Marine Operations Center (MOVE)

The overall objective for SFI MOVE is to facilitate marine operations taking place in a commercial and cost-efficient manner and thereby contributing to position the Norwegian maritime industry towards the market of such operations worldwide. As operations are getting more extensive, there is a need for more all-year marine operations. All-year operations will have a significant impact on both technology, operational procedures, costs, and will require very different solutions depending on the environment in which you are operative. Ships are getting smarter, data driven and connected to the rest of the world. We are facing a stream of new digital technologies. We will highlight following results: 1. Waiting on Weather (WoW) Marine operations are today designed and simulated by engineers before they are executed. A maximum sea state is usually defined as a limiting factor for the operation. The main idea is to develop a framework for digital twin technology allowing remote support calculating responses considering operational data from ship sensors and combine these with physical based models to monitor and predict the response of vessels and their working tools, and based on this information, give advice to the crew performing a marine operation on how to operate safely and efficiently. The technology developed will give an important contribution toward response-based decision making in marine operations. - A flexible architecture for real time onboard decision support software is made (framework, virtual sensor, data storage, analytics producing statistics etc.) - Ship model tuning based on wave sensor data - Hydrodynamic coefficients typical structures - Methods for considering vessel shielding effects. 2. Remote operation Marine operations are getting more technology based. New technological solutions as digital twins, cloud computing and machine learning enables faster change, creates more complex and dynamic work environment, which is followed by organizational changes, implementations of new and more flexible structures and ways of working. We are coining this development distributed maritime capabilities. The driver for such development is reduced costs by having remote support replacing physical support onboard. - The NTNU research vessel R/V Gunnerus is instrumented (navigation, machinery, crane, DP, wave radar) - A digital twin of R/V Gunnerus is made and sensor data fed in real time - A control centre is built - Tests of distributed crew 3. Innovative installation of offshore wind power Fewer restrictions on size an hight than their onshore counterparts, offshore wind turbines are becoming giants. 14 MW turbines were installed in 2021. These giants have a rotor diameter of 222 meters and 260 metres hight to the rotor centre. Installations are moving further from shore, tapping better quality wind resources, and pushing up capacity factors. Next generation giant turbines demand new methods for installation, service, and repair. Installation of these giants are done by huge crane vessels with needed lifting capacities and hight more than the hight to the rotor. Simulation of such systems includes hydrodynamics of several floating bodes interacting each other, anchoring systems, ship systems as thrusters and DP, hydraulic winches, heave compensated systems, control systems and so on. A simulation framework based on the principle of the Functional Mockup Unit standard is explored. The simulation framework includes a co-simulation allowing different subsystem which form a coupled problem to be modelled and simulated in distributed manner. Models from a variety of specialised software tools can then be combined in one single system simulation. - SFI MOVE have proposed an innovative solution lifting the tower including nacelle and blades by wires at the connected to the lower part of the tower. A supporting set of wires at a higher position of the tower is used to keep the turbine in a vertical orientation. - Simulation models are made including hydrodynamics, DP, hydraulics, and control systems

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The Marine Operations Centre will develop knowledge, methods, tools, technology, prototypes and training for safe, robust and efficient installation of structures and maintenance of equipment in extreme waters. The technologies and methods are targeted to open new possibilities for Norwegian industry and the stakeholders in the Marine Operation value chain, facilitating the execution of complex and/or repetitive missions. This requires advanced mathematical models, reliable installation tools and vessels, but also efficient ways to survey, repair and replace components. Demanding marine operations require highly skilled operators and personnel, and good coordination and communication between professionals involved in operations. The concepts, technology and methods will be verified and validated by mathematical models and laboratory testing, and also implemented in integrated simulators. The Marine Operations centre will focus on areas - where marine operations is central in national resource management and value creation - where new knowledge and technology will have key impact on marine operations - where marine operations is an enabling technology - where marine operations are a show-stopper for large-scale industrial development The SFI centre shall support the oil & gas industry through development of methods, software and tools for particularly demanding operations ? extreme weight, extreme water-depth, extreme precision, extreme demands regularity or extremely short response time. The SFI centre shall support the offshore wind industry through development of methods, software and tools for safe and efficient series-installation of offshore wind turbines. The SFI shall support the formation of an offshore mining industry though transfer of technology from the oil&gas industry and development of special innovations for deep-water mineral exploration and production.