Simulations of a moored power cable at OBSEA platform

Author

Prat-Farran, Joana A. ; Massana, Immaculada ; del-Rio-Fernandez, Joaquin

Author_Institution

Dept. de Mat. Aplic. 4, Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain

fYear

2013

fDate

10-14 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

New green energy sources deployed at sea in mobile platforms use power cables in order to transport green energy at sea surface to the bottom. Theses power cables are exposed to the dynamic behaviour of the platform movements due to waves, currents and wind. OBSEA is a seafloor cabled observatory at 20 m depth in front of Vilanova, in Catalan coast. OBSEA captures data in real time like current, waves and wind among others. In this paper, a model of a moored power cable installed at OBSEA is studied. The study is focused on the trajectory, tensions and deformation or curvature of cables about 0.1 m diameter and under real conditions collected from OBSEA sensors. Simulations are done with OrcaFlex 9.3 software (license N1594). This software allows to model underwater structures and cables.

Keywords

offshore installations; power cables; sensors; Catalan coast; OBSEA platform; OrcaFlex 9.3 software; Vilanova; deformation; energy sources; license N1594; mobile platforms; moored power cable; seafloor; transport green energy; underwater structures model; Data models; Observatories; Optical fiber cables; Power cables; Trajectory; Underwater cables; Wind; Data Acquisition; Model; OBSEA; Power Cable; Sea Mooring; Simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS - Bergen, 2013 MTS/IEEE

Conference_Location

Bergen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0000-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS-Bergen.2013.6607941

Filename

6607941