Review of Study on the Coupled Dynamic Performance of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

Yehong Dong, Yewen Chen, Hao Liu, Shuni Zhou, Yuanxiang Ni, Chang Cai, Teng Zhou and Qing’an Li
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Yehong Dong: Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang), Zhanjiang 524013, China
Yewen Chen: CAS Laboratory of Wind Energy Utilization, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Hao Liu: CSSC Windpower Development Co., Ltd., Beijing 100097, China
Shuni Zhou: CSSC Haizhuang Windpower Equipment Co., Ltd., Chongqing 401122, China
Yuanxiang Ni: Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang), Zhanjiang 524013, China
Chang Cai: CAS Laboratory of Wind Energy Utilization, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Teng Zhou: CAS Laboratory of Wind Energy Utilization, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Qing’an Li: CAS Laboratory of Wind Energy Utilization, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 11, 1-15

Abstract: Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) have attracted more and more attention in recent years. However, environmental loads on FOWTs have higher complexity than those on the traditional onshore or fixed-bottom offshore wind turbines. In addition to aerodynamic loads on turbine blades, hydrodynamic loads also act on the support platform. A review on the aerodynamic analysis of blades, hydrodynamic simulation of the supporting platform, and coupled aero- and hydro-dynamic study on FOWTs, is presented in this paper. At present, the primary coupling method is based on the combination of BEM theory and potential flow theory, which can simulate the performance of the FOWT system under normal operating conditions but has certain limitations in solving the complex problem of coupled FOWTs. The more accurate and reliable CFD method used in the research of coupling problems is still in its infancy. In the future, multidisciplinary theories should be used sufficiently to research the coupled dynamics of hydrodynamics and aerodynamics from a global perspective, which is significant for the design and large-scale utilization of FOWT.

Keywords: floating offshore wind turbine; aerodynamic loads; hydrodynamic loads; coupled dynamic performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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