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Binzhen ZHOU

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Peng JIN

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Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A 2025 Vol.26 No.6 P.525-539

http://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.A2300285


Performance of a hybrid system with a semi-submersible wind platform and annular wave-energy converters


Author(s):  Binzhen ZHOU, Yu WANG, Zhi ZHENG, Peng JIN, Lei WANG, Yujia WEI

Affiliation(s):  School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China; more

Corresponding email(s):   jinpeng@scut.edu.cn

Key Words:  Semi-submersible wind platform, Wave energy, Annular wave-energy converter (WEC), Power performance, Motion


Binzhen ZHOU, Yu WANG, Zhi ZHENG, Peng JIN, Lei WANG, Yujia WEI. Performance of a hybrid system with a semi-submersible wind platform and annular wave-energy converters[J]. Journal of Zhejiang University Science A, 2025, 26(6): 525-539.

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Abstract: 
Installing annular wave-energy converters (WECs) on the columns of floating wind platforms in the form of a coaxial-cylinder provides a convenient means of integration. Extant coaxial-cylinder-type wind-wave hybrid systems are mostly based on single-column platforms such as spars (‘single coaxial-cylinder hybrid system’ hereafter). Systems based on multiple-column platforms such as semi-submersible platforms (‘multiple coaxial-cylinder hybrid systems’ hereafter) are rarely seen or studied, despite their superiority in wave-power absorption due to the use of multiple WECs as well as in dynamic stability. This paper proposes a novel WindFloat-annular-WEC hybrid system, based on our study investigating its dynamic and power features, and optimizing the geometry and power take-off of the WECs. Our results show that the dynamic and power features of a multiple coaxial-cylinder hybrid system are different from those of a single coaxial-cylinder hybrid system, so the same optimization parameters cannot be directly applied. Flatter annular WECs absorb slightly more power in a wider wave-period range, but their geometry is confined by limitations in installation and structural strength. The overall effect of an oblique incident wave is greater intensity in the motions of the hybrid system in yaw and the direction perpendicular to propagation, although the difference is small and may be negligible.

半潜式风力机平台与环形波能装置混合系统性能研究

作者:周斌珍1,王玙1,郑值1,金鹏1,2,王磊1,魏宇嘉3,4
机构:1华南理工大学,土木交通学院,中国广州,510641;2华南理工大学,海洋科学与工程学院,中国广州,511442;3思克莱德大学,船舶与海洋工程院,英国格拉斯哥,G4 0LZ;4克兰菲尔德大学,可持续能源系,英国克兰菲尔德,MK43 0AL
目的:波浪能具有分布广、能流密度大等优点,近年来逐渐成为研究热点,然而波浪能技术的实际应用仍处于初级阶段,存在装机成本高、维护困难、难以收回投资等问题。本文旨在提出一种新型半潜式风力机平台-环形波能装置混合系统,研究混合系统的运动特性与能量特性,并实现波能装置的几何尺寸优化。
创新点:1.提出了一种新型WindFloat半潜式风力机平台-环形波能装置混合系统;2.优化了混合系统中的波能装置;3.分析了入射波角度对混合系统发电功率与运动的影响。
方法:通过约束矩阵,建立半潜式风力机平台-环形波能装置混合系统耦合数值模型,并进行混合系统运动特性与能量特性的研究。
结论:1.混合系统的总发电功率存在两个峰值,一个是环形波能装置共振引起的,另一个是波能装置与平台之间很大的动力输出系统阻尼导致波能装置与平台发生同步运动状态引起的;2.在混合系统总发电功率中,以波能装置共振引起的峰值作为波能装置尺寸优化依据更为合适;3.在部署混合系统时,将两个波能装置的一侧朝向入射波更为合适。

关键词:半潜式风力机平台;波浪能;波能装置;能量;运动

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