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Control development for floating wind
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ECN
Wind Energy
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9-3-2015
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ECN-M--14-063
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Conference Paper
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Presented at: The Science of Making Torque from Wind, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 28-30 juni 2010.
Abstract:
Control of a floating wind turbine has proven to be challenging, but essential for
lowering the cost of floating wind energy. Topic of a recent joint R&D project by GustoMSC,
MARIN and ECN, is the concept design and verification with coupled simulations and model
tests of the GustoMSC Tri-Floater. Only using an integral design approach, including mooring
and control design, a cost effective system can be obtained. In this project, ECN developed a
general floating wind turbine control strategy and applied this in a case study to the GustoMSC
Tri-Floater and the OC3Hywind spar, both equipped with the NREL 5MW RWT. The designed
controller ensures stable operation, while maintaining proper speed and power regulation. The
motions of the floating support are reduced and substantial load reduction has been achieved.
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