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08 Jun 2021
Research article |
| 08 Jun 2021
| 08 Jun 2021
Response of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind 15 MW WindCrete and Activefloat floating wind turbines to wind and second-order waves
Mohammad Youssef Mahfouz
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Stuttgart Wind Energy (SWE), University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 5B, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Climent Molins
UPC-Barcelona-Tech, Campus Nord, Carrer de Jordi Girona, 1, 3, 08034, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Pau Trubat
UPC-Barcelona-Tech, Campus Nord, Carrer de Jordi Girona, 1, 3, 08034, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Sergio Hernández
Esteyco, SA, Menéndez Pidal, 17, 28036 Madrid, Spain
Fernando Vigara
Esteyco, SA, Menéndez Pidal, 17, 28036 Madrid, Spain
Antonio Pegalajar-Jurado
Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Nils Koppels Allé 403, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Henrik Bredmose
Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Nils Koppels Allé 403, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Mohammad Salari
Stuttgart Wind Energy (SWE), University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 5B, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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This paper introduces the numerical models of two 15 MW floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) WindCrete and Activefloat. WindCrete is a spar floating platform designed by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, while Activefloat is a semi-submersible platform designed by Esteyco. The floaters are designed within the Horizon 2020 project COREWIND. Later in the paper, the responses of both models to wind and second-order waves are analysed with an emphasis on the effect of second-order waves.
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