To determine the optimal park configuration of a large offshore turbine in a hurricane, a study is conducted on effects of blade pitch and rotor yaw, and wind–wave misalignment, in a 100-year return hurricane on a 13.2-MW large offshore wind turbine (OWT) in western Gulf of Mexico (GOM) shallow water. The OWT structure considered includes a rotor with three 100-m long blades and a monotower support structure. Maximum loads on the wind turbine are determined with blade pitch and rotor yaw, with and without wind–wave misalignment in the 100-year return hurricane. The results show that effects of blade pitch and rotor yaw on turbine structural dynamics are significant, whereas the effect of wind–wave misalignment is small in the context of structural design in strength. The study provides deep insight to wind turbine dynamics and its structural design in the extreme hurricane.
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February 2017
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Effects of Blade Pitch, Rotor Yaw, and Wind–Wave Misalignment on a Large Offshore Wind Turbine Dynamics in Western Gulf of Mexico Shallow Water in 100-Year Return Hurricane
Ling Ling Yin,
Ling Ling Yin
National Wind Energy Center,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Cullen College of Engineering,
University of Houston,
5000 Gulf Freeway,
Houston, TX 77023
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Cullen College of Engineering,
University of Houston,
5000 Gulf Freeway,
Houston, TX 77023
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King Him Lo,
King Him Lo
National Wind Energy Center,
Cullen College of Engineering,
University of Houston,
5000 Gulf Freeway,
Houston, TX 77023
Cullen College of Engineering,
University of Houston,
5000 Gulf Freeway,
Houston, TX 77023
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Su Su Wang
Su Su Wang
National Wind Energy Center,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Cullen College of Engineering,
University of Houston,
5000 Gulf Freeway,
Houston, TX 77023
e-mail: sswang@uh.edu
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Cullen College of Engineering,
University of Houston,
5000 Gulf Freeway,
Houston, TX 77023
e-mail: sswang@uh.edu
Search for other works by this author on:
Ling Ling Yin
National Wind Energy Center,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Cullen College of Engineering,
University of Houston,
5000 Gulf Freeway,
Houston, TX 77023
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Cullen College of Engineering,
University of Houston,
5000 Gulf Freeway,
Houston, TX 77023
King Him Lo
National Wind Energy Center,
Cullen College of Engineering,
University of Houston,
5000 Gulf Freeway,
Houston, TX 77023
Cullen College of Engineering,
University of Houston,
5000 Gulf Freeway,
Houston, TX 77023
Su Su Wang
National Wind Energy Center,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Cullen College of Engineering,
University of Houston,
5000 Gulf Freeway,
Houston, TX 77023
e-mail: sswang@uh.edu
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Cullen College of Engineering,
University of Houston,
5000 Gulf Freeway,
Houston, TX 77023
e-mail: sswang@uh.edu
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING. Manuscript received August 6, 2015; final manuscript received July 23, 2016; published online September 16, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Yi-Hsiang Yu.
J. Offshore Mech. Arct. Eng. Feb 2017, 139(1): 011901 (10 pages)
Published Online: September 16, 2016
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Received:
August 6, 2015
Revised:
July 23, 2016
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Yin, L. L., Lo, K. H., and Wang, S. S. (September 16, 2016). "Effects of Blade Pitch, Rotor Yaw, and Wind–Wave Misalignment on a Large Offshore Wind Turbine Dynamics in Western Gulf of Mexico Shallow Water in 100-Year Return Hurricane." ASME. J. Offshore Mech. Arct. Eng. February 2017; 139(1): 011901. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4034330
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