Journal
ENERGIES
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en13051036
Keywords
wave energy; sloped WEC; CECO; offshore structure; annual energy production; mooring system; spar; tension leg platform
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- FEDER through COMPETE 2020-Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizacao (POCI) [OPWEC-POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016882, PTDC/MAR-TEC/6984/2014]
- Portuguese national funds, through the FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, IP
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/MAR-TEC/6984/2014] Funding Source: FCT
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Offshore locations present significant amounts of wave energy and free sea space, which could facilitate the deployment of larger numbers of wave energy converters (WECs) in comparison with nearshore regions. The present study aims to find a suitable design for an offshore floating version of CECO, a sloped motion WEC. For this purpose, a new design methodology is proposed in this paper for identifying and assessing possible floating configurations of CECO, which consists of four distinct set-ups obtained by varying the type of main supporting structure and the mooring system. Two options are based on spar designs and the other two on tension leg platform (TLP) designs. Based on outcomes of time-domain numerical calculations, the aforementioned configurations were assessed in terms of annual wave energy conversion and magnitude of mooring loads. Results indicate that a TLP configuration with an innovative mooring solution could increase the annual energy production by 40% with respect to the fixed version of CECO. Besides, the mooring system is found to be a key component, influencing the overall system performance.
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