Integrated simulation challenges with the DeepWind floating vertical axis wind turbine concept

David Verelst; Helge Aagaard Madsen; Michael Borg; Uwe Schmidt Paulsen; Harald G. Svendsen; Petter Andreas Berthelsen

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.436

Integrated simulation challenges with the DeepWind floating vertical axis wind turbine concept

David Verelst, Helge Aagaard Madsen , Michael Borg, Uwe Schmidt Paulsen, Harald G. Svendsen, Petter Andreas Berthelsen

Department of Wind Energy

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Abstract

This paper presents the experiences and challenges with concurrently carrying out numerical model development, integrated simulations and design of a novel floating vertical axis wind turbine, the DeepWind concept. The floating VAWT modelling capabilities of the aero-hydro-elastic HAWC2 simulation tool are briefly described and the design approach adopted for such a challenging project was to independently design subsystems in parallel, apart from essential design specifications. Instability issues encountered when integrating all subsystems in the unified numerical model, in particular blade edgewise and controller instabilities, are presented and efforts to alleviate such issues are detailed. A multidisciplinary design and optimization approach is proposed to eliminate these issues and accelerate future design cycles.

Original language	English
Journal	Energy Procedia
Volume	80
Pages (from-to)	321-328
ISSN	1876-6102
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.436
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	12th Deep Sea Offshore Wind R&D Conference, EERA DeepWind'2015 - Trondheim, Norway Duration: 4 Feb 2015 → 6 Feb 2015

Conference

Conference	12th Deep Sea Offshore Wind R&D Conference, EERA DeepWind'2015
Country	Norway
City	Trondheim
Period	04/02/2015 → 06/02/2015

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Keywords

Floating wind turbines
Vertical axis wind turbine
Integrated simulations

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