Access to a floating wind turbine

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dc.contributor.authorShanley, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorWright, Christopher S.
dc.contributor.authorOtter, Aldert
dc.contributor.authorDesmond, Cian J.
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Jimmy
dc.contributor.editorThe Royal Institution of Naval Architects
dc.contributor.funderLir National Ocean Test Facility, Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-23T11:28:38Z
dc.date.available2019-01-23T11:28:38Z
dc.date.issued2017-03
dc.date.updated2019-01-21T16:45:11Z
dc.description.abstractThe offshore wind turbine service industry is now well established with a large number of turbines being successfully operated and maintained. A number of methods and technologies are available to allow the safe transfer of service crews to these primarily fixed monopile installations. The most common of these is the bow transfer method which uses a combination of a high friction fender and a large vessel thrust to minimise relative motion between the bow and the turbine foundation. An upcoming challenge for the offshore wind turbine service industry will be the increasing use of floating foundations in far offshore and deep water sites. A number of structures are currently being developed and the first commercial floating wind farm is expected to be commissioned in late 2017. The use of floating structures will make it more difficult to ensure crew safety and comfort during transfer operations as the interaction between two floating bodies needs to be considered. Thus, the bow transfer method used to access fixed foundations may not be suitable for accessing floating turbine platforms. This paper will use a combination of physical and numerical modelling to assess the ability of a wind farm service vessel to maintain contact with a floating offshore wind turbine structure by use of the bow transfer method.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.urihttps://www.rina.org.uk/WFSV_2017.htmlen
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMatthew S., Wright, C.S., Desmond, C. J., Aldert O. and Murphy, J. (2017) 'Access to a floating wind turbine', Design & Construction of Wind Farm Support Vessels 2017 Proceedings, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, UK, 29-30 March.en
dc.identifier.endpage9en
dc.identifier.journaltitleDesign & Construction of Wind Farm Support Vessels 2017 Proceedingsen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7347
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Royal Institution of Naval Architectsen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Research Centres/12/RC/2302/IE/Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) - The SFI Centre for Marine Renewable Energy Research/en
dc.relation.urihttps://www.rina.org.uk/WFSV_2017.html
dc.rights© 2017: The Royal Institution of Naval Architectsen
dc.subjectOffshore wind farm service vesselen
dc.subjectHull design optimisationen
dc.subjectCrew transfer vesselen
dc.subjectCTVen
dc.subjectWFSVen
dc.titleAccess to a floating wind turbineen
dc.typeConference itemen
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