Aluminium as Construction Material for Offshore Oil/Gas Installations - Completed
Goal
Aluminium is characterized by light weight and being non-corrosive. Aluminium is only sparsely used on most offshore platforms, but has proven to be a viable offshore material within certain specialised areas. The offshore industry has a massive focus on corrosion and weight and looks upon aluminium as a possible alternative material.
The project will identify and describe status, barriers and opportunities for the use of aluminium as a construction material for offshore installations, using known installations as a reference.
The project will result in a concrete proposed solution for an alternative to a traditional steel solution - for example an offshore aluminium bridge. This will be carried out in close co-operation with the offshore industry.
Description
Project participants include AluCluster, Madsens Maskinfabrik, FORCE Technology, Gimsing & Madsen, Aalborg University Esbjerg and DTU with Offshore Center Danmark as project coordinator.
Contact details of participants can be found here. Mile Stones
- April 11th 2007: Completion of screening
- June 2007: Midway seminar
- April 15th 2008: Completion of prototype
- July 28th 2008: Completion of product
- September 15th 2008: Completion of product installation
- December 10th 2008: Conference
Results
The project aims at two main results:
- A screening of the market posibilities
- A concrete product produced in aluminium, installed on a Danish offshore platform
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