A Digital Twin for Assessing the Remaining Useful Life of Offshore Wind Turbine Structures

Abstract

his paper delves into the application of digital twin monitoring techniques for enhancing offshore floating wind turbine performance, with a detailed case study that uses open-source digital twin software. We explore the practical implementation of digital twins and their efficacy in optimizing operations and predictive maintenance, focusing on controlling the real-time structural state of composite wind turbine structures and forecasting the remaining useful life by tracking the fatigue state in the structure. Our findings emphasize digital twins’ potential as a valuable tool for renewable energy, driving efficiency and sustainability in offshore floating wind installations. These aspects, along with the aforementioned simulations, whether in real-time or forecasted, reduce costly and unnecessary inspections and scheduled maintenance. newer structures. This is why, in Figure2, a chart illustrating the number of Google trend searches for the

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This is a copy of an article published in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, also available at https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12040573