A review of modelling techniques for floating offshore wind turbines

A Otter, J Murphy, V Pakrashi, A Robertson… - Wind …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modelling floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) is challenging due to the strong coupling
between the aerodynamics of the turbine and the hydrodynamics of the floating platform …

A review of aerodynamic and wake characteristics of floating offshore wind turbines

X Wang, C Cai, SG Cai, T Wang, Z Wang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind-generated electricity has effectively promoted the net-zero carbon emission plan, and
gradually developed to the deeper ocean, which leads to the emergence of rotating …

Investigation of the floating IEA Wind 15 MW RWT using vortex methods Part I: Flow regimes and wake recovery

N Ramos‐García, S Kontos, A Pegalajar‐Jurado… - Wind …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Floating wind turbines have the potential to enable global exploitation of offshore wind
energy, but there is a need to further understand the complex aerodynamic phenomena they …

The power performance of an offshore floating wind turbine in platform pitching motion

B Wen, X Dong, X Tian, Z Peng, W Zhang, K Wei - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The platform pitching motion of the Offshore Floating Wind Turbine (OFWT) introduces an
additional wind profile to the rotor, which may significantly impact the power performance of …

Characterization of wake interference between two tandem offshore floating vertical-axis wind turbines: Effect of platform pitch motion

L Kuang, Q Lu, X Huang, L Song, Y Chen, J Su… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The wake interference within the offshore wind farms, especially with the tandem
arrangement scenario, affects the designed total power output. Also, the six degrees of …

Aerodynamic analysis of a novel pitch control strategy and parameter combination for vertical axis wind turbines

Q Zhang, M Bashir, W Miao, Q Liu, C Li, M Yue… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The performance of a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) deteriorates at low tip speed ratios
(TSR) and it is mainly characterized by flow separation and dynamic stall. Several mitigating …

A novel wake energy reuse method to optimize the layout for Savonius-type vertical axis wind turbines

B Zhang, B Song, Z Mao, W Tian - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The long wake of a wind turbine has a significant impact on the performance of downstream
turbines. Under the inspiration of migrating geese flying in a V or I formation to save energy …

Quantification of wake shape modulation and deflection for tilt and yaw misaligned wind turbines

J Bossuyt, R Scott, N Ali, RB Cal - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
Misaligned wind turbine rotors redirect the wake, and manipulate the wake shape by
introducing a counter-rotating vortex pair. This mechanism is of great interest for improving …

[HTML][HTML] Wind tunnel experiments on wind turbine wakes in yaw: redefining the wake width

J Schottler, J Bartl, F Mühle, L Sætran… - Wind energy …, 2018 - wes.copernicus.org
This paper presents an investigation of wakes behind model wind turbines, including cases
of yaw misalignment. Two different turbines were used and their wakes are compared …

Wake interaction between two spar-type floating offshore wind turbines under different layouts

Y Huang, W Zhao, D Wan - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Limited by layout space and manufacturing costs, wake interaction in offshore wind farms is
inevitable and can have adverse effects on the performance of downstream wind turbines …