A Heuristic Approach for Inter-Facility Comparison of Results from Round Robin Testing of a Floating Wind Turbine in Irregular Waves
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Wind Round Robin Test Campaign
3. Responses in Irregular Waves
4. Metrics
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- calculated over the wave frequency range divided by the targeted value.
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- calculated over the wave frequency range divided by the targeted value.
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- calculated over the wave frequency range divided by the targeted value.
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- , the square root of integral of a response over the wave frequency range divided by .
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- , the period associated with the resonance peak of the response.
Application of the Metrics to Tests with JONSWAP = 1.29 s = 5 cm
5. Results
5.1. Effect of Wave Seed on Responses
5.2. Effect of on the Metrics
5.3. Effect of Thrust on Responses in JONSWAP Waves with = 1.29 s and = 1.81 s
5.4. Effect of Thrust on Responses in JONSWAP Waves with = 2.58 s
5.5. Effect of Thrust on Responses in the Pink-Noise Waves
6. Discussion
6.1. Advantages of Using Metrics
6.2. Limitations of Metrics
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
CoG | Centre of Gravity |
DoF | Degree of Freedom |
FOWT | Floating Offshore Wind Turbine |
ITTC | International Towing Tank Conference |
JONSWAP | Joint North Sea Wave Project |
LF | Low Frequency |
MoI | Moment of Inertia |
ORE | Offshore Renewable Energy |
PSD | Power Spectral Density |
RAO | Response Amplitude Operator |
WF | Wave Frequency |
1 | www.marinet2.eu (accessed on 17 September 2021). |
2 | Register of ITTC guidelines is available at https://www.ittc.info/media/4251/register.pdf (accessed on 17 September 2021). |
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Facility | Reference |
---|---|
ECN | A |
Ifremer | B |
UCC Campaign 1 | C |
UoS | D |
UCC Campaign 2 | E |
Spectrum Details | (s) | (m) | Wind Thrust (N) | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
JONSWAP () | 1.29 | 0.05 | 0; 5; 7 | A, B, C, D |
JONSWAP () | 1.29 | 0.05 | 3; 8 | D |
JONSWAP () | 1.29 | 0.075 | 0; 7 | A, B, C, D |
JONSWAP () | 1.29 | 0.075 | 3; 5; 8 | D |
JONSWAP () | 1.81 | 0.10 | 0; 7 | A, B, C, D |
JONSWAP () | 1.81 | 0.10 | 5 | A, B, D |
JONSWAP () | 1.81 | 0.10 | 3 | C |
JONSWAP () | 1.81 | 0.10 | 3; 8 | D |
JONSWAP () | 1.81 | 0.15 | 0; 7 | A, B, C, D |
JONSWAP () | 1.81 | 0.15 | 5 | A, B, D |
JONSWAP () | 1.81 | 0.15 | 3 | C |
JONSWAP () | 1.81 | 0.15 | 3; 8 | D |
JONSWAP () | 2.58 | 0.10 | 0 | A, B, C, D |
JONSWAP () | 2.58 | 0.10 | 3; 5; 7; 8 | D |
JONSWAP () | 2.58 | 0.15 | 0 | A, B, C, D |
JONSWAP () | 2.58 | 0.15 | 3; 5; 7; 8 | D |
JONSWAP () | 2.58 | 0.20 | 0 | A, B, C, D |
JONSWAP () | 2.58 | 0.20 | 3; 5; 7; 8 | D |
Pink noise | 0; 3; 5; 7; 8 | D, E |
Motion Mode | Surge | Heave | Pitch | ||
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JONSWAP s | LF | LF | LF | 0.50 | 1.3 |
JONSWAP s | LF | WF | LF | 0.35 | 1.2 |
JONSWAP s | LF | WF | WF | 0.25 | 1.2 |
Pink-Noise | LF | WF | WF | 0.25 | 1.2 |
(Max-Min)/Mean (%) | A | B | C | A + B + C |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hs | 4.0 | 9.0 | 2.2 | 26.3 |
1.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3.6 | |
Surge | 7.0 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 12.1 |
Heave | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
Pitch | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
Tension PS line | 7.6 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 12.2 |
Tension SB line | 6.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 11.4 |
Tension Stern line | 7.1 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 12.1 |
Surge | 2.5 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 4.1 |
Heave | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
Pitch | 4.3 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 6.1 |
Tension PS line | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 15.3 |
Tension SB line | 4.5 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 17.8 |
Tension Stern line | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 4.1 |
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Gueydon, S.; Judge, F.; Lyden, E.; O’Shea, M.; Thiebaut, F.; Le Boulluec, M.; Caverne, J.; Ohana, J.; Bouscasse, B.; Kim, S.; et al. A Heuristic Approach for Inter-Facility Comparison of Results from Round Robin Testing of a Floating Wind Turbine in Irregular Waves. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9, 1030. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9091030
Gueydon S, Judge F, Lyden E, O’Shea M, Thiebaut F, Le Boulluec M, Caverne J, Ohana J, Bouscasse B, Kim S, et al. A Heuristic Approach for Inter-Facility Comparison of Results from Round Robin Testing of a Floating Wind Turbine in Irregular Waves. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2021; 9(9):1030. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9091030
Chicago/Turabian StyleGueydon, Sebastien, Frances Judge, Eoin Lyden, Michael O’Shea, Florent Thiebaut, Marc Le Boulluec, Julien Caverne, Jérémy Ohana, Benjamin Bouscasse, Shinwoong Kim, and et al. 2021. "A Heuristic Approach for Inter-Facility Comparison of Results from Round Robin Testing of a Floating Wind Turbine in Irregular Waves" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9, no. 9: 1030. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9091030