FPSO
FPSO
FPSO
ESPADARTE OVERVIEW
Espadarte Elevation
Riser I-tubes
Chain Jack
Turret Cut-Away
KUITO OVERVIEW
FPSO UTILITY
Proven floating concept ship
Can survive any non-ice sea environment
freeboard in fully loaded conditions (green water) minimum draft in ballasted conditions (slamming) size of the mooring system (anchor leg / turret)
Location of the accommodation Location & size of the turret
internal external
Environment
the fatigue resistance of a tanker is suitable for a 25-year deployment in West Africa in harsh environment, ships rules do not provide adequate fatigue resistance for long term deployment
Project planning
conversion: 14 - 24 months (topsides & mooring on critical path) new construction: 24 to 30+ months (hull on critical path)
Costs
CAPEX in favor of conversion (but cost and schedule somewhat difficult to predict accurately) new construction costs (and schedule) can be reduced by accepting an early design freeze date on topsides
Directional environment
Global forces and resultant vessel motion Wind Wave Current surge, sway, yaw and roll (heel) surge, sway, yaw, heave, roll and pitch surge, sway and yaw
JONSWAP
PM
WAVE FORCES
1.0E7
0.0
1.2E5
0.0
WAVE DRIFT
F X
FPSO with mooring is simply a single degree of freedom mass spring system with a natural period . When second order wave force excitation occurs at this period, large horizontal motions are experienced limited only by damping.
WIND
Wind load prediction OCIMF, wind tunnel or windage areas not from wave model basin tests. Windage areas can be very large owing to Topsides especially in ballasted condition. Wind can be designing in areas such as West Africa, when the vessel is spread moored. Plays a role in wave drift damping. How to best describe wind: a) uniform, b) speed and duration, c) wind spectrum, d) recorded time series. If we use wind spectrum or time series, combination of wind + wave both being random would have to be rationalized.
CURRENT
Current load prediction on hull OCIMF, current basin, analytical (future CFD). Current load prediction on riser and mooring current basin (scaling problems), analytical (many good programs). Knowledge of current down to the fully loaded draft is important for current forces on the FPSO hull (say first 25m). Interaction with wave important in wave drift force. Knowledge is important throughout the depth for mooring and riser system. Profile is important both in magnitude and direction. Plays a significant role in wave drift damping.
Radiation Potential Y Y Mooring and riser damping derivation is an iterative process (damping depending on amplitude, which itself depends on the damping). To solve this problem, fully coupled methods should be used.
NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS
Main limitations Mooring: Yaw and fish-tailing, 1st order motions: Roll prediction and damping
5 4 3 2
10
7 5 4 3 2
1
7 5 4 3 2
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.9
1.2
1.5
Risers: VIV
8e4
20
6e4
15
4e4
10
2e4
0e00.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.20
2e5
1e5
7e4
3e4
-1e40.0
0.3
0.6
0.9
1.2
1.5