• 1st DeepWind 5 MW Baseline design 

      Paulsen, Uwe S.; Vita, Luca; Madsen, Helge A.; Hattel, Jesper; Ritchie, Ewen; Leban, Krisztina; Berthelsen, Petter Andreas; Carstensen, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The first 5MW baseline design of the DeepWind concept is presented for a Darrieus type floating wind turbine system for water depths of more than 150 m. This design will be used as design reference to test the next ...
    • A Comparison of Single- and Multi-parameter Wave Criteria for Accessing Wind Turbines in Strategic Maintenance and Logistics Models for Offshore Wind Farms 

      Sperstad, Iver Bakken; Halvorsen-Weare, Elin Espeland; Hofmann, Matthias; Nonås, Lars Magne; Stålhane, Magnus; Wu, MingKang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Different vessel types for transferring technicians for maintenance and inspection of offshore wind farms are often evaluated and compared by their limiting significant wave height for accessing the wind turbines. The ...
    • A metaheuristic solution method for optimizing vessel fleet size and mix for maintenance operations at offshore wind farms under uncertainty 

      Halvorsen-Weare, Elin Espeland; Norstad, Inge; Stålhane, Magnus; Nonås, Lars Magne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-10)
      Maintenance operations at offshore wind farms are challenging due to the offshore element; maintenance technicians and spare parts need to be transported from an onshore port or offshore station to the individual wind farm ...
    • Correlation between Acceleration and Drivetrain Load Effects for Monopile Offshore Wind Turbines 

      Rasekhi Nejad, Amir; Bachynski, Erin Elizabeth; Li, Lin; Moan, Torgeir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-09)
      This paper investigates the correlation between the tower-top axial acceleration and the load effects in drivetrain components in a monopile (bottom-fixed) offshore wind turbine. In designing offshore wind turbines, it is ...
    • DeepWind-from Idea to 5 MW Concept 

      Paulsen, Uwe S.; Madsen, Helge A.; Kragh, Knud A.; Nielsen, Per H.; Baran, I; Hattel, Jesper; Ritchie, Ewen; Leban, Krisztina; Svendsen, Harald Georg; Berthelsen, Petter Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The DeepWind concept has been described previously on challenges and potentials, this new offshore floating technology can offer to the wind industry [1]. The paper describes state of the art design improvements, new ...
    • OC5 Project Phase Ib: Validation of Hydrodynamic Loading on a Fixed, Flexible Cylinder for Offshore Wind Applications 

      Robertson, Amy N.; Wendt, Fabian; Jonkman, Jason M.; Popko, Wojciech; Borg, Michael; Bredmose, H.; Schlutter, Flemming; Qvist, Jacob; Bergua, Roger; Harries, Rob; Yde, Anders; Nygaard, Tor Anders; De Vaal, Jacobus Bernardus; Oggiano, Luca; Bozonnet, Pauline; Bouy, Ludovic; Barrera Sanchez, Carlos; Garcia, Raul Guanche; Bachynski, Erin Elizabeth; Tu, Ying; Bayati, Ilmas; Borisade, Friedemann; Shin, Hyunkyoung; van der Zee, Tjeerd; Guerinel, Matthieu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      This paper summarizes the findings from Phase Ib of the Offshore Code Comparison, Collaboration, Continued with Correlation (OC5) project. OC5 is a project run under the International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind Research Task ...
    • Optimizing Jack-up vessel strategies for maintaining offshore wind farms 

      Stålhane, Magnus; Christiansen, Marielle; Kirkeby, Odin; Mikkelsen, Andreas Jebsen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-10)
      In this paper we present a new two-stage stochastic mathematical programming model that determines the optimal jack-up vessel strategy for an offshore wind farm. Given an offshore wind farm site, and distance to shore the ...
    • Sensitivity Analysis of Limited Actuation for Real-time Hybrid Model Testing of 5MW Bottom-fixed Offshore Wind Turbine 

      Karimirad, Madjid; Bachynski, Erin Elizabeth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The present paper studies the effect of limited actuation for real-time hybrid model testing (ReaTHM® testing) of a bottom-fixed offshore wind turbine in operational, parked, and fault conditions. ReaTHM® testing is a new ...
    • Vessel fleet analysis for maintenance operations at offshore wind farms 

      Halvorsen-Weare, Elin Espeland; Gundegjerde, Christian; Halvorsen, Ina Blomseth; Hvattum, Lars Magnus; Nonås, Lars Magne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Performing maintenance operations at offshore wind farms involves one major challenge compared with the onshore counterpart: All maintenance personnel and spare parts need to be transported from an onshore port or offshore ...
    • Vessel Fleet Optimization for Maintenance Operations at Offshore Wind Farms under Uncertainty 

      Stålhane, Magnus; Vefsnmo, Hanne; Halvorsen-Weare, Elin Espeland; Hvattum, Lars Magnus; Nonås, Lars Magne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-09)
      In this paper we consider the problem of determining the optimal fleet size and mix of vessels to support maintenance activities at offshore wind farms. A two-stage stochastic programming model is proposed where uncertainty ...