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Design of Renewable Energy Devices

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ALS – Accidental limit states; DLC – Design load cases; FLS – Fatigue limit states; LS – Limit states; PSF – Partial safety factors; SLS – Serviceability limit states; ULS – Ultimate limit states

Definition

Design is the creation and specification of a structure that fulfills the requirements of functionality, serviceability, and survivability during its lifetime.

Introduction

Renewable energy devices exist in various forms. Wind turbines, wave energy converters, tidal turbines, and photovoltaic systems are typical devices that convert energy, respectively, from wind, wave, tidal, and solar resources into electrical power.

Figure 1(left) shows an offshore wind turbine which is composed of blades, nacelle, drivetrain, control systems, support structures, and so forth. During operation, the cyclic revolutions of the rotor are driven by the aerodynamic, gravitational, and inertial loads on the blades. The kinetic energy is further transferred to the electrical generator through...

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  1. Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway

    Zhiyu Jiang

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  1. Hadal Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Weicheng Cui

  2. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Shixiao Fu

  3. School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK

    Zhiqiang Hu

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  1. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Zhen Gao

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Jiang, Z. (2020). Design of Renewable Energy Devices. In: Cui, W., Fu, S., Hu, Z. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_198-1

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