[HTML][HTML] Evolution of floating offshore wind platforms: A review of at-sea devices

EC Edwards, A Holcombe, S Brown, E Ransley… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Using floating platforms to support offshore wind turbines will be necessary for many
countries to reach their Net-Zero targets, since much of the wind resource is located at water …

A review of modelling techniques for floating offshore wind turbines

A Otter, J Murphy, V Pakrashi, A Robertson… - Wind …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modelling floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) is challenging due to the strong coupling
between the aerodynamics of the turbine and the hydrodynamics of the floating platform …

[HTML][HTML] Wind turbine nacelle testing: State-of-the-art and development trends

MO Siddiqui, PR Feja, P Borowski, H Kyling… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind turbine nacelles are complex machines that are designed to operate under extreme
loads and harsh environments. Extensive tests are performed throughout their development …

Review of scaling laws applied to floating offshore wind turbines

NY Sergiienko, LSP Da Silva… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The wind energy industry is moving to offshore installations allowing for larger wind turbines
to be deployed in deep-water regions with higher and steadier wind speeds. Floating …

Review of experimental-numerical methodologies and challenges for floating offshore wind turbines

P Chen, J Chen, Z Hu - Journal of Marine Science and Application, 2020 - Springer
Due to the dissimilar scaling issues, the conventional experimental method of FOWTs can
hardly be used directly to validate the full-scale global dynamic responses accurately …

Model test investigation of a spar floating wind turbine

F Duan, Z Hu, JM Niedzwecki - Marine Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
Several floating wind turbine designs whose hull designs reflect those used in offshore
petroleum industry have emerged as leading candidates for the future development of …

Aerodynamic thrust modelling in wave tank tests of offshore floating wind turbines using a ducted fan

J Azcona, F Bouchotrouch, M González… - Journal of Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Wave tank testing of scaled models is standard practice during the development of floating
wind turbine platforms for the validation of the dynamics of conceptual designs. Reliable …

Experimental and numerical study of the response of the offshore combined wind/wave energy concept SFC in extreme environmental conditions

C Michailides, Z Gao, T Moan - Marine Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper deals with an experimental study of the survivability of the offshore combined
concept Semisubmersible wind energy and Flap-type wave energy Converter (SFC) and …

A hybrid methodology for wind tunnel testing of floating offshore wind turbines

M Belloli, I Bayati, A Facchinetti, A Fontanella… - Ocean …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper is intended to present the authors' know-how about hybrid/hardware-in-the-loop
(HIL) wind tunnel testing of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs), that was acquired in the …

Verification and validation of model-scale turbine performance and control strategies for the IEA wind 15 MW reference wind turbine

N Mendoza, A Robertson, A Wright, J Jonkman… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
To enable the fast growth of the floating offshore wind industry, simulation models must be
validated with experimental data. Floating wind model-scale experiments in wind–wave …