Switching Control Strategy for Oscillating Water Columns Based on Response Amplitude Operators for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Stabilization
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Model Statement
2.1. FOWT Description
2.2. Equations of Motions in the FOWT
2.3. Platforms’ Design and Advanced Computations
3. Problem Statement
3.1. Barge-Based FOWTs’ Motions Analysis by Response Amplitude Operators
3.2. Control Statement
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
DOF | Degree Of Freedom |
FAST | Fatigue, Aerodynamics, Structures and Turbulence |
FFT | Fast Fourier Transfer |
FOWT | Floating Offshore Wind Turbine |
RAO | Response Amplitude Operator |
FRAO | Fore-aft Response Amplitude Operator |
PRAO | Pitch Response Amplitude Operator |
OWC | Oscillating Water Column |
PTO | Power Take Off |
SWL | Still Water Level |
TMD | Tuned Mass Damper |
WEC | Wave Energy Converter |
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Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Hub height | 90 m |
Center of mass location | 38.23 m |
Rotor diameter | 126 m |
Number of blades | 3 |
Initial rotational speed | 12.1 rpm |
Blades mass | 53.22 kg |
Nacelle mass | 240,000 kg |
Hub mass | 56,780 kg |
Tower mass | 347,460 kg |
Power output | 5 MW |
Cut-in, Rated, Cut-out wind speed | 3 m/s, 11.4 m/s, 25 m/s |
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Platforms’ size (W × L × H) | 40 m × 40 m × 10 m |
Each OWC’s size (W × L × H) | 5 m × 5 m × 10 m |
Draft, Free board for both platforms | 4 m, 6 m |
Water displacement for the simple barge | 6400 m |
Water displacement for the barge with OWCs | 6000 m |
Mass, Including Ballast | 5,452,000 kg |
CM Location below SWL | 0.281768 m |
Roll Inertia about CM | 726,900,000 kg·m |
Pitch Inertia about CM | 726,900,000 kg·m |
Yaw Inertia about CM | 1,453,900,000 kg·m |
Anchor (Water) Depth | 150 m |
Separation between Opposing Anchors | 773.8 m |
Unstretched Line Length | 473.3 m |
Neutral Line Length Resting on Seabed | 250 m |
Line Diameter | 0.0809 m |
Line Mass Density | 130.4 kg/m |
Line Extensional Stiffness | 589,000,000 N |
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Aboutalebi, P.; M’zoughi, F.; Martija, I.; Garrido, I.; Garrido, A.J. Switching Control Strategy for Oscillating Water Columns Based on Response Amplitude Operators for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Stabilization. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 5249. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app11115249
Aboutalebi P, M’zoughi F, Martija I, Garrido I, Garrido AJ. Switching Control Strategy for Oscillating Water Columns Based on Response Amplitude Operators for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Stabilization. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(11):5249. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app11115249
Chicago/Turabian StyleAboutalebi, Payam, Fares M’zoughi, Itziar Martija, Izaskun Garrido, and Aitor J. Garrido. 2021. "Switching Control Strategy for Oscillating Water Columns Based on Response Amplitude Operators for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Stabilization" Applied Sciences 11, no. 11: 5249. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app11115249