HEИндивидуална стипендия2023–2025

DeP2WIND · A data-driven framework towards sustainable reuse of decommissioned petroleum platforms as support structures for wind energy production

„Хоризонт Европа“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2023-05-01 → 2025-04-30
Финансиране от ЕС: 210 911 €
Участници: 1
Схема: HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

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Старите платформи за добив на нефт се анализират, за да се установи дали могат да служат като основи за вятърни турбини. Това помага за намаляване на стоманените отпадъци в моретата и подпомага прехода към чиста енергия.

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A data-driven framework towards sustainable reuse of decommissioned petroleum platforms as support structures for wind energy production

DeP2WIND: A data-driven framework for the sustainable reuse of decommissioned petroleum platforms as support structures for wind energy production is a project aimed at accelerating the energy transition and repurposing existing steel waste in the marine environment. Offshore platforms in marine environments have long been researched and used for oil and gas exploration, with a significant impact on the European energy sector. Nonetheless, these constructions are abandoned in the sea after their operating lifespan and are not fully decommissioned, posing a pollution danger to the surrounding environment. The DeP2WIND project proposes new frameworks for managing the reuse and repurposing of such structures based on their health state. The project investigates multidisciplinary techniques to analyzing the status of decommissioned platforms and addressing corrosion behavior in steel components. These innovative technologies will serve as the foundation for deciding how to reuse or recycle these structures. Motivation and Problems addressed: Approximately 6,000 offshore oil and gas platforms are in operation around the world, with 2,500 to 3,000 offshore petroleum platforms - or nearly half - expected to be decommissioned over the next 17 years because they will no longer be economically viable to operate. This will result in massive steel trash in the marine environment, which must be handled. The DeP2WIND project tackled a variety of engineering problems, beginning with simulating the degradation state of the steel platform due to corrosion caused by the harsh climate, as well as evaluating the structure's reliability over time and which parts should be maintained or replaced. Furthermore, the project addresses the issue of new wind turbine designs that will be mounted on the resulting platform in the future. Pathway to impact: The successful completion of the DeP2WIND project has positioned its output as transformative tools for accelerating energy transition in a safe path, by minimizing steel waste and repurposing steel elements in a cost-effective way to boost renewable energy. By providing more accurate models for predicting steel deterioration in marine environments, a cost-effective maintenance-based reliability approach may be simply adopted to minimize maintenance costs while increasing structural safety. Furthermore, the employment of optimization theory-based AI assists in implementing novel designs of wind turbines.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Seeking offshore green energy sources with the lowest possible cost and carbon footprint, while avoiding any additional oceanic waste, is currently a major challenge. Scientists have been warning about the increase in the number of decommissioned platforms and their potential negative impact on the environment. On the other hand, the transition from fossil to green energy has become a necessity if we are to reduce the consequences of climate change. This means that more petroleum platforms will be decommissioned in the near future. DeP2WIND is an innovative project that deals with these important problems by proposing a mapping framework for the reuse of decommissioned platforms as support structures for wind turbines. The project will address the safety and maintenance of these steel structures and how to save on the excessive installation costs of wind turbines. The project will take a novel interdisciplinary and mixed reliability, optimisation and data-driven approach. Based on an assessment of the state of the decommissioned platforms as regards corrosion and fatigue, the optimum maintenance and repair actions and a suitable design for wind turbines, different outcomes will be investigated using quantitative and qualitative techniques. The fellow will benefit from the expertise of the Structural Engineering Research Group at the Department of Civil Engineering and Energy Technology at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. Building on the fellows previous work and skills in both structural engineering, machine learning-based modelling and reliability research, the project activities will further develop the fellows professional and academic maturity. Furthermore, the results will have a key impact on the advancement of multiple academic disciplines, contribute to the EUs green deal and UN policies, and help to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals, by providing affordable and clean energy and improving the quality of marine life.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

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