Preliminary Evaluation of Feasibility for Wind Energy Production on Offshore Extraction Platforms
A preliminary evaluation of the feasibility of installing small wind turbines on offshore oil and gas extraction platforms is presented. Some aerodynamic considerations are developed in order to determine the best rotor architecture to exploit the wind potential on such installations, assuming that wind conditions over the platforms are similar to those registered on the roofs of urban buildings. Economical considerations about both advantages and disadvantages of the exploitation of wind energy on offshore extraction platforms with respect to conventional offshore wind plants, is also presented. Finally, wind charts of European offshore winds are presented together with a map of the major offshore installations.
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[1] European Wind Energy Association, "Oceans opportunity",
www.ewea.org, 2009.
[2] European Wind Energy Association, "The European offshore wind
industry-key trends and statistics 1st half 2012", www.ewea.org, 2012.
[3] D. Matha, "Model development and loads analysis of an offshore wind
turbine on a tension leg platform, with comparison to other floating
turbine concepts", Subcontract Report, NREL/SR-500-45891, February 2010.
[4] S. Butterfield, W. Musial, J. Jonkman, "Engineering Challanges for
floating offdhore wind turbines", Conference Paper, NREL/CP-500-
38776, September 2007.
[5] W. Musial, S. Butterfield, "Energy from offshore wind", Conference
Paper, NREL/CP-500-39450, February 2006.
[6] A. Curvers, J. Pierik, "WP 3: Technologies state of the art", ECN Report.
[7] S. Li, Y. Li, "Numerical study on the performance effects of solidity on
the straight-bladed vertical axes wind turbine", Power and energy Engineering Conference, 2010.
[8] I. Paraschivoiu, Wind turbine design with emphasis on Darrieus
concept, Polytechnic International Press, Canada, 2002.
[9] M. Raciti Castelli, E. Benini, "Numerical Prediction of the Turbulent
Flow over a Flat-Roof Building for VAWT Application", E-NOVA
2011, Campus Pinkafeld, Eisenstadt (Austria), November 24-25, 2011.
[10] M. Raciti Castelli, E. Benini, "Comparison between Lift and Drag-
Driven VAWT Concepts on Low-Wind Site AEO", ICAMME 2012:
International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical
Engineering, Venice (Italy), November 28-30, 2011 (in: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Issue 59, November
2011, pp. 1677-1682)
[11] J. C. S├áenz-D├¼ez, E. Jiménez Mac├¼as, J. M. Blanco Barrero, M. Pèrez de
la Parte, J. M. Blanco Fernàndez, "Two-Dimensional Model of Wind
Flow on Buildings to Optimize the Implementation of Mini Wind
Turbines in Urban Spaces", International Conference on Renewable
Energies and Power Quality (ICREPQ'10), Granada (Spain), 23-25
March 2010.
[12] A. Grant, C. Johnstone, N. Kelly, "Urban wind energy conversion: The
potential of ducted turbines, Renewable Energy, Volume 33, Issue 6,
pp.1157-1163.
[13] S. Mertens, Wind energy in the built environment, Multiscience
Publishing, 2006.
[14] S. Stankovic, N. Campbell, A. Harries, Urban wind energy, Earthscan,
2009.
[15] G. J. W. van Bussel, S. M. Mertens, "Small wind turbines for the built
environment", EACWE4: the Fourth European & African Conference of
Wind Energy, Prague, 11-15 July, 2005.
[16] M. A. Heat, J. D. Walshe, S. J. Watson, "Estimating the potential yield
of small building-mounted wind turbines", Wind Energy, Vol. 10, Issue
2, May/June 2007, pp. 271-287.
[17] M. Raciti Castelli, A. Villa, E. Benini, "CFD Analysis of the Influence
of Central Shaft on Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Noise Emission",
Fourth International Meeting on Wind Turbine Noise, Rome (Italy), April 12-14, 2011.
[18] S. Mertens, "Wind energy in urban areas: Concentrator effects for wind
turbines close to buildings", Refocus, Vol. 3, Issue 2, March-April 2002,
pp. 22-24.
[19] A. G. Dutton, J. A. Halliday, M. J. Blanch, "The feasibility of Building-
Mounted/Integrated Wind Turbines (BUWTs): Achieving their potential
for carbon emission reductions. Final report", http://eru.rl.ac.uk, 4 May
2005.
[20] http://therecycletimes.com
[21] Deflt University Wind Energy Research Institute, "Offshore wind
energy - Ready to power a sustainable Europe. Final Report", CA-OWEE
Duwind 2001.006, December 2001.
[22] S. Krohn, P. E. Morthorst, S. Awerbuch, "The economics of wind energy", www.ewea.org, 2009.
[23] European Wind Energy Association, "Wind energy - the facts : Costs &
Prices", www.ewea.org, 2003.
[24] http://ropatec.com
[25] J. Bard, L. Quesnel, J. E. Hanssen, "Large floating turbines for intermediate water dephts", Wind Power R&D Seminar, Trondheim, 20-21 January 2011.
[26] J. Bard, "High power, high reliability offshore wind technology", SETPlan,
Warsaw, 28-29 November 2011.
[27] J. Murphy, K. Lynch, L. Serri, D. Airdoldi, M. Lopes, "Site selection
analysis for offshore combined resource projects in Europe", FP7
ORECCA Project Work Package 2, 28 October 2011.
[28] http://orecca.eu.
[29] http://greenreport.it
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