Drift simulation of a floating offshore wind turbine with broken mooring lines in a dynamic sea condition.

This study investigates the aero-hydro-mooring coupled dynamics of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) offshore 5-MW baseline wind turbine supported by the Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration Continuation (OC4) DeepCwind semisubmersible floating platform by considering the effects of suddenly broken mooring behaviour. The wind and wave loads can be selected as the Cummins time-domain equation inputs based on the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate wind and Joint North Sea Wave Project wave spectrums. The nonlinear viscous drag was estimated using the quadratic damping matrix rather than Morison's element. Additionally, the quadratic transfer function matrix was used to calculate the slow-drift force. Compared to the multi-segmented quasi-static mooring model, the lump-mass method is a dynamic mooring model that can solve real-time motion on the platform. Once a single or a pair of mooring lines is intentionally disconnected from the floating platform at a certain time, the transient responses of mooring line tensions and turbine performance will be evaluated. The novelty of this study is that the drift trajectories and power performances of OC4 DeepCwind semisubmersible floating offshore wind turbine under different conditions of environmental loads and broken mooring lines can be approximately estimated in the offshore wind farm. The analysis can be used for the environmental impact assessment in harsh sea conditions. • The aero-hydro-mooring coupled dynamics of the floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) have been investigated by considering broken mooring behaviours. • The drift trajectories and power performances of the FOWT under different conditions of broken mooring lines have been analysed comprehensively. • Once there are two broken mooring lines in the scenario of power production, the equilibrium position of the FOWT cannot be reached due to the unbalanced resultant force. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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