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University of New Hampshire

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2024

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Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Analysis And Discovery, Payton Maddaloni Jan 2024

Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Analysis And Discovery, Payton Maddaloni

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Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Analysis And Discovery, Payton Summer Maddaloni Jan 2024

Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Analysis And Discovery, Payton Summer Maddaloni

Honors Theses and Capstones

This poster encompasses yearlong literary research into floating offshore wind turbines. Limitations created by society are discussed, these have prohibited large leaps to get the turbines out of the design phase. Traditional platform designs are displayed to show the potential the industry has to offer as the next renewable energy source. The maintenance phase seeks optimization. A case study by the University of Cincinnati used production losses as a consideration to lower the total cost of traditionally expensive maintenance. Finally, the end-of-life scenarios are currently being overlooked by developers. This opens the door to multiple options for disposal. Mimicking the …