Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration, Continuation within IEA Wind Task 30: Phase II Results Regarding a Floating Semisubmersible Wind System: Preprint
Abstract
Offshore wind turbines are designed and analyzed using comprehensive simulation tools (or codes) that account for the coupled dynamics of the wind inflow, aerodynamics, elasticity, and controls of the turbine, along with the incident waves, sea current, hydrodynamics, and foundation dynamics of the support structure. This paper describes the latest findings of the code-to-code verification activities of the Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration, Continuation (OC4) project, which operates under the International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind Task 30. In the latest phase of the project, participants used an assortment of simulation codes to model the coupled dynamic response of a 5-MW wind turbine installed on a floating semisubmersible in 200 m of water. Code predictions were compared from load-case simulations selected to test different model features. The comparisons have resulted in a greater understanding of offshore floating wind turbine dynamics and modeling techniques, and better knowledge of the validity of various approximations. The lessons learned from this exercise have improved the participants? codes, thus improving the standard of offshore wind turbine modeling.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wind and Water Power Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1126846
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5000-61154
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: To be presented at the 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, 8-13 June 2013, San Francisco, California
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 17 WIND ENERGY; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; 42 ENGINEERING; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; OC4; OFFSHORE CODE COMPARISON COLLABORATION; CONTINUATION; IEA; SEMISUBMERSIBLE; NREL; Wind Energy
Citation Formats
Robertson, A., Jonkman, J., Vorpahl, F., Popko, W., Qvist, J., Froyd, L., Chen, X., Azcona, J., Uzungoglu, E., Guedes Soares, C., Luan, C., Yutong, H., Pengcheng, F., Yde, A., Larsen, T., Nichols, J., Buils, R., Lei, L., Anders Nygard, T., and et al. Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration, Continuation within IEA Wind Task 30: Phase II Results Regarding a Floating Semisubmersible Wind System: Preprint. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1115/OMAE2014-24040.
Robertson, A., Jonkman, J., Vorpahl, F., Popko, W., Qvist, J., Froyd, L., Chen, X., Azcona, J., Uzungoglu, E., Guedes Soares, C., Luan, C., Yutong, H., Pengcheng, F., Yde, A., Larsen, T., Nichols, J., Buils, R., Lei, L., Anders Nygard, T., & et al. Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration, Continuation within IEA Wind Task 30: Phase II Results Regarding a Floating Semisubmersible Wind System: Preprint. United States. doi:10.1115/OMAE2014-24040.
Robertson, A., Jonkman, J., Vorpahl, F., Popko, W., Qvist, J., Froyd, L., Chen, X., Azcona, J., Uzungoglu, E., Guedes Soares, C., Luan, C., Yutong, H., Pengcheng, F., Yde, A., Larsen, T., Nichols, J., Buils, R., Lei, L., Anders Nygard, T., and et al. Sat .
"Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration, Continuation within IEA Wind Task 30: Phase II Results Regarding a Floating Semisubmersible Wind System: Preprint". United States. doi:10.1115/OMAE2014-24040. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1126846.
@article{osti_1126846,
title = {Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration, Continuation within IEA Wind Task 30: Phase II Results Regarding a Floating Semisubmersible Wind System: Preprint},
author = {Robertson, A. and Jonkman, J. and Vorpahl, F. and Popko, W. and Qvist, J. and Froyd, L. and Chen, X. and Azcona, J. and Uzungoglu, E. and Guedes Soares, C. and Luan, C. and Yutong, H. and Pengcheng, F. and Yde, A. and Larsen, T. and Nichols, J. and Buils, R. and Lei, L. and Anders Nygard, T. and et al.},
abstractNote = {Offshore wind turbines are designed and analyzed using comprehensive simulation tools (or codes) that account for the coupled dynamics of the wind inflow, aerodynamics, elasticity, and controls of the turbine, along with the incident waves, sea current, hydrodynamics, and foundation dynamics of the support structure. This paper describes the latest findings of the code-to-code verification activities of the Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration, Continuation (OC4) project, which operates under the International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind Task 30. In the latest phase of the project, participants used an assortment of simulation codes to model the coupled dynamic response of a 5-MW wind turbine installed on a floating semisubmersible in 200 m of water. Code predictions were compared from load-case simulations selected to test different model features. The comparisons have resulted in a greater understanding of offshore floating wind turbine dynamics and modeling techniques, and better knowledge of the validity of various approximations. The lessons learned from this exercise have improved the participants? codes, thus improving the standard of offshore wind turbine modeling.},
doi = {10.1115/OMAE2014-24040},
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number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {2014},
month = {3}
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