A review of modelling techniques for floating offshore wind turbines

A Otter, J Murphy, V Pakrashi, A Robertson… - Wind …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modelling floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) is challenging due to the strong coupling
between the aerodynamics of the turbine and the hydrodynamics of the floating platform …

[HTML][HTML] A review and analysis of optimisation techniques applied to floating offshore wind platforms

V Sykes, M Collu, A Coraddu - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The deployment of offshore wind in the UK has seen a rapid increase in the past decade
and will continue to increase with the securement of the recent Scotwind sites. Floating …

Inerter-enhanced tuned mass damper for vibration damping of floating offshore wind turbines

Z Zhang, C Høeg - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the use of an inerter-enhanced vibration absorber, the rotational
inertia double tuned mass damper (RIDTMD), for damping in-plane vibrations of a floating …

[HTML][HTML] A review of numerical modelling and optimisation of the floating support structure for offshore wind turbines

E Faraggiana, G Giorgi, M Sirigu, A Ghigo… - Journal of Ocean …, 2022 - Springer
Compared to onshore wind power, floating offshore wind power is a promising renewable
energy source due to higher wind speeds and larger suitable available areas. However …

Platform and mooring system optimization of a 10 MW semisubmersible offshore wind turbine

G Ferri, E Marino, N Bruschi, C Borri - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, an optimization procedure is proposed to find platform and mooring system
configurations which most effectively reduce the dynamic response of a semisubmersible 10 …

Dynamics of hybrid offshore renewable energy platforms: Heaving point absorbers connected to a semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine

LSP da Silva, NY Sergiienko, B Cazzolato, B Ding - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Hybrid platforms composed of a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) and wave energy
converters (WECs) may possibly reduce the levelised cost of energy of both energy …

Coupled loads analysis of a novel shared-mooring floating wind farm

E Lozon, M Hall - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Shared mooring lines are a method to reduce the stationkeeping cost of floating offshore
wind farms; however, their impacts on floating array dynamics are not yet well understood …

[HTML][HTML] Wind turbine gearbox reliability verification by multivariate Gaidai reliability method

O Gaidai, H Li, Y Cao, Z Liu, Y Zhu, J Sheng - Results in Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Reliability research is essential since WT (Wind turbines) are built to endure high wind and
wave-induced stresses. Novel multivariate and 2D (bivariate) reliability methods presented …

Bivariate reliability analysis for floating wind turbines

O Gaidai, V Yakimov, F Wang, J Sun… - International Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Wind turbines are designed to withstand extreme wind-and wave-induced loads, hence a
reliability study is vital. This study presents a bivariate reliability approach, suitable for …

Statistical linearisation of a nonlinear floating offshore wind turbine under random waves and winds

LSP Da Silva, M de Oliveira, B Cazzolato… - Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the stochastic nonlinear dynamics of a floating offshore wind turbine
(FOWT) in the frequency-domain under irregular waves and turbulent winds. The main …