Experimental research for stabilizing offshore floating wind turbines

W Yang, W Tian, O Hvalbye, Z Peng, K Wei, X Tian - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Floating turbines are attracting increasing interest today. However, the power generation
efficiency of a floating turbine is highly dependent on its motion stability in sea water. This …

A comprehensive study on the serbuoys offshore wind tension leg platform coupling dynamic response under typical operational conditions

Z Ma, N Ren, Y Wang, S Wang, W Shi, G Zhai - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
A new type of offshore wind tension leg platform (TLP) connected with a series of buoys
(Serbuoys-TLP) is proposed. With the consideration of coupling effect, derivations on the …