A Systematic Approach to Offshore Wind Turbine Jacket Pre-Design and Optimization: Geometry, Cost, and Surrogate Structural Code Check Models
The main obstacles in preliminary design studies or optimization of jacket substructures for offshore wind turbines are high numerical expenses for structural code checks and simplistic cost assumptions. In order to create a basis for fast design evaluations, this article provides the following: firstly, a jacket model is proposed that covers topology and tube sizing with a limited set of design variables. Secondly, a cost model is proposed that goes beyond the simple and common mass-dependent approach. And thirdly, the issue of numerical efficiency is addressed by surrogate models both for fatigue and ultimate limit state code checks. In addition, this work shows an example utilizing all models. The outcome can be utilized for preliminary design studies and jacket optimization schemes and is suitable for scientific and industrial applications.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Wind Energy Technologies Office; Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture (MWK); German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1457661
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5000-71491
- Journal Information:
- Wind Energy Science Discussions, Vol. 3; ISSN 2366-7621
- Publisher:
- European Academy of Wind Energy - CopernicusCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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