Wind/Wave Testing of a 1:70-Scale Performance-Matched Model of the IEA Wind 15 MW Reference Wind Turbine with Real-Time ROSCO Control and Floating Feedback
Experimental results from the Floating Offshore-wind and Controls Advanced Laboratory (FOCAL) experimental program, which tested a performance-matched model of the IEA Wind 15 MW Reference Turbine on a 1:70 scale floating semisubmersible platform, are compared with OpenFAST simulations. Four experim...
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| author | Matthew Fowler Eben Lenfest Anthony Viselli Andrew Goupee Richard Kimball Roger Bergua Lu Wang Daniel Zalkind Alan Wright Amy Robertson |
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| description | Experimental results from the Floating Offshore-wind and Controls Advanced Laboratory (FOCAL) experimental program, which tested a performance-matched model of the IEA Wind 15 MW Reference Turbine on a 1:70 scale floating semisubmersible platform, are compared with OpenFAST simulations. Four experimental campaigns were performed, and data from the fourth campaign, which focused on wind and wave testing of the scaled floating wind turbine system, are considered. Simulations of wave-only, wind-only, and wind/wave environments are performed in OpenFAST, and results for key metrics are compared with the experiment. Performance of the real-time Reference OpenSource COntroller (ROSCO) in above-rated wind conditions, including the effects of the floating feedback loop, are investigated. Results show good agreement in mean values for key metrics, and hydrodynamic effects are matched well. Differences in the surge resonant behavior of the platform are identified and discussed. The effect of the controller and floating feedback loop is evident in both the experiment and OpenFAST, showing significant reduction in platform pitch response and tower base bending load near the platform pitch natural frequency. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-020f312571eb4d1db1d9a763d9f0d91f2023-11-19T11:40:24ZengMDPI AGMachines2075-17022023-08-0111986510.3390/machines11090865Wind/Wave Testing of a 1:70-Scale Performance-Matched Model of the IEA Wind 15 MW Reference Wind Turbine with Real-Time ROSCO Control and Floating FeedbackMatthew Fowler0Eben Lenfest1Anthony Viselli2Andrew Goupee3Richard Kimball4Roger Bergua5Lu Wang6Daniel Zalkind7Alan Wright8Amy Robertson9Advanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USAAdvanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USAAdvanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USANational Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Arvada, CO 80007, USANational Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Arvada, CO 80007, USANational Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Arvada, CO 80007, USANational Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Arvada, CO 80007, USANational Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Arvada, CO 80007, USAExperimental results from the Floating Offshore-wind and Controls Advanced Laboratory (FOCAL) experimental program, which tested a performance-matched model of the IEA Wind 15 MW Reference Turbine on a 1:70 scale floating semisubmersible platform, are compared with OpenFAST simulations. Four experimental campaigns were performed, and data from the fourth campaign, which focused on wind and wave testing of the scaled floating wind turbine system, are considered. Simulations of wave-only, wind-only, and wind/wave environments are performed in OpenFAST, and results for key metrics are compared with the experiment. Performance of the real-time Reference OpenSource COntroller (ROSCO) in above-rated wind conditions, including the effects of the floating feedback loop, are investigated. Results show good agreement in mean values for key metrics, and hydrodynamic effects are matched well. Differences in the surge resonant behavior of the platform are identified and discussed. The effect of the controller and floating feedback loop is evident in both the experiment and OpenFAST, showing significant reduction in platform pitch response and tower base bending load near the platform pitch natural frequency.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/11/9/865floating windoffshore windwind turbineturbine controlsmodel testingfloating feedback |
| spellingShingle | Matthew Fowler Eben Lenfest Anthony Viselli Andrew Goupee Richard Kimball Roger Bergua Lu Wang Daniel Zalkind Alan Wright Amy Robertson Wind/Wave Testing of a 1:70-Scale Performance-Matched Model of the IEA Wind 15 MW Reference Wind Turbine with Real-Time ROSCO Control and Floating Feedback Machines floating wind offshore wind wind turbine turbine controls model testing floating feedback |
| title | Wind/Wave Testing of a 1:70-Scale Performance-Matched Model of the IEA Wind 15 MW Reference Wind Turbine with Real-Time ROSCO Control and Floating Feedback |
| title_full | Wind/Wave Testing of a 1:70-Scale Performance-Matched Model of the IEA Wind 15 MW Reference Wind Turbine with Real-Time ROSCO Control and Floating Feedback |
| title_fullStr | Wind/Wave Testing of a 1:70-Scale Performance-Matched Model of the IEA Wind 15 MW Reference Wind Turbine with Real-Time ROSCO Control and Floating Feedback |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wind/Wave Testing of a 1:70-Scale Performance-Matched Model of the IEA Wind 15 MW Reference Wind Turbine with Real-Time ROSCO Control and Floating Feedback |
| title_short | Wind/Wave Testing of a 1:70-Scale Performance-Matched Model of the IEA Wind 15 MW Reference Wind Turbine with Real-Time ROSCO Control and Floating Feedback |
| title_sort | wind wave testing of a 1 70 scale performance matched model of the iea wind 15 mw reference wind turbine with real time rosco control and floating feedback |
| topic | floating wind offshore wind wind turbine turbine controls model testing floating feedback |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/11/9/865 |
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