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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Energy Res.
Sec. Wind Energy
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2025.1581732
This article is part of the Research Topic Recent Advances in Offshore Renewable Energy View all 10 articles
Hydrodynamic and aerodynamics performance of a barge-type floating offshore wind turbine with four moonpools and moorings
Provisionally accepted- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China
This study investigates the hydrodynamic and aerodynamic performance of a bargetype floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) equipped with four moonpools and horizontal springs as mooring lines. The integration of moonpools enhances the platform's hydrodynamic performance by increasing the moment of inertia, recovery torque, and damping effects, while the horizontal springs mitigate the tilt angle caused by wind-induced thrust moments. Numerical simulations were conducted using viscous flow theory, the Finite Volume Method (FVM), and the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method to model the fluid domain under varying wind and wave conditions. The results demonstrate that the springs effectively reduce the tilt angle and restrain heave motion across different wind speeds and waves.
Keywords: Floating wind turbine, Barge, Moonpool, viscous flow, computational fluid dynamics
Received: 24 Feb 2025; Accepted: 31 Mar 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Jie Cui, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China
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