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Response Characteristics of Flexible Risers in Offshore Compressed Air Energy Storage Systems

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With the rapid development of marine renewable energy technologies, the demand to mitigate the fluctuation of variable generators with energy storage technologies continues to increase. Offshore compressed air energy storage (OCAES) is a novel flexible-scale energy storage technology that is suitable for marine renewable energy storage in coastal cities, islands, offshore platforms, and offshore renewable energy farms. For deep-water applications, a marine riser is necessary for connecting floating platforms and subsea systems. Thus, the response characteristics of marine risers are of great importance for the stability and safety of the entire OCAES system. In this study, numerical models of two kinds of flexible risers, namely, catenary riser and lazy wave riser, are established in OrcaFlex software. The static and dynamic characteristics of the catenary and the lazy wave risers are analyzed under different environment conditions and internal pressure levels. A sensitivity analysis of the main parameters affecting the lazy wave riser is also conducted. Results show that the structure of the lazy wave riser is more complex than the catenary riser; nevertheless, the former presents better response performance.

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This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (grant numbers 3132016353, 3132019117, 3132019122) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

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  1. Institute of Ship Electromechanical Equipment, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, 116026, China

    Bo Hu, Zhiwen Wang, Hongwang Du, Wei Xiong & Zuwen Wang

  2. Turbulence and Energy Laboratory, Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada

    Zhiwen Wang, Rupp Carriveau & David S. K. Ting

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• The response characteristics of gas conveying risers in an offshore compressed air energy storage system are analyzed for the first time.

• The response characteristics of flexible riser under different environmental conditions and internal gas pressure are analyzed in OrcaFlex.

• The lazy wave riser presents better response performance when compared with catenary riser under the same environmental conditions.

• The effective tension and bending curvature of lazy wave riser are sensitive to position, length, and size of the buoyancy module.

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Hu, B., Wang, Z., Du, H. et al. Response Characteristics of Flexible Risers in Offshore Compressed Air Energy Storage Systems. J. Marine. Sci. Appl. 18, 353–365 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11804-019-00094-6

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