Experimental Investigations on Hydrodynamic Responses of a Semi-Submersible Offshore Fish Farm in Waves

Abstract

A series of physical model experiments was performed to investigate the hydrodynamic responses of a semi-submersible offshore fish farm in waves. The structural configuration of the fish farm primarily refers to that of the world's first offshore fish farm, Ocean Farm 1, developed by SalMar in Norway. The mooring line tension and motion response of the fish farm were measured at three draughts. The study indicated that the tension on the windward mooring line is greater than that on the leeward mooring line. As the wave height increases, the mooring line tension and motion responses including the heave, surge, and pitch exhibit an upward trend. The windward mooring line tension decreased slightly with increasing draught. The existence of net resulted in approximately 42% reduction in mooring line tension and approximately 51% reduction in surge motion. However, the heave and pitch of the fish farm increased slightly with the existence of net. It was found that the wave parameters, draught, and net have noticeable effect on the hydrodynamic response. Thus, these factors are suggested to be considered in structural designs and optimization to guarantee the ability of the fish farm to resist destruction and ensure safety of workers during intense waves. weakness of development. The floaters and columns for a fish farm could be ideally used as a wave energy converter platform. The aquaculture platform of sufficient dimensions can support several wind turbines and realize self-power supply of the offshore fish farm. Overall, both the converter platform of wave energy and offshore wind turbine can be combined with this kind of new type of offshore aquaculture facility. Due to its superior performance, the offshore fish farm considered is accepted and widely used all over the world. Hence, fundamental research on the offshore fish farm is very critical, especially in the initial stage.

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