A review of operations and maintenance modelling with considerations for novel wind turbine concepts

A review of operations and maintenance modelling with considerations for novel wind turbine concepts

McMorland, Jade (University of Strathclyde)
Flannigan, Callum (University of Strathclyde)
Carroll, James (University of Strathclyde)
Collu, Maurizio (University of Strathclyde)
McMillan, David (University of Strathclyde)
Leithead, William (University of Strathclyde)
Coraddu, A. (TU Delft Ship Design, Production and Operations)

2022

New wind turbine technologies and designs are being explored in order to reduce the cost of energy from offshore wind farms. Two potential routes to a lower cost of energy are the X- Rotor Concept (XRC) and Multi-Rotor System (MRS) turbines. A key cost saving for both Novel concepts included in this paper is operation and maintenance (O&M) costs savings. The major component replacement cost for conventional horizontal axis, XRC and MRS turbines are examined and the benefits of the concepts are provided in this paper. A review on existing decision support systems for offshore wind farm O&M planning is presented with a focus on how applicable these previous models are to novel turbine concepts, along with analysis of how the influential factors can be modified to effectively model XRC and MRS.

Decision support modelling levelised cost of energy
Multi-rotor system offshore operations offshore maintenance
Novel concept wind turbines X-rotor concept

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:02d84d04-ce8a-4832-9351-17fa3df65db5

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112581

1364-0321

Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 165

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© 2022 Jade McMorland, Callum Flannigan, James Carroll, Maurizio Collu, David McMillan, William Leithead, A. Coraddu