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Yonggang LIN

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Xiangheng FENG

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Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A 2025 Vol.26 No.5 P.456-470

http://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.A2400097


Load-measurement method for floating offshore wind turbines based on a long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network


Author(s):  Yonggang LIN, Xiangheng FENG, Hongwei LIU, Yong SUN

Affiliation(s):  State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; more

Corresponding email(s):   xiangheng_f97@zju.edu.cn

Key Words:  Floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT), Long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network, Machine learning technique, Load measurement, Hybrid-scale model test


Yonggang LIN, Xiangheng FENG, Hongwei LIU, Yong SUN. Load-measurement method for floating offshore wind turbines based on a long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network[J]. Journal of Zhejiang University Science A, 2025, 26(5): 456-470.

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Abstract: 
Complicated loads encountered by floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) in real sea conditions are crucial for future optimization of design, but obtaining data on them directly poses a challenge. To address this issue, we applied machine learning techniques to obtain hydrodynamic and aerodynamic loads of FOWTs by measuring platform motion responses and wave-elevation sequences. First, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation model of the floating platform was established based on the dynamic fluid body interaction technique and overset grid technology. Then, a long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network model was constructed and trained to learn the nonlinear relationship between the waves, platform-motion inputs, and hydrodynamic-load outputs. The optimal model was determined after analyzing the sensitivity of parameters such as sample characteristics, network layers, and neuron numbers. Subsequently, the effectiveness of the hydrodynamic load model was validated under different simulation conditions, and the aerodynamic load calculation was completed based on the D’Alembert principle. Finally, we built a hybrid-scale FOWT model, based on the software in the loop strategy, in which the wind turbine was replaced by an actuation system. Model tests were carried out in a wave basin and the results demonstrated that the root mean square errors of the hydrodynamic and aerodynamic load measurements were 4.20% and 10.68%, respectively.

基于长短周期记忆神经网络的浮式风电机组载荷测量方法

作者:林勇刚1,冯香恒1,2,3,刘宏伟1,孙勇2,3
机构:1浙江大学,流体动力基础件与机电系统全国重点实验室,中国杭州,310058;2运达能源科技集团有限责任公司,中国杭州,310012;3浙江省风力发电技术重点实验室,中国杭州,310012
目的:浮式风电机组在实海况环境下的载荷数据对于结构降成本优化设计至关重要,但难以直接通过测量获取。本文旨在采用机器学习方法建立载荷黑箱模型,通过测量平台运动状态、波浪状态和系泊张力,实现对平台水动载荷、机组气动载荷的计算。
创新点:1.基于计算流体力学(CFD)仿真数据,训练了一套以波高序列、平台运动为输入,平台水动载荷为输出的长短周期记忆神经网络模型;2.建立浮式风电机组缩比模型,完成机组载荷测量实验。
方法:1.通过理论分析,推导出机组气动载荷和平台水动载荷之间的关系,得到机组载荷测量方案(图1);2.通过CFD仿真模拟,分析平台水动载荷影响因素,并获取大量样本数据(图7);3.通过模型实验,运用传感器对波高序列、平台运动和塔顶气动载荷进行测量,验证所提方法的可行性和有效性(图14)。
结论:1.最佳神经网络模型参数是两层网络单元,且每层128个神经元;2.模型实验测量中,水动载荷测量的均方根误差是4.20%,而机组气动载荷测量的均方根误差是10.68%。

关键词:浮式风电机组;长短期记忆神经网络;机器学习技术;载荷测量;缩比模型实验

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