Description du projet
Des solutions d’ancrage efficaces pour les éoliennes flottantes offshore
Le vent en mer est une source d’énergie propre et renouvelable désormais exploitée à l’aide d’éoliennes fixes en eaux peu profondes. Les technologies flottantes, actuellement en phase de développement précommercial, permettraient au marché éolien de croître considérablement, en s’implantant dans des eaux plus profondes et en faisant face à des vitesses de vent plus élevées. Le projet SEAFLOWER, financé par l’UE, vise à soutenir le développement de solutions flottantes du point de vue géotechnique, contribuant à surmonter certaines des barrières techniques actuelles de l’exploitation de l’énergie éolienne dans les eaux profondes. L’objectif consiste à définir une procédure numérique permettant de stocker l’expérience mûrie dans le secteur de l’énergie pétrolière et gazière et les résultats de recherche les plus récents sur les fondations d’ancrage pour les mettre à disposition des besoins du marché éolien offshore.
Objectif
Actively taking part to the debate on the future energy supply in Europe, SEAFLOWER proposes strategies to exploit anchor foundations for floating offshore wind turbines. Effective solutions can be drawn from the offshore oil and gas industry, where they have been made available over the last three decades. Offshore wind energy developments have distinct requirements on anchoring systems, and a systematic study to aid with a rational transfer of technology between the two energy sectors has not yet been undertaken. SEAFLOWER focuses on this, through a Finite Element (FE) study built on a rich database of consistent experimental evidences. To account for the uncertainties intrinsic to any offshore foundation problems and any technology transfers, an innovative probabilistic framework is used, using meta-modelling techniques. The objective is to define a numerical procedure that can store past experience on anchor foundations and make it available to the needs of the floating offshore wind market. SEAFLOWER addresses the actual phase of FOWT pre-commercial development and the procedure overall contributes towards overcoming the actual technical barriers to the deployment of offshore wind in deep waters. The research builds on the collaboration of internationally renowned institutions: the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, University of Western Australia (COFS, outgoing, Supervisor Christophe Gaudin), the National Institute for Environmental Science and Research, Université Grenoble Alpes (IRSTEA, secondment, supervisor Franck Bourrier) and the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna (DICAM, return, supervisor Laura Govoni). With SEAFLOWER, through continuous research and training, the experience researcher also challenges his ambitious plan to forge a career in academia, building new knowledge on his competences and skills, while tackling one to the most important societal issues of our century.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringwater engineeringocean engineering
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciences
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinateur
40126 Bologna
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