Investigation of Interference Effects Between Wind Turbine and Spar-Type Floating Platform Under Combined Wind-Wave Excitation

Yang Huang and Decheng Wan
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Yang Huang: School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Ship and Deep-Sea Exploration, Shanghai 200240, China
Decheng Wan: School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Ship and Deep-Sea Exploration, Shanghai 200240, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-30

Abstract: In order to further understand the coupled aero-hydrodynamic performance of the floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) in realistic ocean environment, it is necessary to investigate the interference effects between the unsteady aerodynamics of the wind turbine and different degree-of-freedom (DOF) platform motions under combined wind-wave excitation. In this paper, a validated CFD analysis tool FOWT-UALM-SJTU with modified actuator line model is applied for the coupled aero-hydrodynamic simulations of a spar-type FOWT system. The aero-hydrodynamic characteristics of the FOWT with various platform motion modes and different wind turbine states are compared and analyzed to explore the influence of the interference effects between the wind turbine and the floating platform on the performance of the FOWT. The dynamic responses of local relative wind speed and local attack angle at the blade section and wind-wave forces acting on the floating platform are discussed in detail to reveal the interaction mechanism between the aerodynamic loads and different DOF platform motions. It is shown that the surge motion and the pitch motion of the floating platform both significantly alter the local attack angle, while only the platform pitch motion have significant impacts on the local relative wind speed experienced by the rotating blades. Besides, the shaft tilt and the pro-cone angle of the wind turbine and the height-dependent wind speed all contribute to the variation of the local attack angle. The coupling between the platform motions along different DOFs is obviously amplified by the aerodynamic forces derived from the wind turbine. In addition, the wake deflection phenomenon is clearly observed in the near wake region when platform pitch motion is considered. The dynamic pitch motion of the floating platform also contributes to the severe wake velocity deficit and the increased wake width.

Keywords: floating offshore wind turbines; coupled aero-hydrodynamics; interference effects; actuator line model; FOWT-UALM-SJTU solver (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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