Open AccessNew Modeling Tool Analyzes Floating Platform Concepts for Offshore Wind Turbines (Fact Sheet)
Publication year - 2011
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1009297
Subject(s) - spar , marine engineering , offshore wind power , turbine , froude number , full scale , buoy , submarine pipeline , wave model , meteorology , engineering , wind wave , wind speed , sea trial , wave loading , calibration , scale model , environmental science , geology , geotechnical engineering , aerospace engineering , structural engineering , oceanography , physics , breakup , quantum mechanics , mechanics
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) developed a new complex modeling and analysis tool capable of analyzing floating platform concepts for offshore wind turbines. The new modeling tool combines the computational methodologies used to analyze land-based wind turbines with the comprehensive hydrodynamic computer programs developed for offshore oil and gas industries. This new coupled dynamic simulation tool will enable the development of cost-effective offshore technologies capable of harvesting the rich offshore wind resources at water depths that cannot be reached using the current technology