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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-14 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Wind Engineering |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 13 Jan 2015 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2015 |
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Keywords
- offshore wind energy
- maintenance simulation
- wind energy
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Reference cases for verification of operation and maintenance simulation models for offshore wind farms. / Dinwoodie, Iain Allan; Endrerud, Ole-Erik; Hofmann, Matthias; Martin, Rebecca; Bakken Sperstad, Iver.
In: Wind Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 1, 01.02.2015, p. 1-14.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Reference cases for verification of operation and maintenance simulation models for offshore wind farms
AU - Dinwoodie, Iain Allan
AU - Endrerud, Ole-Erik
AU - Hofmann, Matthias
AU - Martin, Rebecca
AU - Bakken Sperstad, Iver
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - Due to lack of operating experience in the field of offshore wind energy and large costs associated with maintaining offshore wind farms, there is a need to develop accurate operation and maintenance models for strategic planning purposes. This paper provides an approach for verifying such simulation models and demonstrates it by describing the verification process for four models. A reference offshore wind farm is defined and simulated using these models to provide test cases and benchmark results for verification for wind farm availability and O&M costs. This paper also identifies key modelling assumptions that impact the results. The calculated availabilities for the four models show good agreement apart from cases where maintenance resources are heavily constrained. There are also larger discrepancies between the cost results. All the differences in the results can be explained by different modelling assumptions. Therefore, the models can be regarded as verified based on the presented approach.
AB - Due to lack of operating experience in the field of offshore wind energy and large costs associated with maintaining offshore wind farms, there is a need to develop accurate operation and maintenance models for strategic planning purposes. This paper provides an approach for verifying such simulation models and demonstrates it by describing the verification process for four models. A reference offshore wind farm is defined and simulated using these models to provide test cases and benchmark results for verification for wind farm availability and O&M costs. This paper also identifies key modelling assumptions that impact the results. The calculated availabilities for the four models show good agreement apart from cases where maintenance resources are heavily constrained. There are also larger discrepancies between the cost results. All the differences in the results can be explained by different modelling assumptions. Therefore, the models can be regarded as verified based on the presented approach.
KW - offshore wind energy
KW - maintenance simulation
KW - wind energy
UR - http://multi-science.metapress.com/content/5557nuq37q5lu1l1/?p=65c5585ae2c04d4ab050c1d3b68b0899&pi=1
U2 - 10.1260/0309-524X.39.1.1
DO - 10.1260/0309-524X.39.1.1
M3 - Article
VL - 39
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - Wind Engineering
JF - Wind Engineering
SN - 0309-524X
IS - 1
ER -