-- Wison New Energies社は、次世代型大型風力タービンへの移行を支援することを目的とした、新たな浮体式洋上風力発電プラットフォームの設計を発表したと、水曜日に明らかにした。 中国の海洋エンジニアリング会社である同社は、エンジニアが4本の柱を持つ半潜水式浮体式プラットフォームを開発し、北大西洋の運用条件下で従来の3本の柱を持つ設計と比較したと述べた。 この研究は、浮体式洋上風力発電開発企業が、16MWを超える次世代型タービンを支えられるプラットフォーム設計をますます求めるようになっている中で行われた。次世代型タービンは、過酷な海洋環境において、より高い安定性と耐性を必要とする。 「浮体式洋上風力発電が大型タービンへと移行するにつれ、プラットフォームの最適化には、構造力学、流体力学、およびそれらの連成応答の統合的な評価が必要となる」と、Wison Energies社の洋上風力部門ディレクターであるWeimin Chen氏は声明で述べた。 Chen氏は、この研究はシステムレベルのアプローチを反映しており、設計初期段階における包括的な評価の重要性を強調していると述べた。 浮体式洋上風力発電技術は、固定式タービンが設置できないより深い海域に洋上再生可能エネルギー発電を拡大するために不可欠なものと考えられている。
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