Hydrodynamic Coefficients of Hexagonal Heave Plates for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Platforms

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Moreno ◽  
Krish P. Thiagarajan ◽  
Matthew Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Base Case ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Hydrodynamic Coefficients ◽  
Floating Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Energy Generation ◽  
Heave Plate ◽  
The Difference

Experiments were conducted on a 1:80 scaled column of the WindFloat semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine platform. The structure was forced to oscillate at frequencies of up to 6 Hz and at various amplitudes to create a parameter space much larger than previously reported. The hydrodynamic coefficients of the column with a hexagonal heave plate were compared to the base case of a column with a circular heave plate. Results show remarkably similar behavior between the two cases over the range of parameters tested, but quite distinct from published data on square plates. At low Keulegan-Carpenter number, the hexagonal plate showed a slightly higher added mass, but the difference narrowed down with increasing KC. An opposite trend was noticed for the damping coefficients. Overall the maximum difference in damping was about 8%. The paper presents some of the challenges in experimenting over a large parameter range, and also analyzes the trends in data over the range. It is expected that the presented data will be of use with engineers attempting to use heave plates for stabilizing wind turbine platforms in range of wave and wind conditions to maximize wind energy generation efficiency.

scholarly journals A Comparative Investigation of Prevalent Hydrodynamic Modelling Approaches for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations: A TetraSpar Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 683
Author(s):  
Jonas Bjerg Thomsen ◽  
Amélie Têtu ◽  
Henrik Stiesdal
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Comparative Investigation ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Floating Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Commercial Software Package ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Hydrodynamic Data ◽  
Modelling Approaches

Numerical models have been used extensively in the design process of the TetraSpar floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) foundation to optimize and investigate the influence from a number of structural and environmental conditions. In traditional offshore design, either the Morison approach or a linear boundary element method (BEM) is applied to investigate the hydrodynamic loads on a structure. The present study investigated and compared these two methods and evaluated their applicability on the TetraSpar FOWT concept. Furthermore, a hybrid model containing load contributions from both approaches was evaluated. This study focuses on motion response. In the evaluation, hydrodynamic data from BEM codes are applied, while the commercial software package OrcaFlex is utilized for time series simulations of the coupled structure. The investigation highlights the difference between the modelling approaches and the importance of particularly drag and inertia contributions. By optimizing the input coefficients, reasonable agreement between the models can be achieved.

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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