Assessment and Nonlinear Modeling of Wave, Tidal and Wind Energy Converters and Turbines

• Other Authors: Karimirad, Madjid (Editor), Collu, Maurizio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; off-shore wind farms (OSWFs); wake model; wind turbine (WT); Extreme Learning Machine (ELM); wind power (WP); large-eddy simulation (LES); point-absorbing; wave energy converter (WEC); maximum power point tracking (MPPT); flower pollination algorithm (FPA); power take-off (PTO); hill-climbing method; Kirsten-Boeing; vertical axis turbine; optimization; neural nets; Tensorflow; ANSYS CFX; metamodeling; FOWT; multi-segmented mooring line; inclined columns; semi-submersible; AFWT; floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT); pitch-to-stall; blade back twist; tower fore-aft moments; negative damping; blade flapwise moment; tower axial fatigue life; wave energy; oscillating water column; tank testing; valves; air compressibility; air turbine; wave-to-wire model; energy harnessing; energy converter; flow-induced oscillations; vortex-induced vibration; flow-structure interaction; hydrodynamics; vortex shedding; cylinder wake; tidal energy; site assessment; wave-current interaction; turbulence; integral length scales; wave-turbulence decomposition; OWC; wave power converting system; parametric study; caisson breakwater application; floating offshore wind turbines; frequency domain model; semisubmersible platform; 10 MW wind turbines; large floating platform; platform optimization; wind energy; floating offshore wind turbine; dynamic analysis; fatigue life assessment; flexible power cables
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The Special Issue "Assessment and Nonlinear Modeling of Wave, Tidal, and Wind Energy Converters and Turbines" contributes original research to stimulate the continuing progress of the offshore renewable energy (ORE) field, with a focus on state-of-the-art numerical approaches developed for...