Design and Aero-elastic Simulation of a 5MW Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
This paper deals with the design of a 5MW floating offshore Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT). The design is based on a new offshore wind turbine concept (DeepWind concept), consisting of a Darrieus rotor mounted on a spar buoy support structure, which is anchored to the sea bed with mooring lines [...
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ftdtupubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/16b35bf8-f70f-494b-86ef-fd780bee2acd 2023-05-15T14:23:45+02:00 Design and Aero-elastic Simulation of a 5MW Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Vita, Luca Schmidt Paulsen, Uwe Aagaard Madsen , Helge Nielsen, Per Hørlyk Berthelsen, Petter A. Cartsensen, Stefan 2013 https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/16b35bf8-f70f-494b-86ef-fd780bee2acd eng eng American Society of Mechanical Engineers info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Vita , L , Schmidt Paulsen , U , Aagaard Madsen , H , Nielsen , P H , Berthelsen , P A & Cartsensen , S 2013 , Design and Aero-elastic Simulation of a 5MW Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine . in Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering . vol. 7 , OMAE2012-83470 , American Society of Mechanical Engineers , pp. 383-392 , 31st ASME International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , 01/07/2012 . contributionToPeriodical 2013 ftdtupubl 2022-08-14T08:13:54Z This paper deals with the design of a 5MW floating offshore Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT). The design is based on a new offshore wind turbine concept (DeepWind concept), consisting of a Darrieus rotor mounted on a spar buoy support structure, which is anchored to the sea bed with mooring lines [1]. The design is carried out in an iterative process, involving the different sub-components and addressing several conflicting constraints. The present design does not aim to be the final optimum solution for this concept. Instead, the goal is to have a baseline model, based on the present technology, which can be improved in the future with new dedicated technological solutions. The rotor uses curved blades, which are designed in order to minimize the gravitational loads and to be produced by the pultrusion process. The floating platform is a slender cylindrical structure rotating along with the rotor, whose stability is achieved by adding ballast at the bottom. The platform is connected to the mooring lines with some rigid arms, which are necessary to absorb the torque transmitted by the rotor. The aero-elastic simulations are carried out with Hawc2, a numerical solver developed at Risø-DTU. The numerical simulations take into account the fully coupled aerodynamic and hydrodynamic loads on the structure, due to wind, waves and currents. The turbine is tested in operative conditions, at different sea states, selected according to the international offshore standards. The research is part of the European project DeepWind (2010-2014), which has been financed by the European Union (FP7-Future Emerging Technologies). Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper Arctic Technical University of Denmark: DTU Orbit |
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This paper deals with the design of a 5MW floating offshore Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT). The design is based on a new offshore wind turbine concept (DeepWind concept), consisting of a Darrieus rotor mounted on a spar buoy support structure, which is anchored to the sea bed with mooring lines [1]. The design is carried out in an iterative process, involving the different sub-components and addressing several conflicting constraints. The present design does not aim to be the final optimum solution for this concept. Instead, the goal is to have a baseline model, based on the present technology, which can be improved in the future with new dedicated technological solutions. The rotor uses curved blades, which are designed in order to minimize the gravitational loads and to be produced by the pultrusion process. The floating platform is a slender cylindrical structure rotating along with the rotor, whose stability is achieved by adding ballast at the bottom. The platform is connected to the mooring lines with some rigid arms, which are necessary to absorb the torque transmitted by the rotor. The aero-elastic simulations are carried out with Hawc2, a numerical solver developed at Risø-DTU. The numerical simulations take into account the fully coupled aerodynamic and hydrodynamic loads on the structure, due to wind, waves and currents. The turbine is tested in operative conditions, at different sea states, selected according to the international offshore standards. The research is part of the European project DeepWind (2010-2014), which has been financed by the European Union (FP7-Future Emerging Technologies). |
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Vita, Luca Schmidt Paulsen, Uwe Aagaard Madsen , Helge Nielsen, Per Hørlyk Berthelsen, Petter A. Cartsensen, Stefan |
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Vita, Luca Schmidt Paulsen, Uwe Aagaard Madsen , Helge Nielsen, Per Hørlyk Berthelsen, Petter A. Cartsensen, Stefan Design and Aero-elastic Simulation of a 5MW Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine |
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Vita, Luca Schmidt Paulsen, Uwe Aagaard Madsen , Helge Nielsen, Per Hørlyk Berthelsen, Petter A. Cartsensen, Stefan |
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Design and Aero-elastic Simulation of a 5MW Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine |
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Design and Aero-elastic Simulation of a 5MW Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine |
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Design and Aero-elastic Simulation of a 5MW Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine |
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Design and Aero-elastic Simulation of a 5MW Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine |
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Design and Aero-elastic Simulation of a 5MW Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine |
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design and aero-elastic simulation of a 5mw floating vertical axis wind turbine |
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
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Vita , L , Schmidt Paulsen , U , Aagaard Madsen , H , Nielsen , P H , Berthelsen , P A & Cartsensen , S 2013 , Design and Aero-elastic Simulation of a 5MW Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine . in Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering . vol. 7 , OMAE2012-83470 , American Society of Mechanical Engineers , pp. 383-392 , 31st ASME International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , 01/07/2012 . |
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