Complementary Airflow Control of Oscillating Water Columns for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Stabilization

Fares M’zoughi, Payam Aboutalebi, Izaskun Garrido, Aitor J. Garrido and Manuel De La Sen
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Fares M’zoughi: Automatic Control Group—ACG, Institute of Research and Development of Processes—IIDP, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao, University of the Basque Country—UPV/EHU, Po Rafael Moreno no3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
Payam Aboutalebi: Automatic Control Group—ACG, Institute of Research and Development of Processes—IIDP, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao, University of the Basque Country—UPV/EHU, Po Rafael Moreno no3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
Izaskun Garrido: Automatic Control Group—ACG, Institute of Research and Development of Processes—IIDP, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao, University of the Basque Country—UPV/EHU, Po Rafael Moreno no3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
Aitor J. Garrido: Automatic Control Group—ACG, Institute of Research and Development of Processes—IIDP, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao, University of the Basque Country—UPV/EHU, Po Rafael Moreno no3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
Manuel De La Sen: Automatic Control Group—ACG, Institute of Research and Development of Processes—IIDP, Department of Electricity and Electronics, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country—UPV/EHU, Bo Sarriena s/n, 48080 Leioa, Spain

Mathematics, 2021, vol. 9, issue 12, 1-15

Abstract: The implementation and integration of new methods and control techniques to floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) have the potential to significantly improve its structural response. This paper discusses the idea of integrating oscillating water columns (OWCs) into the barge platform of the FOWT to transform it into a multi-purpose platform for harnessing both wind and wave energies. Moreover, the OWCs will be operated in order to help stabilize the FOWT platform by means of an airflow control strategy used to reduce the platform pitch and tower top fore-aft displacement. This objective is achieved by a proposed complementary airflow control strategy to control the valves within the OWCs. The comparative study between a standard FOWT and the proposed OWC-based FOWT shows an improvement in the platform’s stability.

Keywords: airflow control; barge platform; floating offshore wind turbine; oscillating water column; wave energy; wind energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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