Project

Integrated Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics platform for modelling marine renewable energy technologies and moored floating structures validated using experimental modelling.

Code

01D31122

Duration

01 October 2022 → 31 October 2023

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Peter Troch

Fellow

Laurens Cromheeke

Research disciplines

Engineering and technology
- Hydraulic structures
- Coastal and estuarine hydraulics
- Renewable power and energy systems engineering
- Hydrodynamics
- Marine arrangements, structure and construction

Keywords

Marine renewable energy Numerical modelling of floating, moored structures Hydrodynamics

Project description

Objective is development of a non-linear numerical platform to deal with complex geometries and motions of Marine Renewable Technologies (MRT) under operational and extreme sea-states including mooring lines, PTO system and global control strategy. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) methods are employed, validated using pioneering experimental data to cover knowledge gaps in MRT to achieve a mature offshore renewable energy sector.