Browsing by Subject "Offshore wind power plants"
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A 3D FEM model for floating wind turbines support structures
(2017-10)
Article
Open AccessThe relevance of the interaction between the structural stiffness and the wind turbine dynamics are well known by the industry from decades of expertise. However, the novel floating concepts are commonly designed by tools ... -
A digital twin for assessing the remaining useful life of offshore wind turbine structures
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-03-28)
Article
Open AccessThis paper delves into the application of digital twin monitoring techniques for enhancing offshore floating wind turbine performance, with a detailed case study that uses open-source digital twin software. We explore the ... -
A metaheuristic optimization model for the inter-array layout planning of floating offshore wind farms
(2021-10-01)
Article
Open AccessThis paper presents an adapted particle swarm optimization model for the electrical layout planning of floating offshore wind farms (FOWFs). A comprehensive model is considered by taking into account the entire wind turbine ... -
A multi-objective optimization framework for offshorewind farm layouts and electric infrastructures
(2016)
Article
Open AccessCurrent offshore wind farms (OWFs) design processes are based on a sequential approach which does not guarantee system optimality because it oversimplifies the problem by discarding important interdependencies between ... -
Aerodynamic verification and optimization of a model of an offshore floating wind turbine
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Politecnico di Torino, 2013)
Bachelor thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionOffshore wind power technologies are still developing. Floating systems represent the future of wind energy as they provide sites with better wind characteristics. Nowadays they are under intensive study and experimentation, ... -
Anàlisi comparativa del Cicle de Vida d'estructures flotants per a molins eòlics offshore
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-10-14)
Bachelor thesis
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Anàlisi i control de tipologies de convertidors per a parcs eòlics marins connectats en HVDC
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-03)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessAquest projecte presenta l'anàlisi, modelització, el control i la simulació de dues tipologies de convertidors per a sistemes HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current). Els convertidors estudiats són els VSC (Voltage Source ... -
Anàlisi i disseny de les operacions marines d'instal·lació d'una plataforma eòlica flotant tipus SPAR (WINDCRETE)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessEstudi operacional de la plataforma eòlica flotant windcrete. Aquest concepte, planteja una torre i plataforma integral en una sola peça de formigó pretesat. Al llarg del treball, s'estudia la viabilitat de l'àlternativa ... -
Análisis de la utilización de boyas ODAS para medición del viento en la mar a fin de determinar la viabilidad económica de la instalación de un parque eólico offshore
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07)
Master thesis
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Application of Morison equation in irregular wave trains with high frequency waves
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyMost numerical models for the analysis of offshore wind platforms are based on one of two different approaches, depending on how waves forces are applied to the structure: 1) the potential flow theory, and 2) the Morison ... -
Application of over-current relay in offshore wind power plant grid with VSC-HVDC connection
(2011)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThis paper presents the setting and coordination of over-current relays in an offshore wind power plant (WPP) grid connected only to the power electronic converters with limited fault current capability. The limited fault ... -
Autonomous inertia-sharing control of multi-terminal VSC-HVDC grids
(2016)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyMulti-terminal high-voltage dc (HVDC) grids are expected to experience a continuous expansion in the near future, and have appeared as competitive strategies in transmitting offshore wind and interconnecting multiple ac ... -
Calibration and implementation of analytical wake models in an operational wind farm for the optimisation of wind power applications
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-09-29)
Bachelor thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionThe output power in wind farms is highly related to the behaviour and interaction of the turbine wakes in them. The fact of modeling the wakes in wind farms the most accurate possible way by using a simple analytical ... -
Case study: windcrete - concept development of a full concrete floating structure for supporting offshore wind turbines
(2015)
Conference report
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Cálculo de la estructura de anclaje, tipo trípode, de un aerogenerador offshore
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-11)
Bachelor thesis
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Complex networks-based control strategies for multi-terminal HVDC transmission lines
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-02)
Master thesis
Open AccessThe work proposes and analizes complex network-based controllers for HVDC transmission lines. Two different control approaches are studied: Distributed PID strategies, which take into account just local information of ... -
Control and simulation of multi-terminal VSC-HVDC grids for offshore wind integration
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-07)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessNowadays, High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems based on Voltage Source Converters (VSC) are being installed for integrating the energy of individual offshore wind power plants to the main land AC grid. Moreover, ... -
Control i operació de parcs eòlics marins connectats amb VSC-HVDC
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-06)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessAquest treball presenta l’anàlisi, la modelització, el control i la simulació d’un parc eòlic marí connectat amb un enllaç HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current). Els convertidors estudiats i emprats són els VSC (Voltage Source ... -
Control of a flywheel energy storage system for power smoothing in wind power plants
(2014-03-01)
Article
Open AccessThis paper deals with the design and the experimental validation in scale-lab test benches of an energy management algorithm based on feedback control techniques for a flywheel energy storage device. The aim of the flywheel ... -
Damage detection and diagnosis for offshore wind foundations
(2020)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyStructural health monitoring for wind turbines (WT) in remote locations, as offshore, is crucial (Presencia and Shafiee, 2018). Offshore wind farms are increasingly realized in water depths beyond 30 meters, where lattice ...
