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Impact of spare parts remanufacturing on the operation and maintenance performance of offshore wind turbines: a multi-agent approach

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Offshore wind farms are a growing source of energy, which aims to ensure a clean energy with a low environmental impact. In this context, this paper investigates opportunities of the turbine gearbox end of life-cycle to improve the operation and maintenance strategies. We determine the impact of spare part policy based on the remanufacturing of gearboxes recovered after each replacement. The remanufacturing implementation allows the extension of the gearbox life-cycle and involves a perfect organization and coordination between maintenance, monitoring, operation and spare part supply chain to determine the best way to use each gearbox of each wind turbine. In this paper, we present a multi-agent based approach to analyze the impact of the spare parts remanufacturing strategy on the performance of an offshore wind farm in term of total cost and carbon footprint.

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  1. Laboratory of Industrial Engineering, Production and Maintenance (LGIPM), National School of Engineering (ENIM), 1, route d’Ars Laquenexy CS65820, 57078, Metz Cedex 3, France

    Mohammed Dahane

  2. Institut de recherche en innovation et science de l’entreprise (IRISE), CESI, 1, Rue G. Marconi, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France

    M’hammed Sahnoun

  3. Institut de recherche en communications et cybernétique de Nantes (IRCCyN - UMR CNRS 6597), Systèmes Logistiques et de Production (SLP), École des Mines de Nantes, B.P. 20722, F-44307, Nantes Cedex 3, France

    Belgacem Bettayeb

  4. Laboratoire sur les usages informatiques et numériques en entreprises (LUSINE), CESI, 1, Rue G. Marconi, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France

    David Baudry

  5. Laboratory of Industrial Engineering, Production and Maintenance (LGIPM), Université de Lorraine, 1, route d’Ars Laquenexy CS65820, 57078, Metz Cedex 3, France

    Hamza Boudhar

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Dahane, M., Sahnoun, M., Bettayeb, B. et al. Impact of spare parts remanufacturing on the operation and maintenance performance of offshore wind turbines: a multi-agent approach. J Intell Manuf 28, 1531–1549 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-015-1154-1

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