Abstract

This paper presents the technical issues and methodological aspects concerning hybrid/hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) insides the Politecnico di Milano wind tunnel. The scaling issues faced when performing scale model tests on FOWT are presented and the advantages of the HIL methodology with respect to traditional ocean basin tests are shown. The main aspects of the numerical and physical subsystems of the HIL experimental setup are discussed, focussing on their interaction when investigating the effect of aerodynamic loads on the global response of the floating system.

Details

Title
A wind tunnel/HIL setup for integrated tests of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
Author
Bayati, I 1 ; Facchinetti, A 1 ; Fontanella, A 1 ; Giberti, H 2 ; Belloli, M 1 

 Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Milano, Italy 
 Universitá degli studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e dell’Informazione, Pavia, Italy 
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Jun 2018
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2572331051
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.