Quick Connections - Making Waves in Wind

这项工作的重点是适应Quoceant的模块化快速连接系统（QCS）， q - connect，已经开发并测试用于波浪和潮汐能领域，以满足浮动海上风电（FOW）行业的更高负载要求。在这种情况下，QCS是一种机械地将海上浮动结构固定在海底预安装的系泊和/或电气系统上的设备。QCS的主要目标是“减少海上作业的持续时间、成本和风险”（Wave Energy Scotland n.d.b）。QCS可以降低作业成本，缩短作业时间，这是海上作业的一个关键环节，安装在海上的每个浮式能源设备都需要将其连接到预装的系泊系统和电气系统。通过减少连接操作的持续时间和扩大安全操作天气限制，可以显着减少等待合适天气窗口的延误。质量控制系统的研究和发展将以流动流程为重点，但也可能包括对相关领域的小型项目进行一些设计调整，这些设计将纳入流动流程设计。该报告包括一份简短的技术状况审查，以强调在fows中需要qcs，然后是一份项目计划，详细说明项目为实现其目标将采取的预期步骤。还包括对项目完成风险的评估、健康和安全风险评估以及负责任的研究与创新（RRI）评估。

This work is focused on the adaptation of Quoceant's modular Quick Connection System (QCS), theQ-Connect, already developed and tested for use in the wave and tidal energy sectors, to meet thehigher loading requirements of the floating offshore wind (FOW) industry. A QCS in this context isa device that mechanically secures an offshore floating structure to the pre-installed mooring and/orelectrical systems on the seabed. The key aims of a QCS are to "reduce the duration, cost and risk ofoffshore operations" (Wave Energy Scotland n.d.b).A key offshore operation where a QCS can reduce operational costs and duration is known asthe platform "hook-up" and is required for each floating energy device installed offshore to connectthe device to the pre-installed mooring and electrical systems. By reducing the duration of thehook-up operation and expanding the safe operational weather limits could significantly reduce thedelays incurred from waiting for suitable weather windows to become available. The research anddevelopment of the QCS will be focused on FOW but may include some design adaptions for smallerscale projects in relevant areas that will feed into the FOW designs.This report comprises a short state of the art review to highlight the need for QCSs in FOWfollowed by a Project Plan detailing the anticipated steps the project will take to meet it's goals. Alsoincluded is an assessment of risks to project completion, a health and safety risk assessment and aResponsible Research and Innovation (RRI) assessment.