船用三轴燃气轮机气路故障建模与聚类诊断技术

船用燃气轮机运行在高速、高湿和高盐的工作环境中时,其气路部件在运行过程中发生故障的可能性增大,开展典型气路故障诊断技术研究有助于提升船用燃气轮机运行的可靠性和安全性。通过分析船用燃气轮机积垢、压气机叶顶间隙增大、叶片磨损、机械损伤、涡轮热腐蚀和燃烧室故障等典型气路故障的机理,给出9种典型气路故障时性能参数相对变化的经验判据。采用小偏差建模方法,建立船用三轴燃气轮机气路故障仿真模型,基于经验判据对0.8工况下船用三轴燃气轮机典型气路故障进行模拟,仿真得到9种典型故障下测量参数的相对变化。提出基于聚类分析的船用燃气轮机气路故障诊断方法,并以9种典型气路故障仿真结果为例,验证了该诊断方法的可行性。     

风浪流成长全过程单点系泊FPS O运动低频响应极值研究

为了探求风浪流成长全过程对应的单点系泊FPSO低频响应极值,应用三维势流理论及非线性时域耦合分析方法,研究了单点系泊FPSO低频运动响应与风浪流入射角度之间的关系,得出了给定风浪流大小前提下最危险的入射角度,计算了风浪流载荷在发展、顶峰、消亡各不同阶段对应的船体低频运动响应极值。结果表明：单点系泊FPSO低频响应与风浪流入射角度密切相关,且响应最大值可能并不出现在有义波高、风速、流速最大的顶峰时期,而可能出现在有义波高、风速、流速较小但风浪流入射角度呈强非线性的发展或消亡阶段。因此,在研究单点系泊FPSO的低频响应极值时,必须考虑风浪流成长过程中的发展和消亡阶段。文中考虑了易被忽略的风浪流成长过程中入射角度呈强非线性的发展和衰亡阶段,为单点系泊FPSO低频响应特性的分析提供了有益参考。     

风流主导因素下码头轴线方位优化

码头轴线方位角直接影响系泊船舶对码头结构作用的大小,从而影响结构设计要求,因此对码头轴线方位角进行优化分析十分必要。基于实际工程算例,提出风流环境荷载作用下码头最优方位角的确定方法即分层流要素确定法,并与设计中常用的垂线平均流向法、船舶吃水范围平均流向法进行比较分析。同时,研究船舶荷载的主导因素与流速及码头方位角之间的关系。结果表明：３种方法优化得到的最优方位角是有区别的,区别大小与流速分层要素分布关系密切,鉴于分层流要素法更能贴近实际流状态,对于大型开敞式码头结构,推荐采用分层流要素分析法综合确定码头轴线最优方位角。     

Experimental study of the state-of-the-art offshore system integrating a floating offshore wind turbine with a steel fish farming cage

An innovative offshore system integrating a floating offshore wind turbine with a steel fish farming cage (FOWT-SFFC) has recently been developed by the two leading authors for offshore wind and aquaculture industry. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the dynamic responses of FOWT-SFFC subjected to simultaneous wind and wave actions in the harsh South China Sea environment by a series of model tests. The tests are conducted at the Tsinghua Ocean Engineering Basin with Froude scale of 1:30. In this paper, the similarity law and setup of model tests are given first. Then a series of calibration tests and identification tests are carried out to validate the capacity of wind generator and wave maker, and to identify the vibration frequencies of tower, the stiffness of mooring system, natural periods and system damping, motion response amplitude operators (RAOs) of FOWT-SFFC, and thrust-speed performance of the turbine in wave basin. After that, seakeeping tests are implemented for random waves, followed by a sequence of load cases including normal operating and extreme conditions. Constant wind speeds and random wind speeds are respectively considered in load combinations. The experimental results affirm the excellent seakeeping and dynamic performance of FOWT-SFFC. Existence of metal fish nets increases the damping of foundation's 6 degree-of-freedoms motions. Generally, the influence of nets on the dynamic responses is insignificant in wind sea states.     

Permanent accumulated rotation of offshore wind turbine monopile due to typhoon-induced cyclic loading

In order to study the effect of typhoons on the accumulated deformation of monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines, a series of 1-g laboratory model tests with a geometrical scale of 1:100 were carried out. Through the horizontal static and cyclic loading tests of a stiff pile embedded in a medium dense sand deposit, the relationship between the accumulated rotation of the pile and the number of loading cycles under different loading conditions was obtained. The results show that the final accumulated rotation is mainly caused by the typhoon load series and is not affected by the loading sequence. Based on these results, a method is presented to predict the accumulated rotation of the monopile foundation during its service life, and a case study of a 6 MW wind turbine supported by a monopile at a water depth of 30 m in sand is conducted by using the method. The results show that the permanent accumulated rotation of the monopile throughout the design life is mainly contributed by cyclic loading induced by typhoons and the contribution of cyclic loading with small amplitudes can be ignored.     

Estimation of natural frequencies and damping using dynamic field data from an offshore wind turbine

The dynamic characteristics of offshore wind turbines are heavily affected by environmental loads from wave and wind action and nonlinear soil behaviour. In the design of the monopile structures, the fatigue load due to wind and wave loading is one of the most important problems to consider. Since the fatigue damage is sensitive to the foundation stiffness and damping, increasing the accuracy of analysis tools used in the design and optimization process can improve the reliability of the structure and reduce conservatism, thereby leading to a more cost-efficient design. In this context, analysis of field data is important for calibrating and verifying purposes. This paper presents analysis of measured accelerations and strains from a wind farm in the North Sea with monopile foundations. Field data during idling conditions, collected over long periods of operation, are analysed and the natural frequencies are determined, and damping is estimated. The measured natural frequencies are compared to calculated values using an aero-servo-hydro-elastic code, showing a good agreement in the frequency range below 2 Hz. Variation of the natural frequencies with intensity of loading may indicate effect of soil nonlinearity on the overall OWT response. Since the first natural bending modes have the largest potential to mobilize soil reactions, they are of primary interest in this context. The effect of load (wave, wind and dynamic bending moment) on the first natural frequency is investigated using different analysis techniques in the frequency domain and time domain. A clear correlation between load level and first natural frequency is demonstrated. A simple nonlinear SSI model of the tower/soil system is employed to numerically investigate the observed changes in the measured first natural frequency with the level of loading and increased overall damping. The simulated results reproduce the general trends in the observed reduction in the first natural frequency and increased damping ratio with the load level. However, the effect of the load level is less than that observed in the measurements, indicating contribution also from other factors than soil nonlinearity.     

Active heave compensation of floating wind turbine installation using a catamaran construction vessel

The application of floating wind turbines is limited by the high cost that increases with the water depth. Offshore installation and maintenance continue to consume a high percentage of the project budget. To improve the installation efficiency of the floating offshore wind turbine, a novel concept is proposed by the SFI MOVE project. Several wind turbine superstructure components are preassembled onshore and carried to the installation site by a catamaran construction vessel. Each assembly can then be installed using only one lift, and the concept is less sensitive to weather conditions. In this paper, a control algorithm of the proposed hydraulic active heave compensator system is developed using singular perturbation theory to cancel the relative motion between the spar top and gripped preassembly bottom. Closed-loop stability is proven, and the simulation results show that the installation efficiency is improved with an increase in the acceptable weather conditions.     

船用燃气轮机动力装置技术特点研究及发展趋势展望

文章介绍了燃气轮机应用于船舶动力装置的技术特点与应用情况,重点阐述了其主要面临的技术问题,并对其未来技术发展趋势进行了展望。就目前而言,尽管我国船用燃气轮机的技术水平相比世界先进水平仍有一定的技术差距,但随着相关技术及制度的不断优化及完善,终将得以迎头赶上。     

Static and dynamic loading behavior of a hybrid foundation for offshore wind turbines

Considering the deficiencies of the traditional monopile foundation for offshore wind turbines (OWTs) in severe marine environments, an innovative hybrid foundation is developed in the present study. The hybrid foundation consists of a traditional monopile and a wide–shallow bucket. A series of numerical analyses are conducted to investigate its behavior under the static and dynamic loading, considering various loading eccentricities. A traditional monopile with the same steel volume is used as a benchmark. Although the monopile outperforms the hybrid foundation in terms of the ultimate moment capacity under each loading eccentricity, the latter can achieve superior or the same performance with nearly half of the pile length in the design loading range. Moreover, the horizontal load and moment are mainly resisted by the bucket and the single pile in the hybrid foundation respectively. The failure mechanism of both the hybrid foundation and the monopile is excessive rotation. In the rotation angle of 0.05 rad, the rotation center is located at the depth of approximately 0.6–0.75 times and 0.65–0.75 times the pile length for the hybrid foundation and the monopile respectively. The increasing loading eccentricities can lead to increasing moment bearing capacity, increasing initial stiffness and upward movement of the rotation center of the two foundations, while decreasing load sharing ratio of the single pile in the hybrid foundation. Three scenarios are considered in investigating the dynamic loading behavior of the hybrid foundation. Dynamic response results reveal that addition of the bucket to the foundation can restrain the rotation and lateral displacement effectively. The superiority of the hybrid foundation is more obvious under the combined wave and current loading.