Experimental Modelling of a Floating Solar Power Plant Array under Wave Forcing
Floating Photovoltaic (FPV) plants are already well developed, and deployed all over the world, on calm water inland lakes, or in sheltered locations. They are now progressing to be installed in nearshore sites, and in deep water seas. The company HelioRec, developing floating modules to form FPV ar...
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| author | Sylvain Delacroix Sylvain Bourdier Thomas Soulard Hashim Elzaabalawy Polina Vasilenko |
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| description | Floating Photovoltaic (FPV) plants are already well developed, and deployed all over the world, on calm water inland lakes, or in sheltered locations. They are now progressing to be installed in nearshore sites, and in deep water seas. The company HelioRec, developing floating modules to form FPV arrays to be deployed in nearshore areas, was awarded free-of-charge testing of their system by the Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) European program. This paper describes the experimental testing of the 1:1 scale float system, composed of 16 floating modules supporting solar panels and three footpaths, carried out in Centrale Nantes’ ocean wave tank, allowing regular and irregular frontal and oblique wave conditions. Experimental results show that, even in the narrow wave spectrum experimentally achievable, a specific response from the array was revealed: the multibody articulated system exhibits a first-order pitch resonant mode when wavelengths are about twice the floater length. A shadowing effect, leading to smaller motions of rear floaters, is also observed, for small wavelengths only. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99527f95ebc846088fdbd93c7dad40172023-11-18T16:31:50ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-07-011613519810.3390/en16135198Experimental Modelling of a Floating Solar Power Plant Array under Wave ForcingSylvain Delacroix0Sylvain Bourdier1Thomas Soulard2Hashim Elzaabalawy3Polina Vasilenko4Centrale Nantes, LHEEA Laboratory, 44321 Nantes, FranceCentrale Nantes, LHEEA Laboratory, 44321 Nantes, FranceCentrale Nantes, LHEEA Laboratory, 44321 Nantes, FranceHelioRec, 1 Rue Mondesir, 44000 Nantes, FranceHelioRec, 1 Rue Mondesir, 44000 Nantes, FranceFloating Photovoltaic (FPV) plants are already well developed, and deployed all over the world, on calm water inland lakes, or in sheltered locations. They are now progressing to be installed in nearshore sites, and in deep water seas. The company HelioRec, developing floating modules to form FPV arrays to be deployed in nearshore areas, was awarded free-of-charge testing of their system by the Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) European program. This paper describes the experimental testing of the 1:1 scale float system, composed of 16 floating modules supporting solar panels and three footpaths, carried out in Centrale Nantes’ ocean wave tank, allowing regular and irregular frontal and oblique wave conditions. Experimental results show that, even in the narrow wave spectrum experimentally achievable, a specific response from the array was revealed: the multibody articulated system exhibits a first-order pitch resonant mode when wavelengths are about twice the floater length. A shadowing effect, leading to smaller motions of rear floaters, is also observed, for small wavelengths only.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/13/5198floating PV systemmodel testingwave-induced response |
| spellingShingle | Sylvain Delacroix Sylvain Bourdier Thomas Soulard Hashim Elzaabalawy Polina Vasilenko Experimental Modelling of a Floating Solar Power Plant Array under Wave Forcing Energies floating PV system model testing wave-induced response |
| title | Experimental Modelling of a Floating Solar Power Plant Array under Wave Forcing |
| title_full | Experimental Modelling of a Floating Solar Power Plant Array under Wave Forcing |
| title_fullStr | Experimental Modelling of a Floating Solar Power Plant Array under Wave Forcing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Modelling of a Floating Solar Power Plant Array under Wave Forcing |
| title_short | Experimental Modelling of a Floating Solar Power Plant Array under Wave Forcing |
| title_sort | experimental modelling of a floating solar power plant array under wave forcing |
| topic | floating PV system model testing wave-induced response |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/13/5198 |
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