Probabilistic Prediction of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Platform Motions via Uncertainty Quantification and Information Integration

Li, Na1; Zou, Guang1; Feng, Yu2,3; Ali, Liaqat1

2024-06-01

10.3390/jmse12060886

JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING   影响因子和分区

2077-1312

The accurate prediction of short-term platform motions in a real environment is crucial for the safe design, operation, and maintenance of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs). Numerical simulations of motions are typically associated with high uncertainties due to abstracted theoretical models, empirical parameters, initial environment parameters, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to integrate other sources of information associated with less uncertainty, e.g., monitoring data, for accurate predictions. In this paper, we propose a probabilistic prediction based on the Bayesian approach that logically integrates motion monitoring data with simulated motion predictions of FOWTs, considering uncertainties in the environment model, structural properties, motion prediction method, monitoring data, etc. The approach consists of constructing a prior probability density function (PDF) of a random variable (which characterizes the largest value of the initial motion response) via numerical simulations and a likelihood function based on platform motion monitoring data and deriving a posterior PDF of the random variable by Bayesian updating. Then, posterior distributions of short-term extreme motion responses are derived using the posterior PDF of the random variable, representing lower uncertainty and improved accuracy. A Metropolis-Hastings algorithm is adopted to obtain PDFs of complex probability distributions. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated on a real FOWT platform in Scotland. The proposed probabilistic prediction approach results in posterior distributions of short-term extreme platform motions associated with less uncertainty and higher accuracy, which is attributed to integrating prior knowledge with monitoring data.

floating offshore wind turbines monitoring Bayesian updating Metropolis-Hastings sampling extreme value distribution

SCI

英语

第一 ; 通讯

Engineering ; Oceanography

Engineering, Marine ; Engineering, Ocean ; Oceanography

WOS:001255830300001

MDPI

Web of Science

1.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Ocean Sci & Engn, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
2.Sun Yat sen Univ, Sch Civil Engn, Zhuhai 519082, Peoples R China
3.Norwegian Geotech Inst, Dept Offshore Energy, N-0484 Oslo, Norway

Li, Na,Zou, Guang,Feng, Yu,et al. Probabilistic Prediction of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Platform Motions via Uncertainty Quantification and Information Integration[J]. JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING,2024,12(6).

Li, Na,Zou, Guang,Feng, Yu,&Ali, Liaqat.(2024).Probabilistic Prediction of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Platform Motions via Uncertainty Quantification and Information Integration.JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING,12(6).

Li, Na,et al."Probabilistic Prediction of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Platform Motions via Uncertainty Quantification and Information Integration".JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 12.6(2024).