简介:Windpowerhasmaderapidprogressandshouldgainsignificanceasanenergyresource,givengrowinginterestinrenewableenergyandcleanenergy.Offshorewindenergyresourceshaveattractedsignificantattention,as,comparedwithland-basedwindenergyresources,offshorewindenergyresourcesaremorepromisingcandidatesfordevelopment.Seawindsaregenerallystrongerandmorereliableandwithimprovementsintechnology,theseahasbecomeahotspotfornewdesignsandinstallationmethodsforwindturbines.Inthepresentpaper,basedonexperiencebuildingoffshorewindfarms,recommendedfoundationstyleshavebeenexamined.Furthermore,waveeffectshavebeeninvestigated.Thesplitinstallationandoverallinstallationhavebeenillustrated.Methodsappropriatewheninstallingasmallnumberofturbinesaswellasthoseusefulwheninstallinglargenumbersofturbineswereanalyzed.Thisinvestigationofinstallationmethodsforwindturbinesshouldprovidepracticaltechnicalguidancefortheirinstallation.
简介:Tosolvethedimensionallimitationsofphysicalmodelsintests,anequivalentwaterdepthtruncateddesignforaclassicalSPARworkingin913mwaterwasinvestigated.Thewaterdepthwasreducedto736mandthento552m.Asthiswasdone,themooringlinelengths,EAvalue,andmasspermeterwereadjusted.Truncationrulesandformulasforparametersandtruncationfactorswereproposed.SPARstaticcharacteristicsweremadetobeconsistentwiththoseatfullwaterdepth.Thenfurthertime-domaincoupledanalysiswascarriedoutfortheSPARwhenthemooringsystemexperiencedwaves.Themooringlinesweresimulatedbyquasi-staticmethod.Globalresponsesandmooringlineforceswerefoundtoagreewellwithtestresultsforaprototypeatthatwaterdepth.Thetruncationmethodprovedtoberobustandreliable.