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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Floating Wind Turbine"”.
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Structural analysis and design of floating wind turbine systems
… and economically harvested. Deep water offshore wind is a vast, reliable and potentially economical energy source which remains globally untapped. In order to harvest this resource, potential floating turbine systems must be analyzed and designed for economic production and deployment, reliable …
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Integrated Structural and Dynamic Optimisation of Floating Wind Turbine Platforms
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Dynamic response analysis of spar buoy floating wind turbine systems
… has been dramatically increased by the dwindling supplies of oil and gas, and our growing efforts to protect our environment. A variety of meaningful steps have been taken in order to come up with cleaner, healthier and more affordable energy alternatives. Wind energy is one of the most …
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Coupled dynamics and economic analysis of floating wind turbine systems
… of energy and the health of the environment, wind energy is distinguished as a leading technology that is both technologically and economically viable for large-scale non-petroleum and non-polluting energy generation. The deployment of wind energy technology on floating platforms in deep water …
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Fully coupled dynamic analysis of a floating wind turbine system
The use of wind power is in a period of rapid growth worldwide and wind energy systems have emerged as a promising technology for utilizing offshore wind resources for the large scale generation of electricity. Drawing upon the maturity of wind turbine and floater technologies developed by the wind …
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Synergistic design of a combined floating wind turbine - wave energy converter
… combining a wave energy converter (WEC) with a floating wind turbine (FWT) may produce offshore renewable energy cost savings. Attaching the WEC to the FWT greatly reduces the WEC's steel frame, mooring lines, electric transmission lines, and siting/permitting costs, which may comprise 56% of a …
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Dynamic analysis of a spar-type offshore floating wind turbine and its mooring system
… and the reducing availability of fossil fuels. Wind energy is one of the cleanest and most sustainable renewable resources. People mainly use two types of wind turbines - onshore and offshore, to harvest the wind energy. Compared with onshore wind, offshore wind resources allow more reliable …
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Vibration Reduction of a Semisubmersible Floating Wind Turbine using Optimized Tuned Mass and Tuned Inerter Dampers
Over the past decade, offshore wind has positioned itself as one of the most promising renewable energy markets. While this field is currently dominated by fixed-bottom wind turbines located within a limited depth range, floating turbines are showing promise as a way to capture the more developed …
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Innovative Floating Wind Turbine with Synthetic Mooring System and Feasibility Analysis of a Solar-Wind-Battery Hybrid System
… crucial for maintaining the station-keeping of Floating Wind Turbines (FWTs) by providing the necessary restoring forces while minimizing the vertical loads on the platform. This thesis explores the evolution of mooring systems from traditional catenary chains to taut synthetic fiber ropes, …
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A Feasibility Study of a Tension-Leg Platform for Hydro-Powered Turbines System and Metocean Data Analysis for Floating Wind Turbine Design
Marine and wind energy stand as promising frontiers for clean and sustainable power generation. The first chapter of this study explores the feasibility of implementing a Tension Leg Platform (TLP) for a hydropower turbine system with an overall rated power of 1500 kW. The TLP semi-submersible …
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A nonlinear wave load model for extreme and fatigue responses of offshore floating wind turbines
… sources of alternative energy and offshore floating wind turbines are considered viable and economical means of harnessing ocean energy. The accurate prediction of nonlinear hydrodynamic wave loads and the resulting nonlinear motion and tether tension is of crucial importance in the design …
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Wave loads on offshore wind turbines
… sources of alternative energy and offshore floating wind turbines are considered viable and economical means of harnessing ocean energy. The accurate prediction of nonlinear hydrodynamic wave loads and the resulting nonlinear motion and tether tension is of crucial importance in the design …
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Responses of floating wind turbines to wind and wave excitation
The use of wind power has recently emerged as a promising alternative to conventional electricity generation. However, space requirements and public pressure to place unsightly wind turbines out of visual range make it desirable to move large wind farms offshore and into deeper coastal waters. A …
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Frequency-domain modelling of floating wind turbines
The development of new types of offshore wind turbine on floating platforms requires the development of new approaches to modelling the combined platform-turbine system. In this thesis a linearised frequency-domain approach is developed which gives fast but approximate results: linearised models of …
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Exploration of configurations of wave energy converters to mechanically drive a seawater uranium harvester
… Ocean uRanium Extraction (SMORE), is fixed to a floating wind turbine and requires 550 kW to power four nets of shell enclosures containing the adsorbent and the chemical processing required to remove the uranium and reuse the polymer [161. Given the high energy density of ocean waves, this …
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Flexible dynamics of floating wind turbines
… model for a coupled analysis of offshore floating wind turbines consisting of a tower, a floating platform and a mooring system. In this multi-body, linear frequency-domain model, the tower is represented as a series of uniform Timoshenko beams connected to each other. The deflections of …
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A hydrodynamic analysis of deep-water moorings
… which is representative of a Spar platform and a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT). Emphasis is placed on the coupling effects between the floating body and mooring line and the nonlinear dynamic response of elastic mooring line. For a Spar platform, this thesis studied the behaviour of a …
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Extraction of uranium from seawater : design and testing of a symbiotic system
… of uranium where a common structure supports a wind turbine and a device to harvest uranium from seawater. The Symbiotic Machine for Ocean uRanium Extraction (SMORE) created and tested decouples the function of absorbing uranium from the function of deploying the absorbent which enables a more …
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Extraction of uranium from seawater : Design and testing of a symbiotic system
… of uranium where a common structure supports a wind turbine and a device to harvest uranium from seawater. The Symbiotic Machine for Ocean uRanium Extraction (SMORE) created and tested decouples the function of absorbing uranium from the function of deploying the absorbent which enables a more …
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A Novel Synergy: Integrating Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converters with Floating Wind Turbines ¿ Experimental and Numerical Investigations
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment