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by Li Ran, Chong Ng
Offshore Wind Farms
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Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
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Part One. Introduction to offshore wind energy and offshore wind farm siting
1. Introduction to offshore wind energy
1.1. Wind energy
1.2. Offshore wind farm
1.3. Energy cost
1.4. Wind turbines
1.5. Disputable issues
2. Economics of building and operating offshore wind farms
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Investment costs
2.3. Operating costs
2.4. Key economic drivers for offshore wind energy
2.5. Levelised cost of energy
2.6. Future cost of offshore wind
2.7. Conclusions
3. Wind resources for offshore wind farms: Characteristics and assessment
3.1. Key issues in assessing wind resources
3.2. The nature of the offshore wind environment
3.3. Essential data parameters
3.4. Observational approaches
3.5. Modeling approaches
3.6. Future trends
Abbreviations
4. Remote sensing technologies for measuring offshore wind
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Conventional methods
4.3. Surface-based remote sensing
4.4. Space-borne RS
4.5. Case study – a near-coastal wind farm project
4.6. Future trends
Sources of further information
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Part Two. Wind turbine components and design
5. Developments in materials for offshore wind turbine blades
5.1. Key requirements for blade materials
5.2. Role of testing materials and structures in the blade design process
5.3. Case study on material selection and blade design
5.4. Future trends
Abbreviations and nomenclature
6. Design of offshore wind turbine blades
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Aerodynamics
6.3. Materials
6.4. Structural design
6.5. Manufacture
Nomenclature
7. Wind turbine gearbox design with drivetrain dynamic analysis
7.1. Introduction
7.2. WTGS gearbox design – concept stage
7.3. WTGS gearbox design – development stage
7.4. WTGS gearbox design – production stage
7.5. Drivetrain dynamic analysis
7.6. Conclusions
8. Design of generators for offshore wind turbines
8.1. Introduction: key issues in generator design
8.2. Electrical generators: types and principles of operation
8.3. Practical design and manufacture of electrical generators
8.4. Selection of generators for offshore wind turbines
8.5. Future trends in offshore wind turbine generators
Sources of further information
9. Modelling of power electronic components for evaluation of efficiency, power density and power-to-mass ratio of offshore wind power converters
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Semiconductors and switch valves
9.3. Filter inductors
9.4. Filter capacitors
9.6. Evaluation example of a 1-MW 2L-VSC
Nomenclature
10. Design of offshore wind turbine towers
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Function and types of towers
10.3. Standards of reference
10.4. Design spiral process and loads' analysis
10.5. Shell and flange sizing
10.6. Secondary steel, other structure details, and coatings
10.7. Optimization considerations
10.8. Final remarks
Glossary
List of symbols
List of greek symbols
11. Design of floating offshore wind turbines
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Design of floating offshore wind turbines: main preliminary steps
11.3. Key issues in design of floating offshore wind turbines
11.4. Summary: case study
11.5. Future trends
Nomenclature
Sources of further information
Part Three. Integration of wind farms into power grids
12. Offshore wind farm arrays
12.1. Fundamentals of offshore wind farm arrays
12.2. Design considerations
12.3. Main electrical components
12.4. Topologies
12.5. Converter interface arrangements and collector design
12.6. Wake farm arrangement – wake effects
12.7. Control objectives
12.8. Collector design procedure
Abbreviations
13. Cabling to connect offshore wind turbines to onshore facilities
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Offshore wind farm cables
13.3. Offshore cable installation, protection and challenges
13.4. Dynamic cables for floating wind turbines and substations
13.5. Some mechanical aspects of subsea cables
13.6. Outlook for offshore wind farm cables
Abbreviations
14. Integration of power from offshore wind turbines into onshore grids
14.1. Introduction
14.2. Wind farm collection systems
14.3. Offshore wind power transmission systems
14.4. Voltage source converters
14.5. Development of future submarine power transmission schemes
14.6. Conclusions
15. Energy storage for offshore wind farms
15.1. Introduction
15.2. The storage technologies
15.3. Indicative case studies: S-PSSs in Rhodes and Astypalaia
15.4. Conclusions
Abbreviations
16. Hydropower flexibility and transmission expansion to support integration of offshore wind
16.1. Introduction
16.2. Technologies
16.3. Summary – case study
16.4. Scenarios
16.5. Results
16.6. Conclusions
Part Four. Installation and operation of offshore wind farms
17. Assembly, transportation, installation and commissioning of offshore wind farms
17.1. Introduction
17.2. Delivery of components
17.3. Onshore assembly
17.4. Offshore transport
17.5. Offshore installation
17.6. Tests and commissioning
17.7. Conclusions and future trends
18. Condition monitoring of offshore wind turbines
18.1. Reliability of offshore wind turbines
18.2. Challenges in offshore wind turbine operation and maintenance
18.3. Offshore wind turbine condition monitoring techniques
18.4. Offshore wind turbine condition monitoring systems
18.5. Signal processing techniques used for WT CM
18.6. Existing issues and future tendencies of WT CM
19. Health and safety of offshore wind farms
19.1. Limits of this chapter
19.2. Introduction
19.3. Legal framework
19.4. Safety management system
19.5. Plan, do, check, act
19.6. The offshore renewable energy industry
19.7. Plan
19.8. Do
19.9. Check
19.10. Act
19.11. For the future
19.12. Conclusion
Abbreviations
20. Offshore wind turbine foundations – analysis and design
20.1. Foundation options for offshore wind-turbine structures
20.2. System of loading on offshore foundations
20.3. General aspects of OWT monopile foundation system
20.4. Offshore design codes and methods
20.5. Investigation of monopile–soil behaviour
20.6. Design of OWT foundation
20.7. Future outlook and research needs
Nomenclature
Abbreviations
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