[E&E seminars] Wed, Oct. 11-Floating Wind Turbines, Paul Sclavounos

[Karen Gibson]

LFEE Seminar on Energy and Environment
Sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment


Floating Wind Turbines

Prof. Paul Sclavounos
MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering

Wednesday
October 11, 2006
12:00 - 1:30 pm
E40-496

The presentation will focus on the development of an innovative  
floater concept and its anchoring system supporting a 5MW offshore  
wind turbine for deployment in 1-2 GW offshore wind farms and in  
water depths ranging from 30 to several hundred meters. The floating  
wind turbine system has been designed to float stably prior to its  
anchoring to the seafloor by using concrete and water in internal  
ballast tanks. This allows the full assembly of the system onshore –  
at a shipyard or a coastal manufacturing facility – prior to its  
towing by a tugboat to the offshore site for its connection to  
preinstalled tethers or taught mooring lines thus circumventing  
expensive offshore assembly.

The very favourable dynamic response properties of the moored system  
in severe wind and wave conditions are presented, including recent  
research investigating the further reduction of the system dynamic  
and flexural responses by installing specially designed dampers  
inside the floater and in the nacelle. The economic merits of this  
floating offshore wind power unit derived from its flexible  
manufacturing, deployment and relocation attributes will also be  
addressed.

Bring your lunch - light refreshment will be provided.


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Karen  L. Gibson
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