An adaptive barrier-mooring system for coastal floating solar farms

F Zeng, C Bi, D Sree, G Huang, N Zhang, AWK Law - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Floating solar farms in the coastal areas are subjected to more complex environmental loads
of tides and waves than lakes or reservoirs with greater challenges to their mooring. At …

Effect of combined surge and pitch motion on the aerodynamic performance of floating offshore wind turbine

Y Cai, X Li, S Leng, H Zhao, Y Zhou - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) can encounter variations in the phase difference
and amplitude of combined surge-pitch platform motion. The phase difference between …

Study on the mooring systems attaching clump weights and heavy chains for improving the typhoon resistance of floating offshore wind turbines

J Li, H Zuo, J Zuo, Y Jiang, S Liu - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The southeastern coastal region of China is the most favorable area for offshore wind
resources in the country, but typhoon impacts constrain the development of floating wind …

Nature-Inspired Designs in Wind Energy: A Review

F Omidvarnia, A Sarhadi - Biomimetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The field of wind energy stands at the forefront of sustainable and renewable energy
solutions, playing a pivotal role in mitigating environmental concerns and addressing global …

Analysis of a nature-inspired shape for a vertical axis wind turbine

JB Damota, JDR García, AC Casanova, JT Miranda… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wind energy is gaining special interest worldwide due to the necessity of reducing pollutant
emissions and employ renewable resources. Traditionally, horizontal axis wind turbines …

Dynamic analysis of three alternative mooring systems for a semi-submersible wind turbine in intermediate water depth

Q Cao, Z Cheng, L Xiao, M Liu - Journal of …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Three forms of the mooring system in 60 m water depth are proposed for semi-submersible
with partially inclined columns (SPIC) concept floating wind turbine (FWT). One is a simple …

Influence of clumps-weighted moorings on a spar buoy offshore wind turbine

N Bruschi, G Ferri, E Marino, C Borri - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The spar buoy platform for offshore wind turbines is the most utilized type and the OC3
Hywind system design is largely used in research. This system is usually moored with three …

Vibration-resistant performance study of a novel floating wind turbine with double-rope mooring system and stroke-limited TMD

Z Feng, Y Huang, X Hua, J Dai, H Jing - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) are generally located in the harsh deep-sea
environment and are highly susceptible to extreme loads. In order to ensure the normal …

Assessment of mooring configurations for the IEA 15MW floating offshore wind turbine

Q Pan, MY Mahfouz, F Lemmer - Journal of Physics: Conference …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
To achieve cost-effective deployment of floating offshore wind farms, it is necessary to
reduce mooring costs of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs). Beyond the cost, in …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of the mooring system of a floating wind turbine by developing a surrogate model-assisted evolutionary framework

Y An, Z Xia, M Luo, J Zhang, R Zhu - Applied Ocean Research, 2025 - Elsevier
In the design and optimization of Floating Wind Turbines (FWTs), there are challenges
related to the large number of design parameters and the need for efficient and accurate …