The Salamander project, with the incorporation of ERM Dolphyn technology, has the potential to make a material impact on the Government’s 10-point plan, including the ambition to deliver 1 GW of floating wind power by 2030 and 5 GW of green hydrogen by 2030. Considering the huge multi-GW potential of floating wind in the UK, pairing green hydrogen with floating wind is a very sensible option and an obvious solution to scaling up green hydrogen production. Green hydrogen is viewed as a vital ingredient in achieving the “Net Zero” ambition of the UK. The Salamander project has been investigating different routes to market since its inception and due to its advantageous location off Aberdeenshire the project believes producing green hydrogen is a very interesting option. SGN is the owner and operator of the gas distribution networks in Scotland, who are currently carrying out the North East Network and Industrial Cluster Project, which in its first phase, aims to develop and deploy a hydrogen economy in Aberdeen and the surrounding area. It is an economic and scalable solution, which produces green hydrogen with no carbon emissions at the point of use. The award-winning ERM Dolphyn is a first of a kind technology combining electrolysis, desalination and hydrogen production on a floating wind platform - with the hydrogen transported to shore via pipeline. The project is also working closely with Scotland Gas Networks (SGN) to potentially integrate with and connect into future 100 % hydrogen infrastructure or as a blend with existing gas infrastructure, which SGN are aiming to develop through their decarbonisation roadmap. Simulations also are run with directional waves, it is found that wave directionality induces larger transverse motions.The 200 MW Salamander floating wind project, developed by Simply Blue Energy in partnership with Subsea 7, has signed a memorandum of understanding with ERM for the potential use of the ERM Dolphyn hydrogen technology. As one could have expected, it is found that the effect of viscous drag on braces, and nonlinear Froude-Krylov loads, becomes larger with increasing wave height. The effect of the different hydrodynamic modeling options is investigated. This hydrodynamic model includes nonlinear hydrostatic and Froude-Krylov forces, diffraction/radiation forces obtained from linear potential theory, and Morison forces to take into account viscous effects on the braces and damping plates.
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#Case study floating foundation wind turbine code#
A specific hydrodynamic model of loads on a semi-submersible platform is used within the wind turbine design code FAST from NREL. The NREL 5 MW reference wind turbine mounted on the historical concept of semi-submersible platform Dutch tri-floater is considered. A specific attention is drawn to hydrodynamic modeling options and their effect on the dynamic response of the platform. This paper presents an aero-hydro-elastic model of a semi-submersible floating wind turbine.
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Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering.
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Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science.Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems.Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine.Journal of Micro and Nano-Manufacturing.Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering.Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology.Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities.Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power.
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