With the development of ocean energy exploration, reliable semisubmersible platforms with very small motion are expected to develop. Especially, in a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) system, the maximum pitching amplitude is required to be less than a few degrees. To reduce wave-induced pitch motion, a new type semisubmersible with suspensions and a design method of the suspension coefficients are presented. In practical case, an add-on wave energy dissipation device mounted on a floating platform, such as the combined wave-wind energy converter system, could be regarded as the suspension system. In this study, first, the conceptual semisubmersible is described. Then, the hydrodynamic loads to the semisubmersible are linearized so that the whole system is expressed by a state-space model. The suspension design problem is transformed into solving a constrained optimization problem, which after all is the optimal controller design of a feedback system. Finally, numerical examples are performed to verify the effectiveness of the design. The results illustrate that the pitch motion of the semisubmersible can be remarkably reduced by the designed suspensions.
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Optimum Design of a Passive Suspension System of a Semisubmersible for Pitching Reduction
Hongzhong Zhu,
Hongzhong Zhu
Research and Education Center for
Advanced Energy Materials,
Devices, and Systems,
Kyushu University,
Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
e-mail: zhuhongzhong@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Advanced Energy Materials,
Devices, and Systems,
Kyushu University,
Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
e-mail: zhuhongzhong@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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Changhong Hu,
Changhong Hu
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics,
Kyushu University,
Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
e-mail: hu@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Kyushu University,
Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
e-mail: hu@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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Yingyi Liu
Yingyi Liu
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics,
Kyushu University,
Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
e-mail: liuyingyi@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Kyushu University,
Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
e-mail: liuyingyi@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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Hongzhong Zhu
Research and Education Center for
Advanced Energy Materials,
Devices, and Systems,
Kyushu University,
Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
e-mail: zhuhongzhong@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Advanced Energy Materials,
Devices, and Systems,
Kyushu University,
Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
e-mail: zhuhongzhong@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Changhong Hu
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics,
Kyushu University,
Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
e-mail: hu@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Kyushu University,
Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
e-mail: hu@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Yingyi Liu
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics,
Kyushu University,
Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
e-mail: liuyingyi@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Kyushu University,
Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
e-mail: liuyingyi@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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Contributed by the Dynamic Systems Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS, MEASUREMENT, AND CONTROL. Manuscript received January 22, 2016; final manuscript received June 13, 2016; published online August 11, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Evangelos Papadopoulos.
J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. Dec 2016, 138(12): 121003 (8 pages)
Published Online: August 11, 2016
Article history
Received:
January 22, 2016
Revised:
June 13, 2016
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Zhu, H., Hu, C., and Liu, Y. (August 11, 2016). "Optimum Design of a Passive Suspension System of a Semisubmersible for Pitching Reduction." ASME. J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. December 2016; 138(12): 121003. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4033948
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