Mooring system status monitoring for floating offshore wind turbine
OwnerJesper Kjaer Nielsen, Carlos Alberto Cavichioli Gonzagainventors
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Abstract
A method of monitoring a mooring system (10) of a floating offshore installation, FOI, (100) that is moored by the mooring system (10) is provided. The method comprises obtaining parameters related to a position of the FOI, wherein the parameters include at least mooring system parameters that are indicative of a region (15) within which a position of the FOI is expected to lie. The method further includes obtaining position measurements of an actual position (11) of the FOI, and deriving, from the obtained parameters and from the position measurements of the FOI, a state of the mooring system (10) of the FOI.
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A method of monitoring a mooring system (10) of a floating offshore installation, FOI, (100) that is moored by the mooring system (10), wherein the method comprises:
- obtaining parameters related to a position of the FOI, wherein the parameters include at least mooring system parameters that are indicative of a region (15) within which a position of the FOI is expected to lie;
- obtaining position measurements of an actual position (11) of the FOI;
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- deriving, from the obtained parameters and from the position measurements of the FOI, a state of the mooring system (10) of the FOI,
- wherein the mooring system parameters include parameters of one or more elements of the mooring system (10) that restrict the motion of the FOI (100) to an area (15) in which the FOI (100) can be located, wherein the mooring system parameters that restrict the motion of the FOI (100) to the area (15) comprise at least a mooring line length of 2, 3, or more anchor assemblies (10, 20, 30) of the mooring system.
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