scholarly journals An Investigation of Passive and Semi-Active Tuned Mass Dampers for a Tension Leg Platform Floating Offshore Wind Turbine in ULS Conditions

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Semyung Park ◽  
Matthew A. Lackner ◽  
John Cross-Whiter ◽  
A. Rodriguez Tsouroukdissian ◽  
William La Cava
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Active Control ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Structural Control ◽  
Tuned Mass Damper ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Tension Leg Platform ◽  
Tuned Mass Dampers ◽  
Mass Damper

Floating offshore wind turbines are able to access deeper waters with stronger winds, but also have more complicated dynamic behavior than fixed-bottom offshore turbines, potentially resulting in larger loads. Structural control using tuned mass dampers (TMD) is a promising method for mitigating these loads. Previous research on structural control in wind turbines has typically considered passive devices and operational conditions. In this study, the effects of a passive tuned mass damper and a semi-active tuned mass damper, located at the tower top, are analyzed and simulated for the GE Haliade 150–6MW wind turbine located on the Glosten Pelastar tension-leg platform (TLP). The system is simulated using FASTv8, the wind turbine aero-elastic wind turbine simulator developed by NREL, which includes a TMD module capable of modeling passive and semi-active devices. A pendulum-type TMD developed by ESM GmbH, which can oscillate in the fore-aft and side-side directions, is modelled with non-linear position constraints. Semi-active control is defined using an “on-off” TMD damping based on a “ground-hook” control law. Ultimate limit state (ULS) conditions with a parked rotor are simulated, for two different water depths. The results are analyzed in terms of the load reductions at the tower base, nacelle acceleration reduction, and tendon tensions for the various configurations. The impact of TMD stroke limitations and the sensitivity of the results to water depth are investigated. The results will show that structural control can reduce ULS loads in deep water configurations, but are less effective in shallow water. The dynamics of the system that cause this result will be elucidated. The results will also demonstrate that semi-active control can be an effective strategy to further reduce loads and reduce the TMD stroke.

scholarly journals Semi-Active Structural Control of Offshore Wind Turbines Considering Damage Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arash Hemmati ◽  
Erkan Oterkus
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Structural Properties ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Tuned Mass Damper ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Mass Ratio ◽  
Damage Development ◽  
Active Time ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbines ◽  
Mass Damper

High flexibility of new offshore wind turbines (OWT) makes them vulnerable since they are subjected to large environmental loadings, wind turbine excitations and seismic loadings. A control system capable of mitigating undesired vibrations with the potential of modifying its structural properties depending on time-variant loadings and damage development can effectively enhance serviceability and fatigue lifetime of turbine systems. In the present paper, a model for offshore wind turbine systems equipped with a semi-active time-variant tuned mass damper is developed considering nonlinear soil–pile interaction phenomenon and time-variant damage conditions. The adaptive concept of this tuned mass damper assumes slow change in its structural properties. Stochastic wind and wave loadings in conjunction with ground motions are applied to the system. Damages to soil and tower caused by earthquake strokes are considered and the semi-active control device is retuned to the instantaneous frequency of the system using short-time Fourier transformation (STFT). The performance of semi-active time-variant vibration control is compared with its passive counterpart in operational and parked conditions. The dynamic responses for a single seismic record and a set of seismic records are presented. The results show that a semi-active mass damper with a mass ratio of 1% performs significantly better than a passive tuned mass damper with a mass ratio of 4%.

scholarly journals Active tuned mass damper for damping of offshore wind turbine vibrations

Wind Energy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 783-796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark L. Brodersen ◽  
Ann-Sofie Bjørke ◽  
Jan Høgsberg
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Tuned Mass Damper ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Mass Damper

scholarly journals Load Reduction of Floating Wind Turbines Using Tuned Mass Dampers

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1298-1303
Author(s):  
Aabas Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Structural Control ◽  
High Speed ◽  
The United States ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Tuned Mass Dampers ◽  
Wind Integration ◽  
Actuator Dynamics ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbines

Abstract: Offshore wind turbines have the potential to be an important part of the United States’ energy production profile in the coming years. In order to accomplish this wind integration, offshore wind turbines need to be made more reliable and cost efficient to be competitive with other sources of energy. To capitalize on high speed and highquality winds over deep water, floating platforms for offshore wind turbines have been developed, but they suffer from greatly increased loading. One method to reduce loadsin offshore wind turbines is the application of structural control techniques usuallyused in skyscrapers and bridges. Tuned mass dampers are one structural control system that have been used to reduce loads in simulations of offshore wind turbines. This thesis adds to the state of the art of offshore wind energy by developing a set of optimum passive tuned mass dampers for four offshore wind turbine platforms and byquantifying the effects of actuator dynamics on an active tuned mass damper design. The set of optimum tuned mass dampers are developed by creating a limited degree-of-freedom model for each of the four offshore wind platforms

scholarly journals Passive Control of a Pentapod Offshore Wind Turbine Under Earthquakes by Using Tuned Mass Damper

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenhua Wang ◽  
Zhen Gao ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Torgeir Moan ◽  
Bin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Seismic Waves ◽  
Passive Control ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Tuned Mass Damper ◽  
Dynamic Responses ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Mass Damper ◽  
And Control

The finite element model (FEM) of a pentapod offshore wind turbine (OWT) is established in the newly compiled FAST. The dynamic responses of the OWT are analyzed in detail. Further, a tuned mass damper as a passive control strategy is applied in order to reduce the OWT responses under seismic loads. The influence of the tuned mass damper (TMD) locations, mass and control frequencies on the reduction of OWT responses are investigated. A general configuration of TMD can effectively reduce the local and global responses to some degree, but due to the complexity of characteristics of the OWT structure and seismic waves, the single TMD can not obtain consistent controlling effects.

scholarly journals Effect of a Passive Tuned Mass Damper on Offshore Installation of a Wind Turbine Nacelle

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiyu Jiang ◽  
Trond Kvia Skrudland ◽  
Madjid Karimirad ◽  
Constatine Machiladies ◽  
Wei Shi
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Tuned Mass Damper ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Dynamic Link Library ◽  
Natural Period ◽  
Irregular Wave ◽  
Mass Damper ◽  
Single Mass ◽  
Relative Motions

Abstract Although the installation of offshore wind turbines takes place in calm seas, successful mating of wind turbine components can be challenging due to the relative motions between the two mating parts. This work investigates the effect of a passive tuned mass damper on the mating processes of a nacelle for a 10-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine. A nacelle with lifting wires and a monopile with a mass damper are respectively modelled using the multibody formulation in the HAWC2 program. A single mass damper is tuned to target at the first natural period of the monopile and is coupled to the main program using a dynamic link library. Afterwards, numerical simulations were carried out in turbulent wind conditions and irregular wave conditions typical of offshore installation scenarios. Important response variables including the tower-top motions, nacelle motions, and their relative motions are examined in the analysis. By comparing the time series and response statistics, we found that the tower-top motion is more crucial to the installation process than the lifted nacelle motion. For the relative motions and velocities between the nacelle and the tower top, the tuned mass damper can reduce the short-term maximum values by more than 50% for the examined sea states with spectral period between 4 to 12 seconds. This implies that the weather window for marine operations can be expanded if the tuned mass damper is applied.

scholarly journals Vibration Mitigation of the Barge-Type Offshore Wind Turbine with a Tuned Mass Damper on Floating Platform

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiajia Yang ◽  
Erming He ◽  
Yaqi Hu
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Tuned Mass Damper ◽  
Equal Mass ◽  
Dynamic Responses ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Floating Platform ◽  
Vibration Mitigation ◽  
Floating Wind Turbine ◽  
Mass Damper

This paper evaluates the application of a passive control technique with a tuned mass damper on platform for the barge-type offshore wind turbine. First of all, the three degrees of freedom mathematical model for the floating wind turbine is established based on Lagrange's equations, and the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm is adopted to estimate the parameters of the wind turbine. Then, the method of frequency tuning which is utilized in engineering projects and genetic algorithm are employed respectively to simulate the optimum parameters of the tuned mass damper. The vibration mechanism about the phase-angle difference between tuned mass damper and floating platform is analyzed. Finally, the dynamic responses of floating wind turbine with/without tuned mass damper are calculated under five typical wind and wave load cases, and the vibration mitigation effects are researched in marine environment. Partial ballast is substituted by the equal mass of tuned mass damper due to the mass of floating platform with tuned mass damper would increase obviously, which would change the design of the wind turbine, and the vibration mitigation is also simulated in five typical load cases. The results show that the suppression rate of standard deviation of platform pitch is up to 47.95%, after substituting the partial mass of ballast, the suppression rate is 50%. Therefore, the dynamic responses of the barge-type floating wind turbine would be reduced significantly when the ballast is replaced by the equal mass of the tuned mass damper on floating platform.

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