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MODULE DESCRIPTOR
Module Title
Offshore Operations, Monitoring and Maintenance
Reference ENM284 Version 2
Created August 2021 SCQF Level SCQF 11
Approved January 2018 SCQF Points 15
Amended August 2021 ECTS Points 7.5

Aims of Module
This module aims to identify the challenges of operating in offshore environment and applies strategies that can be used to meet these challenges.

Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
1 Demonstrate a critical awareness of challenges with offshore operations and maintenance.
2 Critically analyse the challenges, benefits and limitations of using monitoring solutions in offshore sites.
3 Critically review the maintenance strategies and tools used in planning maintenance.
4 Demonstrate general awareness of energy policies and regulatory requirements for offshore operations.
5 Applying a range of specialist research methods, demonstrate the use of risk assessment of offshore work in a case study.

Indicative Module Content
Offshore Operations - benefits, challenges, and limitations. Strategies, tools, and equipment to plan offshore activities including installation, monitoring, and maintenance. Offshore transportation. Use of ROV, Drone. Online and offline condition monitoring methods. Lubricating oil analysis, vibration analysis, visual analysis, thermography, performance monitoring, ultrasound, reflectometry, strain measurement. SCADA system. Detection and analysis of failures in machines. Maintenance management - Failure based maintenance, Time based maintenance, Condition based maintenance. Computerised Maintenance Management Software (CMMS), key components of CMMS. Challenges of offshore based maintenance, principles for optimising offshore based maintenance. Energy policies, including regulatory requirements for offshore operation; health and safety, environment, port authority, insurance and legal requirements. Risk assessment - methods for assessing risk, risk matrix and its application. Hazard rating. Economics of offshore operation and maintenance. Industrial case study.

Module Delivery
This module will be delivered on campus full time and online via distance learning. The module is taught through lectures and case studies.

Indicative Student Workload Full Time Part Time
Contact Hours 60 60
Non-Contact Hours 90 90
Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours N/A N/A
TOTAL 150 150
Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body    

ASSESSMENT PLAN
If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only.
Component 1
Type: Coursework Weighting: 50% Outcomes Assessed: 5
Description: Report.
Component 2
Type: Examination Weighting: 50% Outcomes Assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4
Description: Closed book examination.

MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR
Explanatory Text
The module has 2 components and an overall grade D is required to pass the module. The component weighting is as follows: C1 is worth 50% and C2 is worth 50%.
Examination:
Coursework: A B C D E F NS
A A A B B C E
B A B B C C E
C B B C C D E
D B C C D D E
E C C D D E E
F E E E E E F
NS Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination

Module Requirements
Prerequisites for Module None.
Corequisites for module None.
Precluded Modules None.

INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 TAVNER, P., 2012. Offshore Wind Turbines: Reliability. Availability and Maintenance, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, London, UK.
2 KELLY, A., 1997. Maintenance strategy. Elsevier.
3 RAO, B.K.N. ed., 1996. Handbook of condition monitoring. Elsevier.
4 PATTON, J.D., 1980. Maintainability and maintenance management (Vol. 350). Research Triangle Park, NC: Instrument Society of America.
5 ANDREWS, J.D. and MOSS, T.R., 2002. Reliability and risk assessment. Wiley-Blackwell.
6 GOLDTHAU, A. ed., 2016. The handbook of global energy policy. John Wiley & Sons.

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