[HTML][HTML] Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbines for offshore applications among potentialities and challenges: A review

A Ghigo, E Faraggiana, G Giorgi, G Mattiazzo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Among the primary uses of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) are small-scale
applications, such as electricity generation in urban areas or isolated contexts, which are not …

Experimental investigation of advanced turbine control strategies and load-mitigation measures with a model-scale floating offshore wind turbine system

L Wang, R Bergua, A Robertson, A Wright, D Zalkind… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
To advance the control co-design of offshore wind energy systems, the authors perform
basin-scale experiments with a fully instrumented and actuated floating offshore wind …

Development of a wind turbine model and simulation platform using an acausal approach: Multiphysics modeling, validation, and control

M Odeh, K Mohsin, T Ngo, D Zalkind, J Jonkman… - Wind …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents the development of the Control‐oriented, Reconfigurable, and Acausal
Floating Turbine Simulator (CRAFTS). CRAFTS has a modular, hierarchical model …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the coupled aero-hydro-servo-dynamic response of 15 MW floating wind turbines with wind tunnel hardware in the loop

A Fontanella, A Facchinetti, E Daka, M Belloli - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate modeling and design tools are required to lower the cost of floating wind and
enable the rapid growth that is expected in the next years. This paper presents a hardware …

Engineering and Technology Applications of Control Co-Design: A Survey

JG Da Silva, T Nazaré, M Costa, MJ Lacerda… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Control-inspired design, as the name suggests, involves drawing inspiration from control
theory to design other engineering systems. Engineers may use the principles of feedback …

Technical modeling challenges for large idling wind turbines

G Bangga, M Carrion, W Collier… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents comprehensive investigations into idling instability occurring on the IEA
15 MW reference turbine. The systematic studies are carried out by means of Blade Element …

Integrated control of blade pitch and generator speed for floating wind turbines

S Ai, J Su, W Meng, Y Yan - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
To investigate the coupled effect of a control system between a wind turbine and floating
platform, in this paper, a self-designed blade pitch control system is applied for coupled aero …

[HTML][HTML] Controller design for model-scale rotors and validation using prescribed motion

A Fontanella, E Daka, F Novais… - Wind Energy …, 2023 - wes.copernicus.org
Aerodynamic-load calculation in aero-hydro-servo-elastic modeling tools has been recently
validated against experiments for low-frequency platform motions but without considering …

Experimental Validation of Models of a Hull-Based Tuned Mass Damper System for a Semisubmersible Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Platform

L Wang, R Bergua, A Robertson… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Floating offshore wind turbine designs can be further optimized if the controller and
remaining systems are designed together, known as control co-design. To effectively …

[HTML][HTML] Load Evaluation for Tower Design of Large Floating Offshore Wind Turbine System According to Wave Conditions

H Ahn, YJ Ha, KH Kim - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study entailed a load evaluation for the tower design of a large floating offshore wind
turbine system in accordance with the wave conditions. The target model includes the IEA …