<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In future, offshore wind turbines may be consider a crucial part in the supply of energy. Maintenance processes are directed to attain a safe and reliable operation of offshore machines and wind turbines. In this paper, an opportunistic maintenance strategy for offshore wind turbine is proposed, considering imperfect maintenance and the preventive maintenance durations. Reliability Centric Maintenance serves as a proactive tactic to operations and maintenance by inhibiting the possible reasons of poor performance and controlling failures. Other components can implement the opportunistic preventive maintenances if one component has reached its reliability threshold. According to the rolling horizon approach, it is of great importance to update the maintenance planning for the sake of the short-term information. By figuring out the best combination, the maintenance schedule in the mission time has been finally determined. Failure information are obtained from previous studies to accomplish the calculations. The outcomes indicate that the maintenance cost has been dramatically reduced through the application of opportunistic maintenance.</p></abstract>

In future, offshore wind turbines may be consider a crucial part in the supply of energy. Maintenance processes are directed to attain a safe and reliable operation of offshore machines and wind turbines. In this paper, an opportunistic maintenance strategy for offshore wind turbine is proposed, considering imperfect maintenance and the preventive maintenance durations. Reliability Centric Maintenance serves as a proactive tactic to operations and maintenance by inhibiting the possible reasons of poor performance and controlling failures. Other components can implement the opportunistic preventive maintenances if one component has reached its reliability threshold. According to the rolling horizon approach, it is of great importance to update the maintenance planning for the sake of the short-term information. By figuring out the best combination, the maintenance schedule in the mission time has been finally determined. Failure information are obtained from previous studies to accomplish the calculations. The outcomes indicate that the maintenance cost has been dramatically reduced through the application of opportunistic maintenance.

Maintenance Grouping Optimization for Offshore Wind Turbine Considering Opportunities Based on Rolling Horizon Approach

Heilongjiang Water Transport Planning and Design Institute

Polish Maritime Research

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In future, offshore wind turbines may be consider a crucial part in the supply of energy. Maintenance processes are directed to attain a safe and reliable...

Maintenance Grouping Optimization for Offshore Wind Turbine Considering Opportunities Based on Rolling Horizon Approach

Published Online: Jul 07, 2018

Page range: 123 - 131

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2018-0063

Keywords
offshore wind turbine, opportunistic maintenance, rolling horizon, imperfect maintenance, preventive maintenance durations

© 2018 Yang Lua et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Maintenance Grouping Optimization for Offshore Wind Turbine Considering Opportunities Based on Rolling Horizon Approach

Published Online: Jul 07, 2018

Page range: 123 - 131

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2018-0063

Keywordsoffshore wind turbine, opportunistic maintenance, rolling horizon, imperfect maintenance, preventive maintenance durations

© 2018 Yang Lua et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
offshore wind turbine, opportunistic maintenance, rolling horizon, imperfect maintenance, preventive maintenance durations