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WEC shape effect on the motion response and power performance of a combined wind-wave energy converter

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Abstract

© 2022 Elsevier Ltd. As offshore wind and wave energy technologies are attracting larger attention, various energy devices have been proposed to extract larger amount of energy from oceans. In the present work, a combined concept consisting of a 5-MW braceless semisubmersible floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) and a torus-type wave energy converter (WEC) is proposed and investigated for four different examined WEC shapes. The hydrodynamic performance of the concept has been compared in frequency domain, in terms of hydrodynamic coefficients (e.g. added mass, radiation damping) and dynamic responses (e.g. relative motion, produced power by WEC). Also, analysis is performed for both operational and extreme conditions in time domain. Moreover, a survival mode has been proposed and studied for the examined extreme condition. In addition, motion suppression of the structural responses is achieved through the adjustment of the interface stiffness and damping coefficient between WEC and semisubmersible floater. The use of the concave-shape WEC results to a better dynamic responses of the combined concept and larger power production. For the specific combined structure, the wave direction has large effect on its dynamic responses.

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Author(s): Wang Y, Shi W, Michailides C, Wan L, Kim H, Li X

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Ocean Engineering

Year: 2022

Volume: 250

Print publication date: 15/04/2022

Online publication date: 11/03/2022

Acceptance date: 04/03/2022

ISSN (print): 0029-8018

ISSN (electronic): 1873-5258

Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.111038

DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.111038

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