For the first time, we have simultaneously emulated wind, wave and current loading on a floating wind platform in MaREI
For the first time, we have simultaneously emulated wind, wave and current loading on a floating wind platform in MaREI during experimental testing for the PhD project of Aldert Otter
This new publication on MaREI research performed in Lir, the National Ocean Test Facility defines a robust validation metric and calibration method for Multi-Degree-of-Freedom actuators (i.e. modified drones) used for wind emulation on floating wind turbines at laboratory scale.
This study is published in the proceedings of Torque 2020, the European Academy of Wind Energy’s main scientific conference, and is part of Ollie’s SFI funded PhD Fellowship.