Modeling the Dynamics of Freely-Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Subjected to Waves With an Open-Source Overset Mesh Method

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romain Pinguet ◽  
Sam Kanner ◽  
Michel Benoit ◽  
Bernard Molin
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Wave Tank ◽  
Floating Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Mesh Method ◽  
Mesh Convergence ◽  
Good Agreement

Abstract The aim of this study is to develop a viscous numerical wave tank using a coupled solver between the wave generation and absorption toolbox waves2Foam, developed by Jacobsen et al. [1] and the overset method built in the open source CFD software OpenFOAM©. This wave tank can be used to analyze the behavior of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) in nonlinear waves. A mesh convergence analysis is presented on a simple 2D case in order to validate the CFD model. The results are compared to experimental data from the literature and show good agreement. The response of a floater developed for a FOWT is analyzed. The free surface elevation, heave and pitch motions are compared to experimental results from the literature. Comparisons between experimental data and numerical results are discussed.

Comparison of Dynamic Response in a 2MW Floating Offshore Wind Turbine During Typhoon Approaches

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji Tanaka ◽  
Iku Sato ◽  
Tomoaki Utsunomiya ◽  
Hiromu Kakuya
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Floating Body ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Floating Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Maximum Wave Height ◽  
Sea Area ◽  
Good Agreement

Abstract In this paper, we describe the analysis of the dynamic response of a 2 MW floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) at the time of typhoon attack in the actual sea area. In order to introduce floating offshore wind turbine in Asia, it is essential to evaluate the influence of typhoon attack accurately. This FOWT, named HAENKAZE is the only FOWT to operate commercially in areas where typhoons occur. On July 3rd, 2018, the strongest typhoon (Prapiroon) at the installed area of the FOWT since its installation approached the HAENKAZE. The central atmospheric pressure of the typhoon at the closest time was 965 hPa, the maximum instantaneous wind speed at the hub height was 52.2 m/s, and the maximum wave height was 7.1 m. In this paper, the dynamic response of the floating body at the time of typhoon attack is compared for the measured and the simulated values. As a result of the comparison, basically a good agreement has been obtained between the measured and the simulated values except for yaw response, for which the simulated values considerably overestimate the measured values.

Development of an Analysis Code of Rotor-Floater Coupled Response of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideyuki Suzuki ◽  
Hajime Shibata ◽  
Hiroyuki Fujioka ◽  
Shinichiro Hirabayashi ◽  
Kimiko Ishii ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Frame Structure ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Aerodynamic Load ◽  
Lumped Mass ◽  
Mass Model ◽  
Floating Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Good Agreement

Coupled rotor-floater response analysis is essentially important for the design of Rotor Nacelle Assembly (RNA) and floating support structure of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT). The authors have developed an analysis code UTWind for analysis of the coupled structural response. Blades and floater are modeled as frame structure with beam elements. Lumped mass model is use for mooring. Aerodynamic load on blade is calculated by Blade Element Momentum Theory (BEM), and hydrodynamic load is calculated by Hooft’s method, and Morison equation was modified to be applicable to cylindrical element with cross section with two axes of lines symmetry. The equations of motion of rotor, floater and mooring are solved in time domain by weak coupling algorithm. The numerical results by the code were compared with responses measured by experiment in wave and wind-and-wave coexistence field with/without blade pitch control and showed good agreement. Response by negative damping was reproduced by the code and showed good agreement with experiments.

Numerical Wave Tank Including a Constrained Cylinder Submitted to Waves, Towards the Investigation of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Hydrodynamics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constance Cl\xe9ment ◽  
Pauline Bozonnet ◽  
Guillaume Vinay ◽  
Philippe Pagnier ◽  
Julien R\xe9veillon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Numerical Wave Tank ◽  
Wave Tank ◽  
Floating Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Numerical Wave

scholarly journals Resonance Avoidance Control Algorithm for Semi-Submersible Floating Offshore Wind Turbine

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 4138
Author(s):  
Kwansu Kim ◽  
Hyunjong Kim ◽  
Hyungyu Kim ◽  
Jaehoon Son ◽  
Jungtae Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Control Algorithm ◽  
Torque Control ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Resonance Problem ◽  
Exclusion Zone ◽  
Mean Power ◽  
Floating Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Avoidance Control

In this study, a resonance avoidance control algorithm was designed to address the tower resonance problem of a semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) and the dynamic performance of the wind turbine, floater platform, and mooring lines at two exclusion zone ranges were evaluated. The simulations were performed using Bladed, a commercial software for wind turbine analysis. The length of simulation for the analysis of the dynamic response of the six degrees of freedom (DoF) motion of the floater platform under a specific load case was 3600 s. The simulation results are presented in terms of the time domain, frequency domain, and using statistical analysis. As a result of applying the resonance avoidance control algorithm, when the exclusion zone range was ±0.5 rpm from the resonance rpm, the overall performance of the wind turbine was negatively affected, and when the range was sufficiently wide at ±1 rpm, the mean power was reduced by 0.04%, and the damage equivalent load of the tower base side–side bending moment was reduced by 14.02%. The tower resonance problem of the FOWT caused by practical limitations in design and cost issues can be resolved by changing the torque control algorithm.

Coupled Dynamic Analysis for Multi-Unit Floating Offshore Wind Turbine in Maximum Operational and Survival Conditions

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. K. Jang ◽  
H. C. Kim ◽  
M. H. Kim ◽  
K. H. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Random Waves ◽  
Mooring Lines ◽  
Floating Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Coupled Dynamic Analysis ◽  
Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

Numerical tools for a single floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) have been developed by a number of researchers, while the investigation of multi-unit floating offshore wind turbines (MUFOWT) has rarely been performed. Recently, a numerical simulator was developed by TAMU to analyze the coupled dynamics of MUFOWT including multi-rotor-floater-mooring coupled effects. In the present study, the behavior of MUFOWT in time domain is described through the comparison of two load cases in maximum operational and survival conditions. A semi-submersible floater with four 2MW wind turbines, moored by eight mooring lines is selected as an example. The combination of irregular random waves, steady currents and dynamic turbulent winds are applied as environmental loads. As a result, the global motion and kinetic responses of the system are assessed in time domain. Kane’s dynamic theory is employed to formulate the global coupled dynamic equation of the whole system. The coupling terms are carefully considered to address the interactions among multiple turbines. This newly developed tool will be helpful in the future to evaluate the performance of MUFOWT under diverse environmental scenarios. In the present study, the aerodynamic interactions among multiple turbines including wake/array effect are not considered due to the complexity and uncertainty.

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