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A Comparison of Two and Three Bladed Floating Wind Turbines
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Andersen, Brett
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1271883552
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Year and Degree
2010, Master of Science, University of Toledo, Mechanical Engineering.
Abstract
A possible solution to the limitations of current offshore wind technology would be the utilization of a floating platform. Floating platforms are not a new idea, as the oil and gas industries have been constructing and using floating platforms for a number of years. Two bladed wind turbines offer the following advantages over three bladed in a floating environment: cost savings of one blade, lower weight further reduces system costs, easier rotor lift and assembly, and greater rotor speeds reduce drivetrain stress. Additionally, two blade rotors usually feature flexible blades or a teetered hub with a pivot point. This is especially important for floating wind turbines because the teeter pin effectively decouples the motion of the rotor plane from the tower motion, reducing damaging cyclic bending moments in the drive train.
Committee
Dr. Abdollah Aliakbarkhan Afjeh, Dr (Advisor)
Duane Hixon, Dr (Other)
Efstratios Nikolaidis, Dr. (Other)
Larry Viterna, Dr. (Other)
Pages
146 p.
Subject Headings
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords
wind power floating turbines offshore
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Andersen, B. (2010).
A Comparison of Two and Three Bladed Floating Wind Turbines
[Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1271883552
APA Style (7th edition)
Andersen, Brett.
A Comparison of Two and Three Bladed Floating Wind Turbines.
2010. University of Toledo, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1271883552.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Andersen, Brett. "A Comparison of Two and Three Bladed Floating Wind Turbines." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1271883552
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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