Assessment of Multi-Use Offshore Platforms: Structure Classification and Design Challenges
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. What is an Offshore Multi-Use Platform?
2.1. Aquaculture
2.2. Potential Offshore Energy Resources
3. Offshore MUP Structures
3.1. Co-Located System
3.2. Combined Structure
3.3. Island Structure
4. Offshore MUP Design Methodology
5. Offshore MUP Grid Configuration
6. Offshore MUP Grid Control
7. Offshore MUP Grid Challenges
8. Conclusion
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Location Class | Wave Height | Exposure Degree to Wave |
---|---|---|
5 | Higher than 3 m | Extreme (offshore area) |
1 | Below 0.5 m | Insignificant (Nearshore area) |
Project: The Ocean of Tomorrow [8] | EU Fund | Status |
FP7-Ocean-2010 | ||
Arctic Climate Change Economy and Society | € 10,978,468 | Done |
Vector of Change in Oceans and Seas Marine Life | € 12,484,835 | Done |
Sub-seabed CO2 Storage: Impact on Marine Ecosystems | € 10,500,000 | Done |
FP7-Ocean-2011 | ||
Development of a Wind-Wave Power Open-Sea Platform | € 4,525,934 | Done |
Innovative Multi-Purpose Offshore Platforms: Planning, Design and Operation | € 5,483,411 | Done |
Modular Multi-Use Deep Water Offshore platform | € 4,877,911 | Done |
Marine Microbial Biodiversity, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology | € 8,987,491 | Done |
FP7-OCEAN-2012 | ||
Priority Environmental Contaminants in Seafood: Safety Assessment, Impact and Public Perception | € 3,999,874 | Done |
Integrated Biotechnological Solutions for Combating Marine Oil Spills | € 8,996,599 | Done |
Suppression of underwater Noise Induced by Cavitation | € 2,999,972 | Done |
Science and Technology Advancing Governance on Good Environmental Status | € 999,733 | Done |
FP7-OCEAN-2013 | ||
Marine Environmental In-Situ Assessment and Monitoring Tool | € 5,434,221 | Done |
Real-Time Monitoring of SEA Contaminants by an Autonomous Lab-On-A-Chip Biosensor | € 5,751,459 | Done |
Sensing Toxicants In Marine Waters Makes Sense Using Biosensors | € 4,144,263 | Done |
Marine Sensors for the 21st Century | € 5,924,945 | Done |
Low-Toxic, Cost-Efficient, Environment-Friendly Antifouling Materials | € 7,447,584 | Done |
Synergistic Fouling Control Technologies | € 7,995,161 | Done |
Logistic Efficiencies and Naval architecture for Wind Installations with Novel Developments | € 9,986,231 | Done |
Project: Horizon 2020 [9] | ||
United Multi-Use Offshore Platforms Demonstrators for Boosting Cost-Effective and Eco-Friendly Production in Sustainable Marine Activities | € 11,399,118 | End 2023 |
Lean Innovative Connected Vessels | € 7,808,691 | Done |
Functional Platform for Open Sea Farm Installations of the Blue Growth Industry | € 9,854,077 | End 2021 |
Multi-Use in European Seas | € 1,987,603 | Done |
Multiple-Uses of Space for Island Clean Autonomy | € 9,834,521 | End 2024 |
Multi-Use Affordable Standardized Floating Space@Sea | € 7,629,927 | End 2020 |
Marine Investment for the Blue Economy | € 1,977,951 | Done |
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Nassar, W.M.; Anaya-Lara, O.; Ahmed, K.H.; Campos-Gaona, D.; Elgenedy, M. Assessment of Multi-Use Offshore Platforms: Structure Classification and Design Challenges. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1860. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12051860
Nassar WM, Anaya-Lara O, Ahmed KH, Campos-Gaona D, Elgenedy M. Assessment of Multi-Use Offshore Platforms: Structure Classification and Design Challenges. Sustainability. 2020; 12(5):1860. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12051860
Chicago/Turabian StyleNassar, Walid M., Olimpo Anaya-Lara, Khaled H. Ahmed, David Campos-Gaona, and Mohamed Elgenedy. 2020. "Assessment of Multi-Use Offshore Platforms: Structure Classification and Design Challenges" Sustainability 12, no. 5: 1860. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12051860