Offshore wind farm construction is nowadays state of the art in the wind power generation technology.However,deep water areas with huge amount of wind energy require innovative floating platforms to arrange and instal...Offshore wind farm construction is nowadays state of the art in the wind power generation technology.However,deep water areas with huge amount of wind energy require innovative floating platforms to arrange and install wind turbines in order to harness wind energy and generate electricity.The conventional floating offshore wind turbine system is typically in the state of force imbalance due to the unique sway characteristics caused by the unfixed foundation and the high center of gravity of the platform.Therefore,a floating wind farm for 3×3 barge array platforms with shared mooring system is presented here to increase stability for floating platform.The NREL 5 MW wind turbine and ITI Energy barge reference model is taken as a basis for this work.Furthermore,the unsteady aerodynamic load solution model of the floating wind turbine is established considering the tip loss,hub loss and dynamic stall correction based on the blade element momentum(BEM)theory.The second development of AQWA is realized by FORTRAN programming language,and aerodynamic-hydrodynamic-Mooring coupled dynamics model is established to realize the algorithm solution of the model.Finally,the 6 degrees of freedom(DOF)dynamic response of single barge platform and barge array under extreme sea condition considering the coupling effect of wind and wave were observed and investigated in detail.The research results validate the feasibility of establishing barge array floating wind farm,and provide theoretical basis for further research on new floating wind farm.展开更多
为在研究大型风力机气动性能的同时考虑其结构动力学特性,基于开源计算流体力学软件OpenFOAM及气动-水动-伺服-控制软件FAST,并结合致动线方法(Actuator Line Method,ALM)实现风力机叶轮周围流场信息与结构响应间的数据交换,最终完成风...为在研究大型风力机气动性能的同时考虑其结构动力学特性,基于开源计算流体力学软件OpenFOAM及气动-水动-伺服-控制软件FAST,并结合致动线方法(Actuator Line Method,ALM)实现风力机叶轮周围流场信息与结构响应间的数据交换,最终完成风力机气动-结构仿真平台FASTFOAM构建。通过该平台计算了风场中两台串列布置5 MW风力机的气动性能及结构动力学特性。结果表明:FASTFOAM平台能够快速计算出风力机的功率输出、结构响应及流场信息;风力机尾迹在发展过程中可持续与周围流场进行能量交换而使其速度亏损得以弥补;下游风力机受上游风力机尾迹影响严重,输出功率只有上游风力机的21.05%,且结构动力学响应与上游风力机不同;上游风力机和下游风力机叶轮的主要刺激频率分别为0.16和0.15 Hz。展开更多
基金This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52006148 and 51976131)the Capacity Building Project of Local Institutions of Shanghai“Action Plan for Scientific and Technological”(Grant Nos.19060502200).
文摘Offshore wind farm construction is nowadays state of the art in the wind power generation technology.However,deep water areas with huge amount of wind energy require innovative floating platforms to arrange and install wind turbines in order to harness wind energy and generate electricity.The conventional floating offshore wind turbine system is typically in the state of force imbalance due to the unique sway characteristics caused by the unfixed foundation and the high center of gravity of the platform.Therefore,a floating wind farm for 3×3 barge array platforms with shared mooring system is presented here to increase stability for floating platform.The NREL 5 MW wind turbine and ITI Energy barge reference model is taken as a basis for this work.Furthermore,the unsteady aerodynamic load solution model of the floating wind turbine is established considering the tip loss,hub loss and dynamic stall correction based on the blade element momentum(BEM)theory.The second development of AQWA is realized by FORTRAN programming language,and aerodynamic-hydrodynamic-Mooring coupled dynamics model is established to realize the algorithm solution of the model.Finally,the 6 degrees of freedom(DOF)dynamic response of single barge platform and barge array under extreme sea condition considering the coupling effect of wind and wave were observed and investigated in detail.The research results validate the feasibility of establishing barge array floating wind farm,and provide theoretical basis for further research on new floating wind farm.
文摘为在研究大型风力机气动性能的同时考虑其结构动力学特性,基于开源计算流体力学软件OpenFOAM及气动-水动-伺服-控制软件FAST,并结合致动线方法(Actuator Line Method,ALM)实现风力机叶轮周围流场信息与结构响应间的数据交换,最终完成风力机气动-结构仿真平台FASTFOAM构建。通过该平台计算了风场中两台串列布置5 MW风力机的气动性能及结构动力学特性。结果表明:FASTFOAM平台能够快速计算出风力机的功率输出、结构响应及流场信息;风力机尾迹在发展过程中可持续与周围流场进行能量交换而使其速度亏损得以弥补;下游风力机受上游风力机尾迹影响严重,输出功率只有上游风力机的21.05%,且结构动力学响应与上游风力机不同;上游风力机和下游风力机叶轮的主要刺激频率分别为0.16和0.15 Hz。
