Performance Analysis on the Use of Oscillating Water Column in Barge-Based Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
Undesired motions in Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT) lead to reduction of system efficiency, the system’s lifespan, wind and wave energy mitigation and increment of stress on the system and maintenance costs. In this article, a new barge platform structure for a FOWT has been proposed with th...
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| author | Payam Aboutalebi Fares M’zoughi Izaskun Garrido Aitor J. Garrido |
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| description | Undesired motions in Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT) lead to reduction of system efficiency, the system’s lifespan, wind and wave energy mitigation and increment of stress on the system and maintenance costs. In this article, a new barge platform structure for a FOWT has been proposed with the objective of reducing these undesired platform motions. The newly proposed barge structure aims to reduce the tower displacements and platform’s oscillations, particularly in rotational movements. This is achieved by installing Oscillating Water Columns (OWC) within the barge to oppose the oscillatory motion of the waves. Response Amplitude Operator (RAO) is used to predict the motions of the system exposed to different wave frequencies. From the RAOs analysis, the system’s performance has been evaluated for representative regular wave periods. Simulations using numerical tools show the positive impact of the added OWCs on the system’s stability. The results prove that the proposed platform presents better performance by decreasing the oscillations for the given range of wave frequencies, compared to the traditional barge platform. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-826307438a31426dbb3d29fa8d225e922023-12-11T18:25:03ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902021-02-019547510.3390/math9050475Performance Analysis on the Use of Oscillating Water Column in Barge-Based Floating Offshore Wind TurbinesPayam Aboutalebi0Fares M’zoughi1Izaskun Garrido2Aitor J. Garrido3Automatic Control Group—ACG, Institute of Research and Development of Processes—IIDP, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao, University of the Basque Country—UPV/EHU, Po Rafael Moreno no3, 48013 Bilbao, SpainAutomatic Control Group—ACG, Institute of Research and Development of Processes—IIDP, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao, University of the Basque Country—UPV/EHU, Po Rafael Moreno no3, 48013 Bilbao, SpainAutomatic Control Group—ACG, Institute of Research and Development of Processes—IIDP, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao, University of the Basque Country—UPV/EHU, Po Rafael Moreno no3, 48013 Bilbao, SpainAutomatic Control Group—ACG, Institute of Research and Development of Processes—IIDP, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao, University of the Basque Country—UPV/EHU, Po Rafael Moreno no3, 48013 Bilbao, SpainUndesired motions in Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT) lead to reduction of system efficiency, the system’s lifespan, wind and wave energy mitigation and increment of stress on the system and maintenance costs. In this article, a new barge platform structure for a FOWT has been proposed with the objective of reducing these undesired platform motions. The newly proposed barge structure aims to reduce the tower displacements and platform’s oscillations, particularly in rotational movements. This is achieved by installing Oscillating Water Columns (OWC) within the barge to oppose the oscillatory motion of the waves. Response Amplitude Operator (RAO) is used to predict the motions of the system exposed to different wave frequencies. From the RAOs analysis, the system’s performance has been evaluated for representative regular wave periods. Simulations using numerical tools show the positive impact of the added OWCs on the system’s stability. The results prove that the proposed platform presents better performance by decreasing the oscillations for the given range of wave frequencies, compared to the traditional barge platform.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/5/475floating offshore wind turbineoscillating water columnwave energywind energystabilizationresponse amplitude operator |
| spellingShingle | Payam Aboutalebi Fares M’zoughi Izaskun Garrido Aitor J. Garrido Performance Analysis on the Use of Oscillating Water Column in Barge-Based Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Mathematics floating offshore wind turbine oscillating water column wave energy wind energy stabilization response amplitude operator |
| title | Performance Analysis on the Use of Oscillating Water Column in Barge-Based Floating Offshore Wind Turbines |
| title_full | Performance Analysis on the Use of Oscillating Water Column in Barge-Based Floating Offshore Wind Turbines |
| title_fullStr | Performance Analysis on the Use of Oscillating Water Column in Barge-Based Floating Offshore Wind Turbines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance Analysis on the Use of Oscillating Water Column in Barge-Based Floating Offshore Wind Turbines |
| title_short | Performance Analysis on the Use of Oscillating Water Column in Barge-Based Floating Offshore Wind Turbines |
| title_sort | performance analysis on the use of oscillating water column in barge based floating offshore wind turbines |
| topic | floating offshore wind turbine oscillating water column wave energy wind energy stabilization response amplitude operator |
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