High-resolution computational algorithms for simulating offshore wind turbines and farms: Model development and validation

Technical Report · Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1328985· OSTI ID:1328985

Calderer, Antoni ^[1]; Yang, Xiaolei ^[2]; Angelidis, Dionysios ^[1]; Feist, Chris ^[1]; Guala, Michele ^[1]; Ruehl, Kelley ^[3]; Guo, Xin ^[1]; Boomsma, Aaron ^[1]; Shen, Lian ^[1]; Sotiropoulos, Fotis ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
2. Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
3. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

The present project involves the development of modeling and analysis design tools for assessing offshore wind turbine technologies. The computational tools developed herein are able to resolve the effects of the coupled interaction of atmospheric turbulence and ocean waves on aerodynamic performance and structural stability and reliability of offshore wind turbines and farms. Laboratory scale experiments have been carried out to derive data sets for validating the computational models.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
• Contributing Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: EE0005482
• OSTI ID: 1328985
• Report Number(s): DOE-MINNESOTA-05482-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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