FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND POWER GENERATION EQUIPMENT AND DETECTION METHOD FOR BREAKING OF MOORING CABLE OF FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND POWER GENERATION EQUIPMENT

• Main Authors: YAMAMOTO YUKIO, KAKUYA HIROMU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 09.01.2020
• Subjects: BLASTING; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; WEAPONS; WIND MOTORS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS

To provide floating offshore wind power generation equipment and a detection method for breaking of a mooring cable of floating offshore wind power generation equipment each of which enables mooring cable breaking to be quickly detected.SOLUTION: Floating offshore wind power generation equipment 1 comprises: wind power generation equipment 2 having a rotor 5 with a blade 4 and rotating by receiving wind; and a nacelle 6 for housing a power generator 7 that generates electricity using the rotation energy of the rotor 5, wherein the wind power generation equipment 2 is installed on a floating body 15 disposed on water and moored by a mooring cable 16. The floating offshore wind power generation equipment further comprises; a state prediction part 102 predicting the state of the floating body 15 based on wind condition information, oceanic condition information, and the operational status of the wind power generation equipment 2; and a mooring cable breaking determination part 103 detecting the breaking of the mooring cable 16 based on the predicted state predicted by the state prediction part 102 and state information detected by a state detection part 9 installed on the floating offshore wind power generation equipment 1.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】係留索の破断を速やかに検出可能な浮体式洋上風力発電装置及び浮体式洋上風力発電装置の係留索破断検出方法を提供する。【解決手段】浮体式洋上風力発電装置１は、風を受けて回転するブレード４を有するロータ５、及びロータ５の回転エネルギーを用いて発電する発電機７を収容するナセル６を有する風力発電装置２を備え、風力発電装置２が水上に配置され、且つ係留索１６によって係留される浮体１５に設置される。風況情報、海況情報、及び風力発電装置２の稼働状況に基づき、浮体１５の状態を予測する状態予測部１０２、及び、状態予測部１０２により予測された予測状態と、浮体式洋上風力発電装置１に設置される状態検出部９により検出される状態情報とに基づき、係留索１６の破断を検出する係留索破断判断部１０３を備える。【選択図】 図２