Wave devouring propulsion for stabilizing floating wind turbine platform: experimental study

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2025-01-01

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2024-12-20

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Elsevier

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0029-8018

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Xing J, Wang J, Matin A, et al., (2025) Wave devouring propulsion for stabilizing floating wind turbine platform: experimental study. Ocean Engineering, Volume 315, January 2025, Article number 119799

Abstract

Wave Devouring Propulsion (WDP) is a green propulsion method that uses submerged foils to convert wave energy into thrust, serving both as an auxiliary propulsion system and as a stabilizer for maritime structures. This study highlights WDP's effectiveness in improving stability for semi-submersible offshore wind turbine platforms. Experiments on a 1:100 scaled model in regular and irregular head wave conditions were conducted in both free-floating conditions, and with a mooring system to validate WDP's effectiveness. Results show that the integrated foil design reduced mooring line tension by 41.07% compared to the design without foils in specific scenarios, suggesting a promising avenue for future research and application.

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Flapping foil, Wave-induced propulsion, Semi-submersible platform, Offshore wind, 4015 Maritime Engineering, 40 Engineering, 7 Affordable and Clean Energy, Civil Engineering, 4005 Civil engineering, 4012 Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering, 4015 Maritime engineering

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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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Liang Yang acknowledges the support from the HEIF fund for the project ‘Novel Floating Wind Platform’, the Future Frontiers Fund (FFF) from Cranfield University and Cranfield Global Research Fund.