Proposal of a Novel Mooring System Using Three-Bifurcated Mooring Lines for Spar-Type Off-Shore Wind Turbines
Floating wind turbine vibration controlling becomes more and more important with the increase in wind turbine size. Thus, a novel three-bifurcated mooring system is proposed for Spar-type floating wind turbines. Compared with the original mooring system using three mooring lines, three-bifurcated su...
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| description | Floating wind turbine vibration controlling becomes more and more important with the increase in wind turbine size. Thus, a novel three-bifurcated mooring system is proposed for Spar-type floating wind turbines. Compared with the original mooring system using three mooring lines, three-bifurcated sub-mooring-lines are added into the novel mooring system. Specifically, each three-bifurcated sub-mooring-line is first connected to a Spar-type platform using three fairleads, then it is connected to the anchor using the main mooring line. Six fairleads are involved in the proposed mooring system, theoretically resulting in larger overturning and torsional stiffness. For further improvement, a clump mass is attached onto the main mooring lines of the proposed mooring system. The wind turbine surge, pitch, and yaw movements under regular and irregular waves are calculated to quantitatively examine the mooring system performances. A recommended configuration for the proposed mooring system is presented: the three-bifurcated sub-mooring-line and main mooring line lengths should be (0.0166, 0.0111, 0.0166) and 0.9723 times the total mooring line length in the traditional mooring system. The proposed mooring system can at most reduce the wind turbine surge movement 37.15% and 54.5% when under regular and irregular waves, respectively, and can at most reduce the yaw movement 30.1% and 40% when under regular and irregular waves, respectively. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c9d246f772e64f99a21bed2adef7dbb42023-11-23T08:05:22ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-12-011424830310.3390/en14248303Proposal of a Novel Mooring System Using Three-Bifurcated Mooring Lines for Spar-Type Off-Shore Wind TurbinesShi Liu0Yi Yang1Chengyuan Wang2Yuangang Tu3Zhenqing Liu4China Southern Power Grid Technology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510080, ChinaChina Southern Power Grid Technology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510080, ChinaSchool of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaSchool of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaSchool of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaFloating wind turbine vibration controlling becomes more and more important with the increase in wind turbine size. Thus, a novel three-bifurcated mooring system is proposed for Spar-type floating wind turbines. Compared with the original mooring system using three mooring lines, three-bifurcated sub-mooring-lines are added into the novel mooring system. Specifically, each three-bifurcated sub-mooring-line is first connected to a Spar-type platform using three fairleads, then it is connected to the anchor using the main mooring line. Six fairleads are involved in the proposed mooring system, theoretically resulting in larger overturning and torsional stiffness. For further improvement, a clump mass is attached onto the main mooring lines of the proposed mooring system. The wind turbine surge, pitch, and yaw movements under regular and irregular waves are calculated to quantitatively examine the mooring system performances. A recommended configuration for the proposed mooring system is presented: the three-bifurcated sub-mooring-line and main mooring line lengths should be (0.0166, 0.0111, 0.0166) and 0.9723 times the total mooring line length in the traditional mooring system. The proposed mooring system can at most reduce the wind turbine surge movement 37.15% and 54.5% when under regular and irregular waves, respectively, and can at most reduce the yaw movement 30.1% and 40% when under regular and irregular waves, respectively.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/24/8303spar-type platformthree-bifurcated mooring systemclump massvibration controlwind turbine |
| spellingShingle | Shi Liu Yi Yang Chengyuan Wang Yuangang Tu Zhenqing Liu Proposal of a Novel Mooring System Using Three-Bifurcated Mooring Lines for Spar-Type Off-Shore Wind Turbines Energies spar-type platform three-bifurcated mooring system clump mass vibration control wind turbine |
| title | Proposal of a Novel Mooring System Using Three-Bifurcated Mooring Lines for Spar-Type Off-Shore Wind Turbines |
| title_full | Proposal of a Novel Mooring System Using Three-Bifurcated Mooring Lines for Spar-Type Off-Shore Wind Turbines |
| title_fullStr | Proposal of a Novel Mooring System Using Three-Bifurcated Mooring Lines for Spar-Type Off-Shore Wind Turbines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Proposal of a Novel Mooring System Using Three-Bifurcated Mooring Lines for Spar-Type Off-Shore Wind Turbines |
| title_short | Proposal of a Novel Mooring System Using Three-Bifurcated Mooring Lines for Spar-Type Off-Shore Wind Turbines |
| title_sort | proposal of a novel mooring system using three bifurcated mooring lines for spar type off shore wind turbines |
| topic | spar-type platform three-bifurcated mooring system clump mass vibration control wind turbine |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/24/8303 |
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