Hydrodynamic analysis of tension leg platform for offshore floating wind turbine

Offshore wind energy is emerging source of energy in present days due to several prominent advantages over onshore setup, like wind speeds of 25-40% more than onshore which yields to 50-60% more power generation, offshore winds are less turbulent there by reducing wear and tear on turbine and moreover in some countries due to lack of land and increase in population it is difficult to setup wind turbines onshore so offshore sites are chosen to generate efficient power and serve the needs of people.;Hydrodynamic analysis are made on the floating structure called Tension Leg Platform (TLP). Tension leg platform is a buoyant platform which consists of a hull and legs of specific dimensions and tethers are connected to the legs of platform where the tethers are moored to sea bed. A downward force is controlled by tensioned vertical tethers which are anchored. In TLP heave, roll and pitch motions are suppressed but surge, sway and yaw motions are the degrees of freedom where the analysis are made and RAOs are plotted for all the 6 degrees of freedom. From this thesis we will be deriving hydrostatics and hydrodynamic parameters in simplified approach to solve problems on offshore floating wind turbine.