1:70-Scale Model Testing of the Reference OpenSource Controller (ROSCO) on the IEA-Wind 15MW Reference Wind Turbine Including Floating Feedback: Preprint

Matthew Fowler; Eben Lenfest; Anthony Viselli; Andrew Goupee; Richard Kimball; Daniel Zalkind; Alan Wright; Roger Bergua; Lu Wang; Amy Robertson

1:70-Scale Model Testing of the Reference OpenSource Controller (ROSCO) on the IEA-Wind 15MW Reference Wind Turbine Including Floating Feedback: Preprint

Matthew Fowler, Eben Lenfest, Anthony Viselli, Andrew Goupee, Richard Kimball, Daniel Zalkind, Alan Wright, Roger Bergua, Lu Wang, Amy Robertson

University of Maine

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Abstract

This paper presents results from the Floating Offshore-wind Controls Advanced Laboratory (FOCAL) Experimental campaign performed at the University of Maine's (UMaine's) Harold Alfond Wind/Wave Ocean Engineering Laboratory (W2). The project involves four Froude-scaled test campaigns considering the International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind 15MW Reference Wind Turbine deployed on the VolturnUS-S semi-submersible platform with tuned-mass damper (TMD) elements in the hull. The turbine employs real-time rotor torque and blade pitch control through the Reference OpenSource Controller (ROSCO), including the additional control strategies of ROSCO's thrust peak shaving and a floating feedback control loop. Results with the floating feedback control are considered in this paper and show a significant reduction in platform pitch motion and loads around the platform pitch natural frequency with minimal negative impact of rotor power quality.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	10
State	Published - 2023
Event	33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference - Ottawa, Canada Duration: 19 Jun 2023 → 23 Jun 2023

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Conference	33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference
City	Ottawa, Canada
Period	19/06/23 → 23/06/23

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-5000-85444

Keywords

controls
floating wind
model testing
wind energy
wind turbine

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Fowler, M., Lenfest, E., Viselli, A., Goupee, A., Kimball, R., Zalkind, D., Wright, A., Bergua, R., Wang, L., & Robertson, A. (2023). 1:70-Scale Model Testing of the Reference OpenSource Controller (ROSCO) on the IEA-Wind 15MW Reference Wind Turbine Including Floating Feedback: Preprint. Paper presented at 33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Ottawa, Canada. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy23osti/85444.pdf

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1:70-Scale Model Testing of the Reference OpenSource Controller (ROSCO) on the IEA-Wind 15MW Reference Wind Turbine Including Floating Feedback: Preprint

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