Collu, M, Borg, M, Shires, A et al. (2 more authors) (2014) FloVAWT: Further Progresses on the Development of a Coupled Model of Dynamics for Floating Offshore VAWTS. In: Proceedings of the ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, 08-13 Jun 2014, San Francisco, California, USA. ASME ISBN 978-0-7918-4554-7
Abstract
Interest in potential wind farm sites in deeper waters and further offshore has substantially increased recently, and in parallel an increased interest towards floating, rather than bottom-fixed, offshore wind turbines: the Energy Technologies Institute (UK) recently announced a plan to invest £25m in offshore floating wind turbine projects. Furthermore, a recent document by the UK LCICG (Low Carbon Innovation Coordination Group), demonstrated that the “Development and demonstration of new concepts such as floating foundations for water depths >60m”, has a value in meeting emissions targets at low cost of up to £13bn. The present article is a follow on with the previous article presented at OMAE 2013 [1], in which the progresses on the development of an aero-hydro-servo-elastic coupled model of dynamics for VAWT are illustrated, called FloVAWT. The further progresses presented consist in: a) the model, in particular the hydrodynamic module, has been now validated against experimental data provided by the DeepCwind project (see OC4) for the semi-submersible support structure configuration, b) the additional velocity component due to the 6 degree-of-freedom motion of the supporting floating structure are now taken into account within the aerodynamic module, while previously only the displacement imposed by the support structure was considered, c) a new module dedicated to the mooring system has been developed and validated, capable of modelling catenary mooring systems with a quasi-static, energy-based approach. Some of the new capabilities of the program are illustrated through a case study of a Darrieus-type VAWT rotor coupled with the OC4 semi-submersible support structure. Comparisons with the previous version of the program are presented, giving an insight on the relative importance of the additional aspects taken into account.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces & Interfaces (iETSI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Apr 2016 12:55 |
Last Modified: | 02 May 2016 09:44 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2014-24459 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | ASME |
Identification Number: | 10.1115/OMAE2014-24459 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:88883 |