately assess and predict the wave conditions at complex sites around the west coast of Scotland. This will be used to support the aquaculture industry expand into sites with rougher seas. Understanding and predicting wave conditions is a complex problem and will become increasingly important for aquaculture. This work will demonstrate that top quality wave modelling and uncertainty analysis can be achieved in the planning process for new sites. The project will show that it will be of great benefit and will increase the likelihood of these new projects to be an engineering and economic success while minimizing the likelihood of costly and environmentally problematic failure. The work will take place in three distinct areas:- Technical work will apply advanced modelling methods to correctly assess the wave conditions at complex sites, supported by data collection campaign.- Engagement with stakeholders will for a key part of the project, I will ask for the industry perspective and ascertain what challenges arise from wave action at aquaculture sites, and how improved data and research can assist in mitigating problems.- Look to the future and how next-generation aquaculture projects can benefit from this knowledge exchange. This will look to develop strategies and policy for the future of the industry.

主要项目的目标是什么？这个知识交流项目的总体目标是利用学术专业知识来为英国水产养殖部门做好准备，以解决充满挑战的波浪状况，随着行业继续发展成更裸露的站点，这将遇到。为什么水产养殖？水产养殖是苏格兰的主要产业，为11,000多个工作提供了支持，其中许多工作在偏远的社区中几乎没有其他就业机会。苏格兰的大多数鲑鱼水产养殖都包括在高度庇护所的地点内，主要包含在西​​海岸的岛屿和入口处的海湖和峡湾内。其他水产养殖设施（例如：贻贝农场和海藻生产）也旨在在这些庇护所地区部署。随着行业的不断扩大，最好的位置将达到能力，并且在这些理想条件下进一步发展的空间将受到限制。如果要考虑更多的位置，就有很大的空间。将水产养殖扩展到这些新地点可能会带来许多其他好处，以及更极端条件的可能挑战。更好地了解波浪条件将有助于行业设计适合这些新站点的基础设施。这将最大程度地减少发生昂贵和环境破坏的事故的机会，并以可持续且在经济上可行的方式帮助该行业发展。波浪评估的先前存在的方法是非常基本的，并且经常报告不确定性的值。这可能会导致很大的风险：昂贵的过度设计的地点，或者是可靠的海笼。这项工作将实现什么？与苏格兰Mowi合作，该项目将为苏格兰西部的新地点提供详细的现场评估。该公司将看到高级波浪模型，并可以使用输出来设计基础架构。在整个行业中，将为海鲜生产商提供一套新的技术，可以在范围内进行新的网站时进行。考虑到长期福利，将为水产养殖业提供设计新的指南以说明更大且更复杂的浪潮的工具。负责编写技术指南的机构将可以访问该项目的产出，希望将来，该行业将把这些方法作为标准计划程序的一部分，这项工作将涉及什么？该项目将应用埃克塞特大学开发的现有高级波浪模拟模型，能够准确评估和预测Scotland西海岸复杂地点的波浪条件。这将用于支持水产养殖行业扩展到海洋较远的地点。理解和预测波浪条件是一个复杂的问题，对于水产养殖而言将变得越来越重要。这项工作将表明，在新站点的计划过程中可以实现顶级质量波建模和不确定性分析。该项目将表明，这将是巨大的好处，并将这些新项目的可能性增加成为工程和经济成功，同时最大程度地减少了昂贵和环境问题的可能性。这项工作将在三个不同的领域进行： - 技术工作将采用先进的建模方法来正确评估复杂站点的波浪状况，并在数据收集活动中支持。-与利益相关者的互动将在项目的关键部分中参与，我将询问行业的视角，并征求哪些挑战，以及在水上和研究中如何帮助的范围，以及如何在水上和研究中产生的波动效果，以及如何在梅蒂格（MITIG）中造福于MITIG的范围。从这个知识交流。这将旨在为行业的未来制定战略和政策。