In order to achieve sustainably affordable offshore wind power, improvements in the O&M phase will be needed. Crew transfer is the process by which maintenance technicians are transferred by work boat (crew transfer vessel, CTV) to the turbine and vice versa. The pressure to achieve increased access to turbines implies a greater number of marginal-weather transfers. In order to achieve this while maintaining very high levels of safety, the ORACLES project seeks to develop a new crew transfer access forecasting capability.
ORACLES Poster at RUK Global Offshore Wind
ORACLES team in WESC 2019 Session
First academic paper from ORACLES
ORACLES Project presented at WindEurope 2019
ORACLES Team present at Futurewind 2019
ORACLES researcher Ciaran Gilbert gave an overview of his work on forecasting including a segment on our methodology. To access slides see https://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/electronicelectricalengineering/windmarineenergysystemsstructures/futurewindmarine/
ORACLES Q3 Meeting Held at Siemens Cobalt Park O&M Control Centre
Siemens kindly hosted our #ORACLES meeting today. As well as catching up on #accessforecasting for #offshorewind we got to take a look at the Newcastle control room, Quite an operation. Also – Spot the @1CiaranG of @EEEStrathclyde! https://t.co/Q3Yktdm6wI pic.twitter.com/8Pcm7GixZN
— David McMillan (@DavidStrathMc) December 3, 2018
ORACLES Interim findings presented at SuperGen Wind General Assembly
Our first major dissemination event was a presentation at the SuperGen Wind General Assembly hosted by University of Dundee. The audience was a diverse mix of engineering professionals, academics and research staff.
Key to maximising performance is understanding the KPIs, information flows and interfaces in operation. These interfaces are summarised in the diagram below. See the slidepack to understand how we translate the raw data streams into improved decision support on ORACLES.
Strathclyde Wind Energy R&D Team to Work with Robin Rigg
#RobinRigg from shore. Great visit yesterday with @gener8ingbetter @EEEStrathclyde and the RR team. Discussed turning substation-mounted cameras into turbine wave sensors. Improved access= cost reduction! #offshorewind #access #ORACLES #supergen pic.twitter.com/LHjwLNH9DC
— David McMillan (@DavidStrathMc) September 19, 2018
ORACLES team visit Iceni Turner
Many thanks to Richard Thurlow and the team @IceniMarine for hosting @jethrobrowell and I today. Plenty of food for thought for our ORACLES project @EEEStrathclyde https://t.co/5jqyueKin2 pic.twitter.com/l9nNcaQ2yl
— David McMillan (@DavidStrathMc) May 22, 2018