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Research article
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06 Apr 2023
Research article |
| 06 Apr 2023
| 06 Apr 2023
OC6 project Phase III: validation of the aerodynamic loading on a wind turbine rotor undergoing large motion caused by a floating support structure
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Amy Robertson
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Jason Jonkman
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Emmanuel Branlard
National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Alessandro Fontanella
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan
20156, Italy
Marco Belloli
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan
20156, Italy
Paolo Schito
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan
20156, Italy
Alberto Zasso
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan
20156, Italy
Giacomo Persico
Laboratory of Fluid-Machines, Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Milan 20156, Italy
Andrea Sanvito
Laboratory of Fluid-Machines, Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Milan 20156, Italy
Ervin Amet
Wind Department, Bureau Veritas, Paris 92937, France
Cédric Brun
Marine Division, Research Department, Bureau Veritas, Saint-Herblain 44818, France
Guillén Campaña-Alonso
Wind Turbine Technologies, Centro Nacional de Energías
Renovables, Sarriguren 31621, Spain
Raquel Martín-San-Román
Wind Turbine Technologies, Centro Nacional de Energías
Renovables, Sarriguren 31621, Spain
Ruolin Cai
Integrated Simulation Department, China General Certification Center, Beijing 100013, China
Jifeng Cai
Integrated Simulation Department, China General Certification Center, Beijing 100013, China
Quan Qian
Research Institute, China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Chongqing 401122, China
Wen Maoshi
Research Institute, China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Chongqing 401122, China
Alec Beardsell
Offshore Technology Department, DNV, Bristol BS2 0PS, UK
Georg Pirrung
Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby 2800, Denmark
Néstor Ramos-García
Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby 2800, Denmark
State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Jie Fu
State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Rémi Corniglion
Département Electrotechnique et Mécanique des Structures,
Électricité de France, Paris 91120, France
Anaïs Lovera
Département Electrotechnique et Mécanique des Structures,
Électricité de France, Paris 91120, France
Josean Galván
Wind Energy Department, eureka!, Errigoiti 48309, Spain
Tor Anders Nygaard
Department of Wind Energy, Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller 2027, Norway
Carlos Renan dos Santos
Department of Wind Energy, Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller 2027, Norway
Philippe Gilbert
Département Mécanique des Fluides, IFP Energies nouvelles,
Rueil-Malmaison 92852, France
Pierre-Antoine Joulin
Département Mécanique des Fluides, IFP Energies nouvelles,
Rueil-Malmaison 92852, France
Frédéric Blondel
Département Mécanique des Fluides, IFP Energies nouvelles,
Rueil-Malmaison 92852, France
Eelco Frickel
Research and Development, Maritime Research Institute Netherlands,
Wageningen 6708, the Netherlands
Peng Chen
Marine, Offshore and Subsea Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE1 7RU, UK
Zhiqiang Hu
Marine, Offshore and Subsea Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE1 7RU, UK
Ronan Boisard
Aerodynamic Department, Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches
Aérospatiales, Paris 92190, France
Kutay Yilmazlar
Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, Politecnico di
Milano, Milan 20156, Italy
Alessandro Croce
Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, Politecnico di
Milano, Milan 20156, Italy
Violette Harnois
Floating Offshore Group, PRINCIPIA, La Ciotat 13600, France
Lijun Zhang
Wind Energy Group, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Ye Li
Wind Energy Group, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Ander Aristondo
Department of Offshore Renewable Energy, Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Donostia-San Sebastián 20009, Spain
Iñigo Mendikoa Alonso
Department of Offshore Renewable Energy, Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Donostia-San Sebastián 20009, Spain
Simone Mancini
Wind Energy Department, Netherlands Organisation for Applied
Scientific Research, Petten 1755, the Netherlands
Koen Boorsma
Wind Energy Department, Netherlands Organisation for Applied
Scientific Research, Petten 1755, the Netherlands
Feike Savenije
Wind Energy Department, Netherlands Organisation for Applied
Scientific Research, Petten 1755, the Netherlands
David Marten
Wind Energy Department, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Rodrigo Soto-Valle
Wind Energy Department, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Christian W. Schulz
Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Ship Theory, Hamburg University of Technology,
21073 Hamburg, Germany
Stefan Netzband
Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Ship Theory, Hamburg University of Technology,
21073 Hamburg, Germany
Alessandro Bianchini
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Florence,
Florence 50139, Italy
Francesco Papi
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Florence,
Florence 50139, Italy
Stefano Cioni
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Florence,
Florence 50139, Italy
Pau Trubat
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona 08034, Spain
Daniel Alarcon
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona 08034, Spain
Climent Molins
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona 08034, Spain
Marion Cormier
Wind Energy Research Group, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Konstantin Brüker
Wind Energy Research Group, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Thorsten Lutz
Wind Energy Research Group, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Qing Xiao
Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering,
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0LZ, UK
Zhongsheng Deng
Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering,
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0LZ, UK
Florence Haudin
Research and Development Department, Vulcain Engineering,
Neuilly-sur-Seine 92200, France
Akhilesh Goveas
Department of Load Engineering, WyndTek, Delft 2628, the Netherlands
Data sets
UNAFLOW: UNsteady Aerodynamics of FLOating Wind turbines A. Fontanella, I. Bayati, R. Mikkelsen, M. Belloli, and A. Zasso https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4740006
OC6 Phase III: Validation of Wind Turbine Aerodynamic Loading During Surge/Pitch Motion. Atmosphere to electrons US Department of Energy https://a2e.energy.gov/project/oc6
Short summary
This work examines if the motion experienced by an offshore floating wind turbine can significantly affect the rotor performance. It was observed that the system motion results in variations in the load, but these variations are not critical, and the current simulation tools capture the physics properly. Interestingly, variations in the rotor speed or the blade pitch angle can have a larger impact than the system motion itself.
This work examines if the motion experienced by an offshore floating wind turbine can...
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