Experimental challenges and modelling approaches of floating wind turbines

M Hmedi, E Uzunoglu, C Zeng, JF Gaspar… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper reviews experimental methods for testing floating wind turbines. The techniques
covered include early-stage and up-to-date approaches such as a porous disc method and …

Hydrodynamic design of a free-float capable tension leg platform for a 10 MW wind turbine

E Uzunoglu, CG Soares - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The work explains the rationale and principles behind the hydrodynamic design of a
dynamically self-stable hybrid platform to host a 10 MW turbine that is a free-float capable …

An experimental study on transporting a free-float capable tension leg platform for a 10 MW wind turbine in waves

J Mas-Soler, E Uzunoglu, G Bulian, CG Soares… - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The paper presents the towing tests of CENTEC-TLP, a state-of-the-art free-float capable
tension leg platform supporting a 10 MW wind turbine. The platform's design process and …

Stress distribution on the CENTEC-TLP in still water and rated wind speed

E Zavvar, BQ Chen, E Uzunoglu… - Trends in Maritime …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
This work presents a preliminary study of the stress distribution on the tension leg platform of
a 10MW floating wind turbine. The 10 MW turbine combined with the platform hull are …

Stress distribution on the preliminary structural design of the CENTEC-TLP under still water and wave-induced loads

E Zavvar, HS Abdelwahab, E Uzunoglu… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
An assessment is made of the stress distribution and the hydrodynamic response of the
preliminary structural design of the tension leg platform of a 10 MW wind turbine. The …

A system for the hydrodynamic design of tension leg platforms of floating wind turbines

E Uzunoglu, CG Soares - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
A system that allows testing new concepts quickly and with higher precision is developed
and demonstrated through an example of a tension leg platform. The process goes through …

Experimental analysis of CENTEC-TLP self-stable platform with a 10 MW turbine

M Hmedi, E Uzunoglu, A Medina-Manuel… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work evaluates the experimental test results regarding the operational performance of a
free-float capable tension leg platform with a 10 MW wind turbine. It covers the platform …

Response dynamics of a free-float capable tension leg platform for a 10 MW wind turbine at the Northern Iberian Peninsula

E Uzunoglu, CG Soares - Developments in Renewable Energies …, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
The principles behind the design of a self-stable tension leg platform that hosts the DTU 10
MW wind turbine are introduced. The structure is a free-float capable TLP, named the …

Automatic size optimization of FPSO turret area with application of point set based outer shell FE modeling

G Guan, Q Yang - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an automatic size optimization framework for the typical internal turret of
FPSO. For optimization preparation, a point set based modeling method is proposed to offer …

Performance of the open-source potential flow solver HAMS in estimating the hydrodynamic properties of a floating wind turbine

E Uzunoglu, Y Liu, CG Soares - Trends in Renewable …, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
This work evaluates the use of an open-source potential flow solver in the hydrodynamic
ana lysis of floating wind turbine dynamics. The platform in question is a free-float capable …