Experimental Study of Wave Forces on an Offshore Wind Turbine Tower Model

Ram, Krishnil R. and Ahmed, Mohammed R. and Lee, Y.H. (2017) Experimental Study of Wave Forces on an Offshore Wind Turbine Tower Model. [Conference Proceedings]

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Abstract

study of a tapered wind turbine tower is performed using particle image velocimetry and numerical methods. A 1.5 MW wind turbine base was studied and re-designed. A scaled model of a simple tapered tower base was studied in a wave channel using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) to understand the flow phenomena at the tower base. Theoretical and experimental results were found using Morrison equations. The diffraction parameter shows that the linear wave theory is not valid for inertial co-efficient calculations. A direct value of 2.0 resulted for the inertial coefficient values while a lower drag influence was noted at coefficient of drag = 0.315. The turbine’s horizontal force profile is improved in this study to yield a 69% reduction in overturning moment by redesigning the turbines submerged tower.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Additional Information:	This is joint Asia-Pacific World Congress on Computer Science and Engineering and Asia-Pacific World Congress on Engineering being held in Mana Island, Nadi, 11-13 December 2017. However, the IEEE Proceedings will be under the name of Asia-Pacific World Congress on Computer Science and Engineering under the ISSN given above. Also, the date mentioned is the date of the Conference.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Offshore wind turbine; Wave forces; Experimental study; Particle image velocimetry.
Subjects:	T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment (FSTE) > School of Engineering and Physics
Depositing User:	M. Rafiuddin Ahmed
Date Deposited:	12 Dec 2017 02:57
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2017 02:57
URI:	http://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/10409

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