TY - GEN
T1 - Station keeping study for WEC devices including compliant chain, compliant hybrid and taut arrangement
AU - Johanning, Lars
AU - Smith, George H.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper presents results from the third phase of large scale mooring investigation at the Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland, for wave energy applications. It considers the suitability of three slack mooring line configurations, namely, i) compliant chain, ii) complaint hybrid and iii) taut fibre rope arrangement. This investigation is extended with a numerical study analysing the station keeping criteria for the three slack line configurations and that of a taut system for wave energy converter installations. The results are used to discuss the suitability of the individual mooring line configurations and that of the taut arrangement. This paper is partially to provoke a discussion on the advantages of a taut mooring system and raise the issues that need to be solved if they are to be practicable.
AB - This paper presents results from the third phase of large scale mooring investigation at the Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland, for wave energy applications. It considers the suitability of three slack mooring line configurations, namely, i) compliant chain, ii) complaint hybrid and iii) taut fibre rope arrangement. This investigation is extended with a numerical study analysing the station keeping criteria for the three slack line configurations and that of a taut system for wave energy converter installations. The results are used to discuss the suitability of the individual mooring line configurations and that of the taut arrangement. This paper is partially to provoke a discussion on the advantages of a taut mooring system and raise the issues that need to be solved if they are to be practicable.
KW - Chain
KW - Hybrid and s-shape mooring line configuration
KW - Slack and taut arrangements
KW - WEC station keeping arrangement
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U2 - 10.1115/OMAE2008-57184
DO - 10.1115/OMAE2008-57184
M3 - Conference proceedings published in a book
AN - SCOPUS:77956410072
SN - 9780791848234
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE
SP - 587
EP - 596
BT - 2008 Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2008
T2 - 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2008
Y2 - 9 June 2008 through 13 June 2008
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