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

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

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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

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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, José Azcona, Irene Eguinoa, Oscar Pires, Alberto Rodríguez, Álex Morató, Carlos Garrido, and Cian Desmond

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.