A wind semi-sub platform with hinged floats for omnidirectional swell wave energy conversion
Peter Stansby,
Gangqiang Li
Abstract:The capacity of wind turbines on offshore wind platforms is presently much greater than that for wave energy conversion. However wind availability with speed greater than 5 m/s, just above cut in, is typically 30-40% requiring storage to provide uniformity of supply, but this may be improved by adding swell wave energy conversion with typical availability of 90%. A hybrid platform is considered with three effectively rigid cylindrical floats connected by beams at right angles to support a wind turbine with its… Show more
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