Design and Analysis of Electric Powertrains for Offshore Drilling Applications

2016

Doktorgradsavhandling ved Institutt for ingeniørvitenskap, Universitetet i Agder, 2016 The global energy market is challenged with an ever increasing need for resources to meet the growing demands for electric power, transportation fuels, etc. Although we witness the expansion of the renewable energy industry, it is still the fossil fuels, with oil and gas dominating the scene of global energy supply sector, that provide majority of worldwide power generation.However, many of the easily accessible hydrocarbon reserves are depleted which requires from the producers of drilling equipment to focus on cost-effective operations and technology to compete in a challenging market. Particularly high…