摘要:
Wind energy has become a crucial resource in sustainably meeting increasing global energy demands. Recently, offshore wind energy has been gaining traction due to its higher gross resource and larger unclaimed real-estate relative to its onshore counterpart. Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) are increasingly popular, particularly designs with semisubmersible platforms. However, transitioning from bottom-mounted to floating platforms introduces large complexities, e. g., due to wind-wave-structure-mooring interactions, and more research is needed to correctly estimate FOWT behavior. While, intensive validation campaigns with mid-fidelity numerical models could estimate FOWT behavior in the linear wave frequency region, they have consistently underestimated large low-frequency excitation observed in physical experiments. This low-frequency excitation occurred near the system's surge and pitch natural frequencies, and was determined to be hydrodynamic in nature. Further investigation has suggested that the numerical underprediction was due to a mischaracterization of viscous drag terms and the influence of nonlinear wave hydrodynamics. Several suggested correction methods Have represented the low-frequency surge and pitch excitation, with various levels of success. However, these methods require large amounts of a priori information or are not widely applicable to differing conditions. This study investigates the impact of rotational viscous damping terms on improving the low-frequency hydrodynamic behavior of mid-fidelity FOWT models. The goal was to determine a physically justifiable, low parameter model methodology for accurately capturing the low frequency response. The project included both experimental system identification and numerical validation components. Free decay tests in surge, heave, and pitch were performed on a 1:50 scale model of the DeepCwind semisubmersible platform-supported wind turbine in the O. H. Hinsdale Directional Wave Basin at Oregon