Floating Power Plant:

A Brief Introduction and Discussion of R&D

Sarah Bellew
Floating Power Plant,
Denmark

27th November 2014

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 Floating Power Plant
We have
developed the
worlds only
offshore-proven,
grid-connected
wind and wave
power plant.

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 FPPs P37 Test Platform

Video
Disconnectable

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 Smoothed Power Output

Video

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Where to deploy the commercial devices?

Current focus

Area of interest

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 FPP: From P37 to P80
up to 2.6 MW wave power

up to 5 MW Wind

P80 Designed for

Probable 80 m wide
P37 Site-Specific Design Commercial Sites
Min water depth 45 m

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 TRL is very linear

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 Scaled up Approach The Way We Develop
Concept Design Commercial
Numerical
tests Optimisation Prototypes
modeling
&
& engineering
Small Arrays

Commercial
wave-basin and
wave-flume
tests
Dry tests

4 Scaled p37
offshore tests Large scale
P80 commercial
arrays

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Sub project Numerical models

1) Floater Waves PTO stationary platform

2) Platform - mooring wind turbines

3) Structural

4) Platform including WECS and mooring - Vaning due

to current and waves

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Sub project Numerical models
1) Floater Waves PTO stationary platform

a.

b. In partnership with Fritz

Schur Energy

c.
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Sub project Numerical models

1) Floater Waves PTO stationary platform

2) Platform - mooring wind turbines

3) Structural

4) Platform including WECS and mooring - Vaning due

to current and waves

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Sub project Numerical models
2) Platform - mooring wind turbines
HAWC2-WAMIT coupling

In partnership with DTU-Wind

Energy (formerly Ris)

Excludes WECs and their PTOs

1 & 2 Aerodynamic model: wake expansion, swirl, dynamic inflow, skew inflow, shear
effect on induction
5 & 3 Structural Model: includes flexible rotating bodies which include masses, and
inertial, centrifugal and gyroscopic forces.
4 Control Model
6 Hydyrodynamic Model: DLL interface to WAMIT

7 Mooring Model: Fully dynamic Ocean Energy ERA-NET

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Sub project Numerical models

1) Floater Waves PTO stationary platform

2) Platform - mooring wind turbines

3) Structural

4) Platform including WECS and mooring - Vaning due

to current and waves

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Sub project Numerical models

3. Structural

Finite Element
Fatigue Analysis
Stress and Strains
Materials reduction

Two stages:
1. Overall Structure
2. Key Components

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Sub project Numerical models

1) Floater Waves PTO stationary platform

2) Platform - mooring wind turbines

3) Structural

4) Platform including WECS and mooring - Vaning due

to current and waves

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Sub project Numerical models
4) Platform including WECS and mooring - Vaning due
to current and waves
Turning Moments from Waves VS Turning Moments from Current
Drag Turning
Force Moment

Need:
1. Wave:
a) Distribution of force within
chamber and on hinge due to
WEC operating
2. Current
a) Cross Section at different
angles
b) Drag Coefficient

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Key Areas for Development in UK for FPP

Classification
Certification
Due Diligence
Environmental Data Gathering
Value Chain Development
Confidence in the industry!

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