Semi-Submersible Design Methodology

For details of the code implementation, please see the Semi-Submersible Design API documentation.

Overview

The semi-submersible design module in ORBIT is based on previous modeling efforts undertaken by NLR, Maness et al. [MMS17]. The technical documentation for this tool can be found here.

References

[MMS17]

Michael Maness, Benjamin Maples, and Aaron Smith. Nrel offshore balance-of-system model. National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), 2017. URL: https://www.nlr.gov/docs/fy17osti/66874.pdf, doi:10.2172/1339522.