At-Sea Experiment on Durability and Residual Strength of Polyester Rope for Mooring of Floating Wind Turbine

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoaki Utsunomiya ◽  
Iku Sato ◽  
Koji Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Residual Strength ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Synthetic Fiber ◽  
Floating Body ◽  
Mooring Line ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Initial State ◽  
Characteristic Values

Abstract When using synthetic fiber rope as a mooring line of a floating body such as floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT), it is necessary to carry out characteristic test and to grasp well about strength, stiffness, durability against monotonic and cyclic loadings. In this research, we have made characteristics test of polyester rope based on ISO. Next, based on the obtained characteristic values (mass, stiffness, strength, etc.), the dynamic response analysis of the floating body-mooring system was carried out and the mooring design was carried out. It was actually operated as a floating body mooring line for about 1 year. During the operation period, no abnormality was found, nor appearance damage occurred. After completion of operation for 1 year, the polyester rope was collected and residual strength test was carried out. As a result, no serious deterioration situation such as infiltration of marine organisms or fracture of the strands due to wear between fibers was observed at all. On the other hand, with respect to durability, it was found that the strength reduction was 2.9% from the initial state with respect to the breaking strength.

scholarly journals Mooring Line Damping Estimation for a Floating Wind Turbine

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongsheng Qiao ◽  
Jinping Ou
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Excitation Amplitude ◽  
Dynamic Responses ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Mooring Line ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Floating Wind Turbine ◽  
Excitation Period

The dynamic responses of mooring line serve important functions in the station keeping of a floating wind turbine (FWT). Mooring line damping significantly influences the global motions of a FWT. This study investigates the estimation of mooring line damping on the basis of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory 5 MW offshore wind turbine model that is mounted on the ITI Energy barge. A numerical estimation method is derived from the energy absorption of a mooring line resulting from FWT motion. The method is validated by performing a 1/80 scale model test. Different parameter changes are analyzed for mooring line damping induced by horizontal and vertical motions. These parameters include excitation amplitude, excitation period, and drag coefficient. Results suggest that mooring line damping must be carefully considered in the FWT design.

scholarly journals On mooring line tension and fatigue prediction for offshore vertical axis wind turbines: A comparison of lumped mass and quasi-static approaches

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Cevasco ◽  
M Collu ◽  
CM Rizzo ◽  
M Hall
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Line Tension ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Mooring Line ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Lumped Mass ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

Despite several potential advantages, relatively few studies and design support tools have been developed for floating vertical axis wind turbines. Due to the substantial aerodynamics differences, the analyses of vertical axis wind turbine on floating structures cannot be easily extended from what have been already done for horizontal axis wind turbines. Therefore, the main aim of the present work is to compare the dynamic response of the floating offshore wind turbine system adopting two different mooring dynamics approaches. Two versions of the in-house aero-hydro-mooring coupled model of dynamics for floating vertical axis wind turbine (FloVAWT) have been used, employing a mooring quasi-static model, which solves the equations using an energetic approach, and a modified version of floating vertical axis wind turbine, which instead couples with the lumped mass mooring line model MoorDyn. The results, in terms of mooring line tension, fatigue and response in frequency have been obtained and analysed, based on a 5 MW Darrieus type rotor supported by the OC4-DeepCwind semisubmersible.

Parametric Study of Catenary Mooring System for a Semisubmersible Floating Wind Turbine in Intermediate Water Depth

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiawen Li ◽  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Jiali Du ◽  
Yichen Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Water Depth ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Mooring Line ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Reference Structure ◽  
Intermediate Water ◽  
Mooring System ◽  
Floating Wind Turbine

Abstract This paper presents a parametric design study of the mooring system for a floating offshore wind turbine. We selected the OC4 DeepCwind semisubmersible floating wind turbine as the reference structure. The design water depth was 50 m, which was the transition area between the shallow and deep waters. For the floating wind turbine working in this water area, the restoring forces and moments provided by the mooring lines were significantly affected by the heave motion amplitude of the platform. Thus, the mooring design for the wind turbine in this working depth was different from the deep-water catenary mooring system. In this study, the chosen design parameters were declination angle, fairlead position, mooring line length, environmental load direction, and mooring line number. We conducted fully coupled aero-hydro dynamic simulations of the floating wind turbine system in the time domain to investigate the influences of different mooring configurations on the platform motion and the mooring tension. We evaluated both survival and accidental conditions to analyze the mooring safety under typhoon and mooring fail conditions. On the basis of the simulation results, this study made several design recommendations for the mooring configuration for floating wind turbines in intermediate water depth applied in China.

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.

Estimation of Risk of Progressive Drifts in a Wind Farm Caused by Collision of Drift Ship

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eiji Hirokawa ◽  
Hideyuki Suzuki ◽  
Shinichiro Hirabayashi ◽  
Minon Muratake
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Mooring Line ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Mooring System ◽  
Environmental Load ◽  
Collision Process ◽  
Tank Experiment ◽  
Estimation Of Risk

In off-shore wind turbine, it is difficult to determine the risk of accident caused by the mooring destruction through experiment. In this paper, the authors discuss the risk, with the case of a drifting ship wanders into the wind farm. In the design of a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT), drift of a FOWT is considered as a serious failure mode and the mooring system must be designed to avoid the failure. The failure of mooring line is not initiated just by extreme environmental load but can be initiated by collision with a drifting ship, which enters the wind farm. This phenomenon is difficult to investigate by a tank experiment. So far, little knowledge exists about the phenomenon. In this research, a simulator to reproduce the collision process of a FOWT and a drift ship and a progressive drift of FOWTs in a wind farm was developed. Using this simulator and statistics of drift incidents of a ship, a procedure to evaluate risk of progressive drifts in a wind farm was established. In that case, second accident that a wind turbine which has started drifting caused by the drifting ship collides with one another wind turbine is expected. As a result, the risk mainly depends on the risk of drifting caused by a large displaced ship. In addition, the risk partly depends on the arrangement of wind farm.

VolturnUS 1:8: Conclusion of 18-Months of Operation of the First Grid-Connected Floating Wind Turbine Prototype in the Americas

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony M. Viselli ◽  
Andrew J. Goupee ◽  
Habib J. Dagher ◽  
Christopher K. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Large Data ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Mooring Line ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Floating Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
The Past ◽  
Floating Wind Turbine

This paper presents an overview of the successful conclusion of 18 months of testing the first grid-connected floating offshore wind turbine prototype in the Americas. The prototype, called VolturnUS 1:8, was installed off Castine, Maine, USA. The prototype is a 1:8 scale prototype and serves to de-risk the deployment of a full-scale 6MW turbine. VolturnUS utilizes innovations in materials, construction, and deployment technologies such as a concrete semi-submersible hull and an advanced composite tower to reduce the costs of offshore wind. The prototype unit was designed following the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) “Guide for Building and Classing Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Installations”. Froude scaling was used in designing the 1:8-scale VolturnUS prototype so that the motions of the prototype in the relatively protected site represent those of the full-scale unit in an open site farther offshore. During the past year, a comprehensive instrumentation package monitored key performance characteristics of the platform during operational, extreme, and survival storm conditions. Data collected include: wind speed, turbine power, rotor angular frequency, blade pitch, torque, acceleration; tower bending moment, 6 DOF accelerations at tower top and base, mooring line tensions, and wave elevation at the platform. During the past year the prototype has experienced many environments representative of scaled ABS design conditions including operational wind and sea-states, 50-year sea states and 500-year survival sea states. This large data set provides a unique view of a near full-scale floating wind turbine subjected to its prescribed environmental conditions. Inspections of the concrete hull following removal provided confirmation of material durability. Marine growth measurements provide data for future design efforts.

Dynamic Modeling of Deepwater Offshore Wind Turbine Structures in Gulf of Mexico Storm Conditions

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Zambrano ◽  
Tyler MacCready ◽  
Taras Kiceniuk ◽  
Dominique G. Roddier ◽  
Christian A. Cermelli
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Waves ◽  
Line Tension ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Mooring Line ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Wave Forces ◽  
Offshore Structure ◽  
Force Coefficient

A Fourier spectrum based model of Gulf of Mexico storm conditions is applied to a 6 degree of freedom analytic simulation of a moored, floating offshore structure fitted with three rotary wind turbines. The resulting heave, surge, and sway motions are calculated using a Newtonian Runge-Kutta method. The angular motions of pitch, roll, and yaw are also calculated in this time-domain progression. The forces due to wind, waves, and mooring line tension are predicted as a function of time over a 4000 second interval. The WAMIT program is used to develop the wave forces on the platform. A constant force coefficient is used to estimate wind turbine loads. A TIMEFLOAT computer code calculates the motion of the system based on the various forces on the structure and the system’s inertia.

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