The HYDRALAB+ project ended in August 2019
Experiments by Invited Researchers
Spar Buoy for Offshore Floating WInd Energy Conversion (SparBOFWEC)
| Project acronym: | H+-DHI-09-SparBOFWEC |
| Name of Group Leader: | Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio |
| User-Project Title: | Spar Buoy for Offshore Floating WInd Energy Conversion (SparBOFWEC) |
| Facility: | Offshore Wave Basin |
| Data Storage Report: | SparBOFWEC_data_storage_report-1562317671.docx |
| Publications: |
Users-group-H+---DHI-09-SparBOFWEC.pdf |
| Address to obtain the data: |
bjj@dhigroup.com giuseppe.tomasicchio@unisalento.it |
| Associated DOI data sets: |
10.5281/zenodo.3269436: SparBOFWEC Spar Buoy for Offshore Floating Wind Energy Conversion - Data Storage Report |
The present work describes the experiences gained from the design methodology and operation of a 3D physical model experiment aimed to investigate the dynamic behaviour of a spar buoy (SB) off-shore floating wind turbine (WT) under different wind and wave conditions. The physical model tests have been performed at Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI) off-shore wave basin within the European Union-Hydralab+ Initiative, in April 2019. The floating WT model has been subjected to a combination of regular and irregular wave attacks and wind loads.