Response characteristics of the DeepCwind floating wind turbine moored by a Single-Point Mooring system
Journal article, 2018

In recent years, the SPM (Single-Point Mooring) concept has been widely employed in several branches of the naval architecture and marine engineering field, such as FPSOs (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading units), offshore oil rigs, etc., but not yet popular in the offshore wind energy. To investigate the response characteristics of an SPM-moored FWT (Floating Wind Turbine), in the present work, we perform a numerical study on the DeepCwind semisubmersible wind turbine, using the state-of-the-art open-source tool FAST. The free-decay test results show that the SPM layout affects the natural periods of the wind turbine in rotational modes, as well as the mooring stiffness of the diagonal rotational and crossing rotational-translational terms, especially in relation to the yaw mode. Comparisons of the RAOs (Response Amplitude Operators) elucidate that the presence of wind influences significantly the sway, roll and yaw motions of the SPM layout. Finally, the weathervane test shows that an asymmetry exists in the free-yaw motion response when the semisubmersible wind turbine is moored by an SPM system.

Single-point mooring

Coupled dynamics

Semisubmersible

Author

Yingyi Liu

Kyushu University

Shigeo Yoshida

Kyushu University

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Kyushu University

Akinori Toyofuku

Kyushu University

Guanghua He

Harbin Institute of Technology

Shun-Han Yang

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Marine Technology

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

20763417 (eISSN)

Vol. 8 11 2306

Subject Categories

Vehicle Engineering

Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics

DOI

10.3390/app8112306

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