Conceptual Design of a Floating Support Structure and Mooring System for a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
This paper deals with the conceptual design of a floating support structure and mooring system for a 5MW vertical axis offshore wind turbine. The work is carried out as part of the DeepWind project, where the main objective is to investigate the feasibility of a floating vertical axis offshore wind...
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ftdtupubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/ab088735-d744-4b1c-9474-2cfcffe26b76 2024-06-23T07:48:23+00:00 Conceptual Design of a Floating Support Structure and Mooring System for a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Berthelsen, Petter Andreas Fylling, Ivar Vita, Luca Schmidt Paulsen, Uwe 2012 https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/ab088735-d744-4b1c-9474-2cfcffe26b76 eng eng The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/ab088735-d744-4b1c-9474-2cfcffe26b76 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Berthelsen , P A , Fylling , I , Vita , L & Schmidt Paulsen , U 2012 , Conceptual Design of a Floating Support Structure and Mooring System for a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine . in Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering . The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 31st ASME International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , 01/07/2012 . contributionToPeriodical 2012 ftdtupubl 2024-06-04T15:02:04Z This paper deals with the conceptual design of a floating support structure and mooring system for a 5MW vertical axis offshore wind turbine. The work is carried out as part of the DeepWind project, where the main objective is to investigate the feasibility of a floating vertical axis offshore wind turbine. The DeepWind concept consists of a Darrieus rotor mounted on a spar buoy support structure. The conceptual design is carried out in an iterative process, involving the different subcomponents. The present work is part of the first design iteration and the objective is to find a feasible floating support structure and mooring system for the DeepWind concept. The conceptual design is formulated as an optimization problem: Starting with an initial configuration, the optimization procedure tries to find a cheaper solution while satisfying a set of design requirements. This approach utilizes available response analysis programs for mooring system forces and vessel motions, and combines this with a gradient search method for solution of nonlinear optimization problems with arbitrary constraints. Two different mooring system configurations are considered: Chain systems with 3 and 6 lines, respectively. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Technical University of Denmark: DTU Orbit |
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This paper deals with the conceptual design of a floating support structure and mooring system for a 5MW vertical axis offshore wind turbine. The work is carried out as part of the DeepWind project, where the main objective is to investigate the feasibility of a floating vertical axis offshore wind turbine. The DeepWind concept consists of a Darrieus rotor mounted on a spar buoy support structure. The conceptual design is carried out in an iterative process, involving the different subcomponents. The present work is part of the first design iteration and the objective is to find a feasible floating support structure and mooring system for the DeepWind concept. The conceptual design is formulated as an optimization problem: Starting with an initial configuration, the optimization procedure tries to find a cheaper solution while satisfying a set of design requirements. This approach utilizes available response analysis programs for mooring system forces and vessel motions, and combines this with a gradient search method for solution of nonlinear optimization problems with arbitrary constraints. Two different mooring system configurations are considered: Chain systems with 3 and 6 lines, respectively. |
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Berthelsen, Petter Andreas Fylling, Ivar Vita, Luca Schmidt Paulsen, Uwe Conceptual Design of a Floating Support Structure and Mooring System for a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine |
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Berthelsen, Petter Andreas Fylling, Ivar Vita, Luca Schmidt Paulsen, Uwe |
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Conceptual Design of a Floating Support Structure and Mooring System for a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine |
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Conceptual Design of a Floating Support Structure and Mooring System for a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine |
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Conceptual Design of a Floating Support Structure and Mooring System for a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine |
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Conceptual Design of a Floating Support Structure and Mooring System for a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine |
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Conceptual Design of a Floating Support Structure and Mooring System for a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine |
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conceptual design of a floating support structure and mooring system for a vertical axis wind turbine |
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Berthelsen , P A , Fylling , I , Vita , L & Schmidt Paulsen , U 2012 , Conceptual Design of a Floating Support Structure and Mooring System for a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine . in Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering . The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 31st ASME International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , 01/07/2012 . |
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