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…(Scopus)A practical decision making on design of fixed offshore wind turbine support structure considering socio-economic impact
M Vishnu
Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
S Surendran
Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36956/sms.v1i1.5
Received: 22 January 2019; Published: 22 January 2019
Copyright © 2019 M Vishnu, S Surendran. Published by Nan Yang Academy of Sciences Pte. Ltd..
Abstract
Wind energy is considered one of the most promising alternative energy sources against the conventional fossil fuels. However, the deployment of these structures in deep-water for better power production is considered as a complex task. This also has raised the issue regarding selection of appropriate support structures for various sea conditions by considering environmental impact and carbon footprint. This paper considers a jacket like support structure as a case study for an intermediate water depth (50m). The jacket is considered to be located in North of Dutch Sea, and 100-extreme wave is applied as load condition. Here, the presented methodology provides an insight towards environmental/social impact made by the optimized designs in comparison with reference design.
Keywords: Wind turbine support structure, Sustainable design, Optimization, Multi criteria decision making, Non-linear based design