Fully-coupled dynamic response of a semi-submerged floating wind turbine system in wind and waves

Pengfei Li, Decheng Wan, Changhong Hu

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Abstract

An Unsteady Actuator Line Model (UALM) is developed in this paper and applied to a 5MW floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT). This model is implemented into two-phase fluid CFD solver, naoeFOAMSJTU. The goal of the approach presented here is to investigate the interaction of the aerodynamic loads with the platform motion within acceptable time cost. A semi-submerged floating platform conceptualized in the Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration (OC4) is considered in this paper. Initially the UALM is verified by comparison with the results of a previous study. Next, two kind of fullsystem simulations with different complexity are performed: first, the wind forces are simplified into a constant thrust; second, the fully coupled dynamic analysis with wind and wave excitation is conducted by utilizing UALM. Based on the results, the aerodynamic loads and coupled responses for cases of different complexity are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 26th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2016
EditorsAlan M. Wang, Jin S. Chung, Ted Kokkinis, Michael Muskulus
PublisherInternational Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers
Pages273-281
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781880653883
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event26th Annual International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2016 - Rhodes, Greece
Duration: Jun 26 2016Jul 1 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
Volume2016-January
ISSN (Print)1098-6189
ISSN (Electronic)1555-1792

Other

Other26th Annual International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2016
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityRhodes
Period6/26/167/1/16

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

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