Tool development for fully coupled simulation of offshore wind turbine

  1. JE Gutiérrez-Romero 1
  2. B Serván-Camas 2
  3. A Luna-Valenzuela 1
  4. J Colom-Cobb 2
  5. J García Espinosa 2
  1. 1 Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
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    Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

    Cartagena, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02k5kx966

  2. 2 Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria CIMNE
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    Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria CIMNE

    Barcelona, España

Actas:
VIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering

Editorial: International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Año de publicación: 2019

Tipo: Aportación congreso

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Resumen

Nowadays the marine renewable energies are getting an important role in the transformation of the energy model. And tools for predicting the performance of these new technologies are essential in their commercial development. An example of these are floating wind turbines (FWT), and this work presents the coupling and verification of a set of tools to carry out fully coupled simulation of FWTs.These tools are built on the seakeeping software SeaFEM and on the aeroelastic simulator code FAST. First, the basic features of each tools are explained. Second, a coupling strategy to assess theperformance of FWTs is presented. Third, the results obtained coupling SeaFEM-FAST are used for an inter-code comparison against those obtained coupling Hydrodyn-FAST. Forth, an intensive analysis of a FWT based on the NREL 5 MW baseline is carried out taking into account the environmental conditions of the selected location. These coupled computations are carried out following the Design Load Cases proposed by IEC rules to assess the Ultimate Limit State (ULS). Finally, some comparison and conclusions based on the obtained results are drawn.