Offshore access vessel slides gm
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Transformer at Sea Robert Macdonald MEng Product Design Engineering, University of Strathclyde Department of Design, Manufacture &Engineering Management [email protected] Challenge sponsored by:
Transcript of Offshore access vessel slides gm
Transformer at Sea
Robert MacdonaldMEng Product Design Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Department of Design, Manufacture &Engineering Management
Challenge sponsored by:
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Why we developed the technologyWe needed a safer system to access offshore structures (wind turbines, oil platforms etc) in high seas, with the following features:
•Secure point of transfer
•Standardised process
•Increased safety
•Increased max wave height
We developed a vessel that can transform from a fast catamaran for transit to a stable semi-submersible on-site and combined it with a new kind of transit gangway – check out the diagrams in the next slides.
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Transit configuration• Standard catamaran• Fast, manoeuvrable
The transformation process
On-site configuration• Semi-submersible• Stable platform
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The gangway
Safe way to access offshore structures• Clamp onto access ladder pull away from structure to
prevent crushing injuries• Flexible gangway adjusts to wave motion to minimise
effects• No more “bump and jump”
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Next Generation of Access Systems
Rapidly changing regulations driving new developments in the field exciting times ahead for this tech!
Vessel Designs
Transfer systems
Launch and recovery systems
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Summary• Safer transit system,
combining novel vessel and gangway
• Rapidly changing regulations, competitor field
• In prototype stage – looking for development partners
• The more we know about applications and markets, the easier partners will be to find
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How can you help?
• What specific situations could we use the system in that we haven’t yet considered?
• Would the vessel or gangway system be useful by themselves in another setting?
• Any ideas on how we could expand on the underlying technology?
Excited to see what you can come up with!
