Abstract
In 2007, the FAST wind turbine simulation tool, developed and maintained by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), was expanded to include capabilities that are suitable for modeling floating offshore wind turbines. In an effort to validate FAST and other offshore wind energy modeling tools, DOE funded the DeepCwind project that tested three prototypefloating wind turbines at 1/50th scale in a wave basin, including a semisubmersible, a tension-leg platform, and a spar buoy. This paper describes the use of the results of the spar wave basin tests to calibrate and validate the FAST offshore floating simulation tool, and presents some initial results of simulated dynamic responses of the spar to several combinations of wind and sea states.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 13 |
| State | Published - 2012 |
| Event | Science of Making Torque from Wind - Oldenburg, Germany Duration: 9 Oct 2012 → 11 Oct 2012 |
Conference
| Conference | Science of Making Torque from Wind |
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| City | Oldenburg, Germany |
| Period | 9/10/12 → 11/10/12 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-5000-56138
Keywords
- model validation
- NREL
- offshore wind
- spar
