Model tests of a 10&thinsp;MW semi-submersible floating wind turbine under waves and wind using hybrid method  to integrate the rotor thrust and moments

Vittori, Felipe; Azcona, José; Eguinoa, Irene; Pires, Oscar; Rodríguez, Alberto; Morató, Álex; Garrido, Carlos; Desmond, Cian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-2149-2022

Articles | Volume 7, issue 5

Wind Energ. Sci., 7, 2149–2161, 2022

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-2149-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Wind Energ. Sci., 7, 2149–2161, 2022

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-2149-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 5

Research article

28 Oct 2022

Research article | 28 Oct 2022

Model tests of a 10 MW semi-submersible floating wind turbine under waves and wind using hybrid method to integrate the rotor thrust and moments

Felipe Vittori et al.

Model code and software

OpenFAST v2.2 NREL https://github.com/OpenFAST/OpenFAST/tree/v2.2.0

Short summary

This paper describes the results of a wave tank test campaign of a scaled SATH 10 MW INNWIND floating platform. The software-in-the-loop (SiL) hybrid method was used to include the wind turbine thrust and the in-plane rotor moments. Experimental results are compared with a numerical model developed in OpenFAST of the floating wind turbine. The results are discussed, identifying limitations of the numerical models and obtaining conclusions on how to improve them.