AIM
"We aim to investigate the feasibility of decarbonizing O&M activities for offshore wind farms using Green Hydrogen as an alternative fuel."​
Objective
The following objectives were identified in order achieve this aim:
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Estimate the annual energy production for a given offshore wind farm.
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Develop a method of accurately estimating the number of turbine failures for a given year.
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Categorise the type of failures and required vessel deployment.
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Calculate the fuel consumption by the vessels during the simulated operations and maintenance activities.
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Calculate an equivalent volume of Hydrogen to complete meet this fuel consumption.
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Calculate the total energy consumed through the Hydrogen production process (Desalination, PEM Electrolysis and compression to storage conditions)
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Estimate the yearly cost of this process along with a levelized cost of Hydrogen (LCOH)