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An uninterruptable power supply system for an offshore, hydrocarbon producing installation Download PDF

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GB2621798A
GB2621798A GB2318534.1A GB202318534A GB2621798A GB 2621798 A GB2621798 A GB 2621798A GB 202318534 A GB202318534 A GB 202318534A GB 2621798 A GB2621798 A GB 2621798A
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KLEPSVIK Håkon
Borgen Eystein
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Odfjell Oceanwind AS
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J3/00—Circuit arrangements for AC mains or AC distribution networks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J9/00—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting
    • H02J9/04—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source
    • H02J9/06—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over, e.g. UPS systems
    • H02J9/062—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over, e.g. UPS systems for AC powered loads
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D13/00—Assembly, mounting or commissioning of wind motors; Arrangements specially adapted for transporting wind motor components
    • F03D13/20—Arrangements for mounting or supporting wind motors; Masts or towers for wind motors
    • F03D13/25—Arrangements for mounting or supporting wind motors; Masts or towers for wind motors specially adapted for offshore installation
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D9/00—Adaptations of wind motors for special use; Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven thereby; Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations
    • F03D9/10—Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy
    • F03D9/11—Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy storing electrical energy
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J3/00—Circuit arrangements for AC mains or AC distribution networks
    • H02J3/38—Arrangements for parallely feeding a single network by two or more generators, converters or transformers
    • H02J3/40—Synchronising a generator for connection to a network or to another generator
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J9/00—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B2035/4433—Floating structures carrying electric power plants
    • B63B2035/446—Floating structures carrying electric power plants for converting wind energy into electric energy
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B2035/4473—Floating structures supporting industrial plants, such as factories, refineries, or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B2035/448—Floating hydrocarbon production vessels, e.g. Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels [FPSO]
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2220/00—Application
    • F05B2220/61—Application for hydrogen and/or oxygen production
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/93—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a structure floating on a liquid surface
    • H02J2101/28—
    • H02J2105/10—
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B10/00—Integration of renewable energy sources in buildings
    • Y02B10/70—Hybrid systems, e.g. uninterruptible or back-up power supplies integrating renewable energies

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Abstract

The present invention relates to an uninterruptable power supply system (1) for an offshore hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI). The uninterruptable power supply system (1) comprises an offshore foundation (10) separate from the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) and an energy storage (30) located on or inside the offshore foundation (10). The energy storage (30) is electrically connected to the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) for supplying electric power to the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) during an interruption of a power supply (120; 120A) of the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI).

Claims (25)

1. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) for an offshore hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI), wherein the uninterruptable power supply system (1) comprises: - an offshore foundation (10) separate from the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI); - an energy storage (30) located on or inside the offshore foundation (10); wherein the energy storage (30) is electrically connected to the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) for supplying electric power to the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) during an interruption of a power supply (120; 120A) of the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI); wherein the offshore foundation (10) is located spaced apart from the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI), and wherein the energy storage (30) is electrically connected to the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) via a power cable (PC); wherein the offshore foundation (10) is a floating foundation (10) comprising buoyancy members (11a, 1 lb, 11c), wherein the energy storage (30) is located on or inside the at least one buoyancy members (11a, 1 lb, 11c) and wherein a ballast of the floating foundation (10) is at least partially provided by the weight of the energy storage (30).
2. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to claim 1, wherein the floating foundation (10) comprises at least three buoyancy members (11a, 1 lb, 11c); wherein: - the energy storage (30) is located on or inside a first buoyancy member (11a) and/or on or inside a second buoyancy member (1 lb).
3. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to any one of the above claims, wherein a ballast of the floating foundation (10) is at least partially provided by the weight of the energy storage (30).
4. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to claim 1, wherein at least 5 %, preferably at least 10 %, of the ballast of the floating foundation (10) is provided by the weight of the energy storage (30).
5. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to any one of the above claims, wherein the energy storage (30) is a rechargeable battery or a plurality of rechargeable batteries.
6. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to any one of the above claims, wherein the energy storage (30) is dimensioned according to a property of the power supply of the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI).
7. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to claim 8, wherein a property of the power supply of the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) is a start-up period (Tstartup) for the power supply of the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) and wherein the energy storage (30) is dimensioned to supply power to the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) for a period of time (Tload) corresponding to at least the start-up period (Tstartup).
8. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to any one of the above claims, wherein the uninterruptable power supply system (1) comprises a frequency reference generator (50) for generating a frequency reference for the electric power supplied to the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI).
9. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to claim 10, wherein the frequency reference generator (50) is provided in communication with, and is synchronized with, a frequency generator (150) of the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI).
10. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to any one of the above claims, wherein the uninterruptable power supply system (1) comprises a cooling system (70) for cooling the energy storage (30), wherein the cooling system (70) comprises: - a cooling fluid circulation pump (71) for circulation of cooling fluid through a cooling fluid circuit (72); - a heat exchanger (73) connected to the cooling fluid circuit (72), wherein the heat exchanger (73) is submerged in ballast water.
11. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to claim 12, wherein the heat exchanger (73) is submerged in the ballast water in one of the buoyancy members (11a, l ib, 11c).
12. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to any one of the above claims, wherein the uninterruptable power supply system (1) comprises a power management system (80) for controlling power supplied to prioritized loads (106a, 106b, 106c) of the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) based on a presently available short circuit capacity of the energy storage (30).
13. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to any one of the above claims, wherein the uninterruptable power supply system (1) comprises: - a wind turbine (20) installed on the offshore foundation (10); - a first power converter (40) for converting power produced by the wind turbine (20) to energy stored in the energy storage (30).
14. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to claim 13, wherein the uninterruptable power supply system (1) comprises a cable terminal (60) connectable to the power cable (PC), wherein the cable terminal (60) is electrically connected to AC terminals of the first power converter (40).
15. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the foundation (11) is a floating foundation and wherein the wind turbine (20) is located on at least one buoyancy member (11c) of the floating foundation.
16. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to claim 13, wherein the first power converter (40) is a bidirectional power converter for converting AC power produced by the wind turbine (20) or by the power supply (120; 120 A) of the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) to a DC power supplied to the battery and for converting DC power stored in the battery to an AC power supplied to the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI).
17. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to claim 13, wherein the uninterruptable power supply system (1) is configured to supply electric power to the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) simultaneously from the wind turbine (20) and the energy storage (30).
18. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to any one of the above claims, wherein the maximum current supplied by the energy storage (30) and the wind turbine (20) in total is at least two times, preferably four times, the rated maximum current of the power supply (120; 120A) of the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI).
19. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to any one of the above claims, wherein the maximum power supplied by the energy storage (30) and the wind turbine (20) in total exceeds the rated maximum power of at least one of the generators or gas turbines of the power supply (120) located on the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI).
20. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to claim 13, wherein the uninterruptable power supply system (1) comprises a second power converter (45) connected between the wind turbine (20) and the cable terminal (60).
21. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to any one of the above claims, wherein the power supply of the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) is a wind turbine system (120A).
22. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) for an offshore hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI), wherein the uninterruptable power supply system (1) comprises: - an offshore foundation (10) separate from the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI); - an energy storage (30) located on or inside the offshore foundation (10); wherein the energy storage (30) is electrically connected to the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) for supplying electric power to the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) during an interruption of a power supply (120; 120A) of the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI);
23. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) according to claim 22, wherein the offshore foundation (10) is located spaced apart from the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI), and wherein the energy storage (30) is electrically connected to the hydrocarbon producing installation (HCPI) via a power cable (PC).
24. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) to any one of claims 22 or 23, wherein the offshore foundation (10) is a floating foundation (10) comprising buoyancy members (11a, 1 lb, 1 lc), wherein the energy storage (30) is located on or inside the at least one buoyancy members (11a, l ib, 11c).
25. Uninterruptable power supply system (1) to any one of claims 22 -24, wherein a ballast of the floating foundation (10) is at least partially provided by the weight of the energy storage (30).
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