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Response Analysis of a Spar-Type Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Under Atmospheric Icing Conditions

    • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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    Abstract

    One of the challenges for the development of wind energy in offshore cold-climate regions is atmospheric icing. This paper examines the effects of atmospheric icing on power production, overall performance, and extreme loads of a 5-MW spar-type floating offshore wind turbine during power production, normal and emergency rotor shutdown, extreme gusts, and survival conditions. Atmospheric icing is simulated by using the ice accretion simulation code LEWICE. A CFD method is used to estimate the blade aerodynamic degradation due to icing. The effects of icing on one, two, or three blades are compared, as are the effects of atmospheric icing on land-based and offshore wind turbines.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Ocean and Wind Energy
    Volume1
    Issue number4
    Pages (from-to)193–201
    ISSN2310-3604
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

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    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 13 - Climate Action
      SDG 13 Climate Action

    Keywords

    • Offshore
    • Floating Wind Turbine
    • Atmospheric icing
    • CFD
    • Extreme loads
    • Aerodynamic degradation

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