High-resolution computational algorithms for simulating offshore wind turbines and farms: Model development and validation

Calderer, Antoni¹  Yang, Xiaolei²  Angelidis, Dionysios¹  Feist, Chris¹  Guala, Michele¹  Ruehl, Kelley³  Guo, Xin¹  Boomsma, Aaron¹  Shen, Lian¹  Sotiropoulos, Fotis² 

[1] Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States);Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States);Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

关键词: floating turbine;    fluid-structure interaction;    level set method;    two-phase flows;    water waves;    floating structures;    wind turbine;    actuator disk;    wind tunnel experiment;    wave basin;    arbitary nesh refinement;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1328985
RP-ID  :  DOE-MINNESOTA--05482-1
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1328985

学科分类：再生能源与代替技术

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The present project involves the development of modeling and analysis design tools for assessing offshore wind turbine technologies. The computational tools developed herein are able to resolve the effects of the coupled interaction of atmospheric turbulence and ocean waves on aerodynamic performance and structural stability and reliability of offshore wind turbines and farms. Laboratory scale experiments have been carried out to derive data sets for validating the computational models.