SMART-GBF

In the first wind farm on Thornton bank, 30 km off the Belgian coast, C-Power (photo) installed, among other things, 6 wind turbines on gravity-based foundations (GBF). The project aims to develop an inspection & monitoring strategy for GBF structures in order to control maintenance costs and potentially extend the service life of these structures.
Status
Past
Duration
Apr 2019 - Dec 2021
Type
DBC project

The SMART-GBF project aims to develop low-cost strategies for inspection and continuous monitoring, specifically for gravity-based foundations (GBF) of offshore constructions, in order to better control operations & maintenance (O&M) costs and to facilitate a potential service life extension.

The aim is to reduce hardware costs by eliminating unnecessary sensors using virtual sensing and by deploying alternative sensor technologies. Visual inspections will need to be carried out less frequently and inspections will be more efficient thanks to the use of digital twin monitoring.

2 GBFs will be equipped with various monitoring strategies in order to verify the project results. Afterwards, the collected data will be processed in a data platform to support operators in making decisions regarding maintenance planning, as well as to support any decisions regarding the service life extension of GBFs.

Partners: C-Power, Elsyca, 24Sea

With the support of: VLAIO (Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship)

Contact: Kristien Veys

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