Calibration and Validation of a Spar-Type Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Model using the FAST Dynamic Simulation Tool: Preprint
In 2007, the FAST wind turbine simulation tool, developed and maintained by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), was expanded to include capabilities that are suitable for modeling floating offshore wind turbines. In an effort to validate FAST and other offshore wind energy modeling tools, DOE funded the DeepCwind project that tested three prototype floating wind turbines at 1/50th scale in a wave basin, including a semisubmersible, a tension-leg platform, and a spar buoy. This paper describes the use of the results of the spar wave basin tests to calibrate and validate the FAST offshore floating simulation tool, and presents some initial results of simulated dynamic responses of the spar to several combinations of wind and sea states.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wind Program
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1059165
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5000-56138
- Resource Relation:
- Journal Volume: 555; Conference: Presented at the Science of Making Torque from Wind, 9-11 October 2012, Oldenburg, Germany
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Marine Hydrodynamics
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book | January 1977 |
A fully coupled frequency domain model for floating offshore wind turbines
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