With the increasing demand of energy and the limitation of bottom-fixed wind turbines in moderate and deep waters,floating offshore wind turbines are doomed to be the right technical choice and they are bound to enter...With the increasing demand of energy and the limitation of bottom-fixed wind turbines in moderate and deep waters,floating offshore wind turbines are doomed to be the right technical choice and they are bound to enter a new era of rapid development.The mooring system is a vital system of a floating wind turbine for station-keeping under harsh environmental conditions.In terms of existing floating wind turbine projects,this paper is devoted to discussing the current status of mooring systems and mooring equipment.This paper also presents the mooring analysis methods and points out the technical difficulties and challenges in mooring design,installation,operation and maintenance stages.Finally,the developing trends of the mooring system are summarized,aiming to provide a reference for future mooring research.展开更多
Static stability analysis of the two-point mooring autonomous underwater vehicle(AUV) is presented.The mathematic model is a set of equilibrium equations describing the attitude of the AUV.The mooring lines are regard...Static stability analysis of the two-point mooring autonomous underwater vehicle(AUV) is presented.The mathematic model is a set of equilibrium equations describing the attitude of the AUV.The mooring lines are regarded as inelastic catenaries,and five degrees of freedom of AUV are considered.The stability of the system is represented by inequality conditions between several physical quantities and the corresponding limitations.We analyze stability of the prime AUV and find that the AUV has a flow-following tendency,which makes the swing angle big.The result shows that the two-point mooring AUV can remain stable under 2.5 kn ocean current speed,and it will weigh anchor when the speed is greater than 3 kn.Subsequent parametric study reveals the influence of the designing parameters on the stability.展开更多
基金The financial supports received from China National Science Foundation Program(52071186)Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(Grant No.KQTD20200820113004005)+1 种基金the Key Promotion Program of High Quality Marine Economy Development by Guangdong Province of China(GDNRC[2022]33)The Major Program of Stable Sponsorship for Higher Institutions(Shenzhen Science&Technology Commission,WDZC20200819174646001)are greatly acknowledged.
文摘With the increasing demand of energy and the limitation of bottom-fixed wind turbines in moderate and deep waters,floating offshore wind turbines are doomed to be the right technical choice and they are bound to enter a new era of rapid development.The mooring system is a vital system of a floating wind turbine for station-keeping under harsh environmental conditions.In terms of existing floating wind turbine projects,this paper is devoted to discussing the current status of mooring systems and mooring equipment.This paper also presents the mooring analysis methods and points out the technical difficulties and challenges in mooring design,installation,operation and maintenance stages.Finally,the developing trends of the mooring system are summarized,aiming to provide a reference for future mooring research.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11302176)the Special Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(No.20126102120021)
文摘Static stability analysis of the two-point mooring autonomous underwater vehicle(AUV) is presented.The mathematic model is a set of equilibrium equations describing the attitude of the AUV.The mooring lines are regarded as inelastic catenaries,and five degrees of freedom of AUV are considered.The stability of the system is represented by inequality conditions between several physical quantities and the corresponding limitations.We analyze stability of the prime AUV and find that the AUV has a flow-following tendency,which makes the swing angle big.The result shows that the two-point mooring AUV can remain stable under 2.5 kn ocean current speed,and it will weigh anchor when the speed is greater than 3 kn.Subsequent parametric study reveals the influence of the designing parameters on the stability.