RT Journal Article
T1 O&M Models for Ocean Energy Converters: Calibrating through Real Sea Data: 												Calibrating through real sea data
A1 Bloise Thomaz, Tianna
A1 Crooks, David
A1 Medina-Lopez, Encarni
A1 van Velzen, Leonore
A1 Jeffrey, Henry
A1 Lopez Mendia, Joseba
A1 Rodriguez Arias, Raul
A1 Ruiz Minguela, Pablo
AB Of the cost centres that combine to result in Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE), O&M costs play a significant part. Several developers have calculated component costs, demonstrating how they can become commercially competitive with other forms of renewable energy. However, there are uncertainties relating to the O&M figures that can only be reduced through lessons learned at sea. This work presents an O&M model calibrated with data from real sea experience of a wave energy device deployed at the Biscay Marine energy Platform (BiMEP): the OPERA O&M Model. Two additional case studies, utilising two other O&M calculation methodologies, are presented for comparison with the OPERA O&M Model. The second case study assumes the inexistence of an O&M model, utilising a Simplified Approach. The third case study applies DTOcean’s (a design tool for ocean energy arrays) O&M module. The results illustrate the potential advantages of utilising real sea data for the calibration and development of an O&M model. The Simplified Approach was observed to overestimate LCOE when compared to the OPERA O&M Model. This work also shows that O&M models can be used for the definition of optimal maintenance plans to assist with OPEX reduction.
SN 1996-1073
YR 2019
FD 2019
LA eng
NO Bloise Thomaz , T , Crooks , D , Medina-Lopez , E , van Velzen , L , Jeffrey , H , Lopez Mendia , J , Rodriguez Arias , R & Ruiz Minguela , P 2019 , ' O &M Models for Ocean Energy Converters: Calibrating through Real Sea Data : Calibrating through real sea data ' , Energies , vol. 12 , no. 13 , 2475 , pp. 2475 . https://doi.org/10.3390/en12132475
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