TY - GEN
T1 - Offshore renewable energy systems
T2 - 12th International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies, EVER 2017
AU - Capocci, Romano
AU - Dooly, Gerard
AU - Toal, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/5/30
Y1 - 2017/5/30
N2 - This paper presents the development of an inspection-class Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) that can be employed to aid in the reduction of operational and maintenance (OandM) costs of offshore renewable energy systems. The estimated costs for the offshore renewables sectors are presented and accessibility challenges to the offshore structures, specifically off the coast of Ireland, are discussed. One solution is put forward to use a very capable ROV, operated by a two-man team, to inspect the structures, thus reducing the need of large vessels with large crews to carry out routine inspection. The design methodology is discussed, focusing on a number of subsystems namely, shape, thrusters, power, communications and equipment, enclosures, navigational sensor suite and control system. The challenges encountered during the design of the ROV are given with market challenges, and the ROV solutions also discussed. Finally, the future work required for the completion of the ROV is presented.
AB - This paper presents the development of an inspection-class Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) that can be employed to aid in the reduction of operational and maintenance (OandM) costs of offshore renewable energy systems. The estimated costs for the offshore renewables sectors are presented and accessibility challenges to the offshore structures, specifically off the coast of Ireland, are discussed. One solution is put forward to use a very capable ROV, operated by a two-man team, to inspect the structures, thus reducing the need of large vessels with large crews to carry out routine inspection. The design methodology is discussed, focusing on a number of subsystems namely, shape, thrusters, power, communications and equipment, enclosures, navigational sensor suite and control system. The challenges encountered during the design of the ROV are given with market challenges, and the ROV solutions also discussed. Finally, the future work required for the completion of the ROV is presented.
KW - Inspection ROV
KW - OceanRINGs
KW - offshore renewable energy device inspection
KW - operations and maintenance
KW - remotely operated vehicle
KW - tidal turbine inspection
KW - underwater robotics
KW - wave energy converter inspection
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021338990&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EVER.2017.7935940
DO - 10.1109/EVER.2017.7935940
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85021338990
T3 - 2017 12th International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies, EVER 2017
BT - 2017 12th International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies, EVER 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 11 April 2017 through 13 April 2017
ER -
