Abstract
There is a trend within the oil and gas market to shift from steel wire ropes to fiber ropes for lifting, hoisting and mooring applications. The cost of fiber ropes is about 2-3 times that of steel wire ropes, but the natural buoyancy of fiber ropes reduces the overall weight resulting in smaller cranes and thereby reduces the overall costs. For heave compensation, a rope is typically of 3-4000 meters long, such that one rope costs in the order of 7.5 million dollars. The current practice on when to discard a fiber rope is through visual inspections done manually with large safety factors. This means that the rope is discarded before it is necessary, increasing the overall life-cycle costs. The offshore industry wants a better monitoring system to understand when the fiber rope must be replaced.
Original language | English |
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Publication date | 2016 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | European Study Group with Industry, ESGI: Industrial Problem - , Denmark Duration: 1 Jan 2016 → 1 Jan 2016 http://www.compute.dtu.dk/english/cooperation/ESGI |
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Conference | European Study Group with Industry, ESGI |
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Country/Territory | Denmark |
Period | 01/01/2016 → 01/01/2016 |
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