In aero-elastic simulation of offshore wind turbines, the support structure can be modelled using an “integrated” approach, where the jacket and tower and modelled explicitly as one structural body, or a “superelement” approach, where the jacket part of the support structure is included as a superelement. For integrated modelling, vibration mode shapes are calculated for the whole support structure. For a superelement approach, separate mode shapes are defined for superelement and the tower. The different modal basis makes it difficult to align the structural damping definition for the two approaches, meaning that manual tuning of the modal damping ratios has previously been necessary to achieve equivalent damping on the whole support structure for the two approaches. To provide a consistent damping approach, it is proposed to specify modal damping ratios or Rayleigh damping on a modal basis which is common to the two approaches: the support structure natural mode shapes. When damping is specified on the natural modes of the support structure, equivalent support structure damping is observed for superelement and integrated modelling approaches. This allows the target support structure damping ratios to be achieved easily and also facilitates studies to compare the superelement and integrated modelling approaches.
{"title":"A Consistent Structural Damping Model for Integrated and Superelement Modelling of Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures in Wind Turbine Design Software Bladed","authors":"W. Collier","doi":"10.1115/iowtc2019-7541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/iowtc2019-7541","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In aero-elastic simulation of offshore wind turbines, the support structure can be modelled using an “integrated” approach, where the jacket and tower and modelled explicitly as one structural body, or a “superelement” approach, where the jacket part of the support structure is included as a superelement. For integrated modelling, vibration mode shapes are calculated for the whole support structure. For a superelement approach, separate mode shapes are defined for superelement and the tower. The different modal basis makes it difficult to align the structural damping definition for the two approaches, meaning that manual tuning of the modal damping ratios has previously been necessary to achieve equivalent damping on the whole support structure for the two approaches. To provide a consistent damping approach, it is proposed to specify modal damping ratios or Rayleigh damping on a modal basis which is common to the two approaches: the support structure natural mode shapes. When damping is specified on the natural modes of the support structure, equivalent support structure damping is observed for superelement and integrated modelling approaches. This allows the target support structure damping ratios to be achieved easily and also facilitates studies to compare the superelement and integrated modelling approaches.","PeriodicalId":131294,"journal":{"name":"ASME 2019 2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130276662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rodolfo T. Gonçalves, M. Chame, L. S. Silva, A. Koop, S. Hirabayashi, Hideyuki Suzuki
Flow-Induced Motions (FIM) is an issue for multi-column platforms, and the phenomenon can decrease the fatigue life of the mooring, riser, and cable systems. In the past, FIM was studied mainly for platforms installed in deep waters. The new concepts of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT) have multi-column design and may therefore observe FIM. However, FOWTs have been installed in shallow water and, in this case, the FIM remains insufficiently investigated. To address this issue, FIM model tests were performed for the – Semisubmersible (SS) Floating System design developed for the DeepCwind project (OC4 Phase II). The goal of this paper is to investigate the presence of FIM for this type of system to show the importance of FIM in the design of FOWT. Three different incidence angles of the current were tested, namely 0, 90 and 180 degrees. For each heading, thirty reduced velocities were tested. The results showed amplitudes in the transverse direction of around 70% of the diameter of the platform column, which is similar to the ones observed for the deep-draft (DD) SS with circular columns and larger than for the platforms with square columns. The results showed that FIM was present for this specific FOWT SS investigated and that it may thus be essential to consider when designing the mooring system, as an increment in the total cost of the platform may make the system economically unfeasible. When extrapolating the results for the full-scale configuration, the FIM synchronization occurred for current velocities from 0.5m/s up to 1.2m/s, and the maximum nondimensional nominal amplitudes for the motions in the transverse direction reached 70% of the external column diameter.
{"title":"Experimental Study on Flow-Induced Motions (FIM) of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Semi-Submersible Type (OC4 Phase II Floater)","authors":"Rodolfo T. Gonçalves, M. Chame, L. S. Silva, A. Koop, S. Hirabayashi, Hideyuki Suzuki","doi":"10.1115/iowtc2019-7513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/iowtc2019-7513","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Flow-Induced Motions (FIM) is an issue for multi-column platforms, and the phenomenon can decrease the fatigue life of the mooring, riser, and cable systems. In the past, FIM was studied mainly for platforms installed in deep waters. The new concepts of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT) have multi-column design and may therefore observe FIM. However, FOWTs have been installed in shallow water and, in this case, the FIM remains insufficiently investigated. To address this issue, FIM model tests were performed for the – Semisubmersible (SS) Floating System design developed for the DeepCwind project (OC4 Phase II). The goal of this paper is to investigate the presence of FIM for this type of system to show the importance of FIM in the design of FOWT. Three different incidence angles of the current were tested, namely 0, 90 and 180 degrees. For each heading, thirty reduced velocities were tested. The results showed amplitudes in the transverse direction of around 70% of the diameter of the platform column, which is similar to the ones observed for the deep-draft (DD) SS with circular columns and larger than for the platforms with square columns. The results showed that FIM was present for this specific FOWT SS investigated and that it may thus be essential to consider when designing the mooring system, as an increment in the total cost of the platform may make the system economically unfeasible. When extrapolating the results for the full-scale configuration, the FIM synchronization occurred for current velocities from 0.5m/s up to 1.2m/s, and the maximum nondimensional nominal amplitudes for the motions in the transverse direction reached 70% of the external column diameter.","PeriodicalId":131294,"journal":{"name":"ASME 2019 2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130945100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Muggiasca, A. Fontanella, F. Taruffi, H. Giberti, A. Facchinetti, M. Belloli, M. Bollati
This paper deals with the mechatronic design of a large-scale wind turbine model (outdoor scaled prototype) based on the DTU 10MW. This is going to be integrated in the model of a multi-purpose floating structure to be deployed at the Natural Ocean Engineering Laboratory (NOEL) in Reggio Calabria (Italy). The floating wind turbine model is the downscaling of the full-scale structure designed within the EU H2020 Blue Growth Farm project. The structural design of the scaled wind turbine is presented, starting from the aeroelastic and aerodynamic design carried out in a previous work.
{"title":"Large Aeroelastic Model of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine: Mechanical and Mechatronics Design","authors":"S. Muggiasca, A. Fontanella, F. Taruffi, H. Giberti, A. Facchinetti, M. Belloli, M. Bollati","doi":"10.1115/iowtc2019-7537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/iowtc2019-7537","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This paper deals with the mechatronic design of a large-scale wind turbine model (outdoor scaled prototype) based on the DTU 10MW. This is going to be integrated in the model of a multi-purpose floating structure to be deployed at the Natural Ocean Engineering Laboratory (NOEL) in Reggio Calabria (Italy). The floating wind turbine model is the downscaling of the full-scale structure designed within the EU H2020 Blue Growth Farm project. The structural design of the scaled wind turbine is presented, starting from the aeroelastic and aerodynamic design carried out in a previous work.","PeriodicalId":131294,"journal":{"name":"ASME 2019 2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132706564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Jonkman, R. Damiani, E. Branlard, M. Hall, A. Robertson, G. Hayman
OpenFAST is an open-source, physics-based engineering tool applicable to the load analysis of land-based and offshore wind turbines, including floating offshore wind turbines. The substructure for a floating wind turbine has historically been modeled in OpenFAST as a rigid body with hydrodynamic loads lumped at a point, which enabled the tool to predict the global response of the floating substructure but not the structural loads within its individual members. This limitation is an impediment to designing floating substructures — especially newer designs that are more streamlined, flexible, and cost-effective. This paper presents the development plan of new capabilities in OpenFAST to model floating substructure flexibility and member-level loads, including the functional requirements and modeling approaches needed to understand and apply them correctly.
{"title":"Substructure Flexibility and Member-Level Load Capabilities for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines in OpenFAST","authors":"J. Jonkman, R. Damiani, E. Branlard, M. Hall, A. Robertson, G. Hayman","doi":"10.1115/iowtc2019-7566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/iowtc2019-7566","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 OpenFAST is an open-source, physics-based engineering tool applicable to the load analysis of land-based and offshore wind turbines, including floating offshore wind turbines. The substructure for a floating wind turbine has historically been modeled in OpenFAST as a rigid body with hydrodynamic loads lumped at a point, which enabled the tool to predict the global response of the floating substructure but not the structural loads within its individual members. This limitation is an impediment to designing floating substructures — especially newer designs that are more streamlined, flexible, and cost-effective. This paper presents the development plan of new capabilities in OpenFAST to model floating substructure flexibility and member-level loads, including the functional requirements and modeling approaches needed to understand and apply them correctly.","PeriodicalId":131294,"journal":{"name":"ASME 2019 2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116836079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Over the past decade the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for the inspection of turbine blades has been registering steady progress and is fast becoming a well-established inspection methodology especially at offshore wind farms. A UAV operating in the open field is subject to varying ambient conditions which have an effect on the power required to maintain stable flight. This may have an impact on the flight endurance of the UAV, especially when operating in windy conditions. Simulations are a very useful tool for estimating the impact of such ambient conditions on the performance and flight endurance of a UAV. However, it is extremely difficult to accurately model all the dynamics at play in the open field where flow conditions are highly stochastic. Few open field studies necessary to validate such simulation models have been carried out to date in this regard. In this study, the impact of open field wind conditions on the flight endurance of a hovering UAV is investigated. The test vehicle used in this study is a quadrotor UAV, which was fitted with an array of sensors to monitor power consumption parameters of the propulsion motors whilst the vehicle is hovering at a fixed altitude above the ground. The quadrotor was also fitted with an ultrasonic wind sensor in order to measure the relevant wind parameters that the quadrotor was being subjected to during the hovering study. The test UAV was flown in different ambient conditions to establish the impact on the UAV flight endurance when subjected to different wind speeds. Results from a series of UAV test flights in the open field indicated that the power required by the UAV to maintain hovering flight decreases as the wind speed increases.
{"title":"Investigation of Wind Flow Conditions on the Flight Endurance of UAVs in Hovering Flight: A Preliminary Study","authors":"L. Scicluna, T. Sant, R. Farrugia","doi":"10.1115/iowtc2019-7514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/iowtc2019-7514","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Over the past decade the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for the inspection of turbine blades has been registering steady progress and is fast becoming a well-established inspection methodology especially at offshore wind farms. A UAV operating in the open field is subject to varying ambient conditions which have an effect on the power required to maintain stable flight. This may have an impact on the flight endurance of the UAV, especially when operating in windy conditions. Simulations are a very useful tool for estimating the impact of such ambient conditions on the performance and flight endurance of a UAV. However, it is extremely difficult to accurately model all the dynamics at play in the open field where flow conditions are highly stochastic. Few open field studies necessary to validate such simulation models have been carried out to date in this regard. In this study, the impact of open field wind conditions on the flight endurance of a hovering UAV is investigated. The test vehicle used in this study is a quadrotor UAV, which was fitted with an array of sensors to monitor power consumption parameters of the propulsion motors whilst the vehicle is hovering at a fixed altitude above the ground. The quadrotor was also fitted with an ultrasonic wind sensor in order to measure the relevant wind parameters that the quadrotor was being subjected to during the hovering study. The test UAV was flown in different ambient conditions to establish the impact on the UAV flight endurance when subjected to different wind speeds. Results from a series of UAV test flights in the open field indicated that the power required by the UAV to maintain hovering flight decreases as the wind speed increases.","PeriodicalId":131294,"journal":{"name":"ASME 2019 2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125684223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marcio Yamamoto, Sotaro Masanobu, J. Yamamoto, Katsuo Ban, Masayuki Ikenobu, Tamotsu Izumida, T. Sakamoto
To design the foundation of a fixed-type wind turbine, the geotechnical data of the region in different depths below the seafloor must be surveyed using a cone penetration test (CPT). A common methodology to carry out the CPT in shallow water is to use a drillstring to drill a well. Then the drillstring must be anchored and a cone probe is conveyed within the drillstring to survey the undisturbed soil a few meters below the bit. However, during the period the drillstring is anchored in a relative high-current environment, it will be exposed to the vortex-induced vibration (VIV). In this article, we will present the VIV numerical analysis to assess the stress and accumulate fatigue on the drillstring. The simulation was calculated in the frequency domain using commercial software for marine riser analysis used by the Petroleum Industry. We compared two different drillstrings, one composed by Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA) and drill pipe and the other using BHA and heavyweight drill pipe. The VIV results show slightly better performance of the string composed by heavy weight drill pipes.
{"title":"Numerical Analysis of VIV on Drillstring During CPT in Shallow High-Current Sea","authors":"Marcio Yamamoto, Sotaro Masanobu, J. Yamamoto, Katsuo Ban, Masayuki Ikenobu, Tamotsu Izumida, T. Sakamoto","doi":"10.1115/iowtc2019-7534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/iowtc2019-7534","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 To design the foundation of a fixed-type wind turbine, the geotechnical data of the region in different depths below the seafloor must be surveyed using a cone penetration test (CPT). A common methodology to carry out the CPT in shallow water is to use a drillstring to drill a well. Then the drillstring must be anchored and a cone probe is conveyed within the drillstring to survey the undisturbed soil a few meters below the bit. However, during the period the drillstring is anchored in a relative high-current environment, it will be exposed to the vortex-induced vibration (VIV). In this article, we will present the VIV numerical analysis to assess the stress and accumulate fatigue on the drillstring. The simulation was calculated in the frequency domain using commercial software for marine riser analysis used by the Petroleum Industry. We compared two different drillstrings, one composed by Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA) and drill pipe and the other using BHA and heavyweight drill pipe. The VIV results show slightly better performance of the string composed by heavy weight drill pipes.","PeriodicalId":131294,"journal":{"name":"ASME 2019 2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133108057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Peeters, T. Verstraeten, A. Nowé, P. Daems, J. Helsen
This paper illustrates an integrated monitoring approach for wind turbines exploiting this Industry 4.0 context. Our combined edge-cloud processing approach is documented. We show edge processing of vibration data captured on a wind turbine gearbox to extract diagnostic features. Focus is on statistical indicators. Real-life signals collected on an offshore turbine are used to illustrate the concept of local processing. The NVIDIA Jet-son platform serves as edge computation medium. Furthermore, we show an integrated failure detection and fault severity assessment at the cloud level. Health assessment and fault localization combines state-of-the-art vibration signal processing on high frequency data (10kHz and higher) with machine learning models to allow anomaly detection for each processing pipeline. Again this is illustrated using data from an offshore wind farm. Additionally, the fact that data of similar wind turbines in the farm is collected allows for exploiting system similarity over the fleet.
{"title":"Advanced Vibration Signal Processing Using Edge Computing to Monitor Wind Turbine Drivetrains","authors":"C. Peeters, T. Verstraeten, A. Nowé, P. Daems, J. Helsen","doi":"10.1115/iowtc2019-7622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/iowtc2019-7622","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This paper illustrates an integrated monitoring approach for wind turbines exploiting this Industry 4.0 context. Our combined edge-cloud processing approach is documented. We show edge processing of vibration data captured on a wind turbine gearbox to extract diagnostic features. Focus is on statistical indicators. Real-life signals collected on an offshore turbine are used to illustrate the concept of local processing. The NVIDIA Jet-son platform serves as edge computation medium. Furthermore, we show an integrated failure detection and fault severity assessment at the cloud level. Health assessment and fault localization combines state-of-the-art vibration signal processing on high frequency data (10kHz and higher) with machine learning models to allow anomaly detection for each processing pipeline. Again this is illustrated using data from an offshore wind farm. Additionally, the fact that data of similar wind turbines in the farm is collected allows for exploiting system similarity over the fleet.","PeriodicalId":131294,"journal":{"name":"ASME 2019 2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133695865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drivetrain bearings are seen as the most common reason of the wind turbine drivetrain system failures and the consequent downtimes. In this study, the angular velocity error function is used for the condition monitoring of the bearings and gears in the wind turbine drivetrain. This approach benefits from using the sensor data and the dedicated communication network which already exist in the turbine for performance monitoring purposes. Minor required modification includes an additional moderate sampling frequency encoder without any need of adding an extra condition monitoring system. The additional encoder is placed on the low speed shaft and can also be used as the backup for the high speed shaft encoder which is critical for turbine control purposes. A theory based on the variations of the energy of response around the defect frequency is suggested to detect abnormalities in the drivetrain operation. The proposed angular velocity based method is compared with the classical vibration-based detection approach based on axial/radial acceleration data, for the faults initiated by different types of excitation sources. The method is experimentally evaluated using the data obtained from the encoders and vibration sensors of an operational wind turbine.
{"title":"Experimental Validation of Angular Velocity Measurements for Wind Turbines Drivetrain Condition Monitoring","authors":"F. K. Moghadam, A. Nejad","doi":"10.1115/iowtc2019-7620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/iowtc2019-7620","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Drivetrain bearings are seen as the most common reason of the wind turbine drivetrain system failures and the consequent downtimes. In this study, the angular velocity error function is used for the condition monitoring of the bearings and gears in the wind turbine drivetrain. This approach benefits from using the sensor data and the dedicated communication network which already exist in the turbine for performance monitoring purposes. Minor required modification includes an additional moderate sampling frequency encoder without any need of adding an extra condition monitoring system. The additional encoder is placed on the low speed shaft and can also be used as the backup for the high speed shaft encoder which is critical for turbine control purposes. A theory based on the variations of the energy of response around the defect frequency is suggested to detect abnormalities in the drivetrain operation. The proposed angular velocity based method is compared with the classical vibration-based detection approach based on axial/radial acceleration data, for the faults initiated by different types of excitation sources. The method is experimentally evaluated using the data obtained from the encoders and vibration sensors of an operational wind turbine.","PeriodicalId":131294,"journal":{"name":"ASME 2019 2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference","volume":"286 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133866591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Pham, Junbae Kim, Byoungcheon Seo, Rupesh Kumar, Youngjae Yu, Hyunkyoung Shin
A pilot floating offshore wind turbine project of Korea was proposed for installing in the East Sea of Korea. The prototype is a semisubmersible platform supporting a 750-kW wind turbine. A scaled model was tested in the basin tank of the University of Ulsan at scale ratio 1:40. The 750-kW floating offshore wind turbine was modeled by using the NREL-FAST code. Numerical results were validated by comparing with those of the test model. This paper analyzes dynamic responses and loads of the wind turbine system under extreme environmental conditions. Extreme environmental conditions based on metocean data of East Sea Korea. Extreme responses and extreme loads are important data for designing the structure of the 750 kW semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine.
{"title":"Global Responses and Loads Analysis of a 750-kW Semi-Submersible Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Under Extreme Environmental Conditions","authors":"T. Pham, Junbae Kim, Byoungcheon Seo, Rupesh Kumar, Youngjae Yu, Hyunkyoung Shin","doi":"10.1115/iowtc2019-7607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/iowtc2019-7607","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 A pilot floating offshore wind turbine project of Korea was proposed for installing in the East Sea of Korea. The prototype is a semisubmersible platform supporting a 750-kW wind turbine. A scaled model was tested in the basin tank of the University of Ulsan at scale ratio 1:40. The 750-kW floating offshore wind turbine was modeled by using the NREL-FAST code. Numerical results were validated by comparing with those of the test model. This paper analyzes dynamic responses and loads of the wind turbine system under extreme environmental conditions. Extreme environmental conditions based on metocean data of East Sea Korea. Extreme responses and extreme loads are important data for designing the structure of the 750 kW semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine.","PeriodicalId":131294,"journal":{"name":"ASME 2019 2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121023349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hyunkyoung Shin, Youngjae Yu, T. Pham, Hyeonjeong Ahn, Byoungcheon Seo, Junbae Kim
Due to global climate change, concern regarding the environment is greater than ever. Also, the energy industry is constantly developing and investing in new and renewable energy to reduce carbon emissions. Korea is planning to increase the proportion of renewable energy generation to 20% by 2030, in accordance with the 3020 renewable energy policy. This will involve 16.5 GW (34%) from wind energy, with a capacity from offshore wind energy of approximately 13 GW. Considering domestic technological wind resource potential (33.2 GW), it seems to be a sufficient target amount. However, in order to start the wind power generation business, the installation area must be analyzed for environmental information, for the evaluation of the wind resource and the early-stage concept design. Because it is difficult to conduct long-term measurements of the entire sea area, the environmental conditions are generally estimated from short-term measurement data and long-term reanalysis data. In this study, the environmental conditions of the East Sea of Korea were selected, and a comparative analysis was performed on the meteorological agency’s oceanic meteorology buoy data, ERA-5 reanalysis data obtained from ECMWF, and NASA’s MERRA-2 data. The extreme sea states of 50 years and 100 years were analyzed by extreme statistical analysis. Finally, environmental conditions required for the basic design of wind turbines were selected following IEC and DNV standards.
{"title":"Analysis of Environmental Conditions for the Conceptual Design of a 200 MW Floating Offshore Wind Farm in the East Sea, Korea","authors":"Hyunkyoung Shin, Youngjae Yu, T. Pham, Hyeonjeong Ahn, Byoungcheon Seo, Junbae Kim","doi":"10.1115/iowtc2019-7605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/iowtc2019-7605","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Due to global climate change, concern regarding the environment is greater than ever. Also, the energy industry is constantly developing and investing in new and renewable energy to reduce carbon emissions. Korea is planning to increase the proportion of renewable energy generation to 20% by 2030, in accordance with the 3020 renewable energy policy. This will involve 16.5 GW (34%) from wind energy, with a capacity from offshore wind energy of approximately 13 GW. Considering domestic technological wind resource potential (33.2 GW), it seems to be a sufficient target amount. However, in order to start the wind power generation business, the installation area must be analyzed for environmental information, for the evaluation of the wind resource and the early-stage concept design. Because it is difficult to conduct long-term measurements of the entire sea area, the environmental conditions are generally estimated from short-term measurement data and long-term reanalysis data. In this study, the environmental conditions of the East Sea of Korea were selected, and a comparative analysis was performed on the meteorological agency’s oceanic meteorology buoy data, ERA-5 reanalysis data obtained from ECMWF, and NASA’s MERRA-2 data. The extreme sea states of 50 years and 100 years were analyzed by extreme statistical analysis. Finally, environmental conditions required for the basic design of wind turbines were selected following IEC and DNV standards.","PeriodicalId":131294,"journal":{"name":"ASME 2019 2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference","volume":"324 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124576830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}