Numerical modelling of dynamic responses of a floating offshore wind turbine subject to focused waves

Yang Zhou, Qing Xiao, Yuanchuan Liu, Atilla Incecik, Christophe Peyrard, Sunwei Li, Guang Pan

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Abstract

In this paper, we present numerical modelling for the investigation of dynamic responses of a floating offshore wind turbine subject to focused waves. The modelling was carried out using a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tool. We started with the generation of a focused wave in a numerical wave tank based on a first-order irregular wave theory, then validated the developed numerical method for wave-structure interaction via a study of floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) to focused wave. Subsequently, we investigated the wave-/wind-structure interaction of a fixed semi-submersible platform, a floating semi-submersible platform and a parked National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 5 MW floating offshore wind turbine. To understand the nonlinear effect, which usually occurs under severe sea states, we carried out a systematic study of the motion responses, hydrodynamic and mooring tension loads of floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) over a range of wave steepness, and compared the results obtained from two potential flow theory tools with each other, i.e., Électricité de France (EDF) in-house code and NREL Fatigue, Aerodynamics, Structures, and Turbulence (FAST). We found that the nonlinearity of the hydrodynamic loading and motion responses increase with wave steepness, revealed by higher-order frequency response, leading to the appearance of discrepancies among different tools.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3482
Number of pages30
JournalEnergies
Volume12
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Sept 2019

Keywords

  • floating offshore wind turbine
  • computational fluid dynamics
  • focused wave
  • nonlinear hydrodynamic response

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