An optimisation model for scheduling the decommissioning of an offshore wind farm

An optimisation model is proposed for scheduling the decommissioning of an offshore wind farm in order to minimise the total cost which is comprised of jack-up vessel, barge (transfer) vessel, inventory, processing and on-land transportation costs. This paper also presents a comprehensive review of...

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Main Authors: Irawan, Chandra Ade, Wall, Graham, Jones, Dylan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Verlag 2019
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59781/
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author Irawan, Chandra Ade
Wall, Graham
Jones, Dylan
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Wall, Graham
Jones, Dylan
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description An optimisation model is proposed for scheduling the decommissioning of an offshore wind farm in order to minimise the total cost which is comprised of jack-up vessel, barge (transfer) vessel, inventory, processing and on-land transportation costs. This paper also presents a comprehensive review of the strategic issues relating to the decommissioning process and of scheduling models that have been applied to offshore wind farms. A mathematical model using integer linear programming is developed to determine the optimal schedule considering several constraints such as the availability of vessels and planning delays. As the decommissioning problem is challenging to solve, a matheuristic approach based on the hybridisation of a heuristic approach and an exact method is also proposed to find near optimal solutions for a test set of problems. A set of computational experiments has been carried out to assess the proposed approach.
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spelling nottingham-597812020-02-28T03:47:41Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59781/ An optimisation model for scheduling the decommissioning of an offshore wind farm Irawan, Chandra Ade Wall, Graham Jones, Dylan An optimisation model is proposed for scheduling the decommissioning of an offshore wind farm in order to minimise the total cost which is comprised of jack-up vessel, barge (transfer) vessel, inventory, processing and on-land transportation costs. This paper also presents a comprehensive review of the strategic issues relating to the decommissioning process and of scheduling models that have been applied to offshore wind farms. A mathematical model using integer linear programming is developed to determine the optimal schedule considering several constraints such as the availability of vessels and planning delays. As the decommissioning problem is challenging to solve, a matheuristic approach based on the hybridisation of a heuristic approach and an exact method is also proposed to find near optimal solutions for a test set of problems. A set of computational experiments has been carried out to assess the proposed approach. Springer Verlag 2019-02-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59781/1/An%20optimisation%20model%20for%20scheduling%20the%20decommissioning%20of%20an%20offshore%20wind%20farm.pdf Irawan, Chandra Ade, Wall, Graham and Jones, Dylan (2019) An optimisation model for scheduling the decommissioning of an offshore wind farm. OR Spectrum, 41 (2). pp. 513-548. ISSN 0171-6468 Scheduling; Offshore wind farm; Renewable energy; Matheuristic http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00291-019-00546-z doi:10.1007/s00291-019-00546-z doi:10.1007/s00291-019-00546-z
spellingShingle Scheduling; Offshore wind farm; Renewable energy; Matheuristic
Irawan, Chandra Ade
Wall, Graham
Jones, Dylan
An optimisation model for scheduling the decommissioning of an offshore wind farm
title An optimisation model for scheduling the decommissioning of an offshore wind farm
title_full An optimisation model for scheduling the decommissioning of an offshore wind farm
title_fullStr An optimisation model for scheduling the decommissioning of an offshore wind farm
title_full_unstemmed An optimisation model for scheduling the decommissioning of an offshore wind farm
title_short An optimisation model for scheduling the decommissioning of an offshore wind farm
title_sort optimisation model for scheduling the decommissioning of an offshore wind farm
topic Scheduling; Offshore wind farm; Renewable energy; Matheuristic
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