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TY - JOUR
T1 - Numerical investigation on mooring line configurations of a Paired Column Semisubmersible for its global performance in deep water condition
AU - Amaechi, Chiemela Victor
AU - Odijie, Agbomerie Charles
AU - Wang, Facheng
AU - Ye, Jianqiao
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Ocena Engineering. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Ocean Engineering, 403, 110572, 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.110572
PY - 2022/4/15
Y1 - 2022/4/15
N2 - The advances observed in the offshore-renewable industry include the recentdevelopment of a deep draft paired column semisubmersible platform developed for application on dry trees in Gulf of Mexico (GoM). These developments led to the recent innovation of the Paired Colum Semisubmersible by Jun Zou of Houston Offshore Engineering. This paper presents a detailed investigation on the mooring line analysis for two different configurations on the hull of a Paired Column Semisubmersible (PCSemi). The numerical research of the PCSemi platform coupled with mooring lines was conducted, and the model was validated. Two different mooring configurations were investigated: Chain-Polyester-Chain (CPC) and Polyester-Polyester (PP) configurations, with dynamic coupling in frequency domain (FD) and time domain (TD) using ANSYS AQWA and Orcaflex. A comparative study of the mooring lines is also investigated in 2,438m water depth at GoM, using 16 mooring lines with catenary mooring design. Results of this study gives the natural period of floating PCSemi’s heave motion ranged from 21s to 22s. Also, the effect of a damaged mooring line increased the tension in other mooring lines. Lastly, the CPC configuration has a smaller amplitude for wave-frequency platform motions compared to the PP mooringconfiguration from the depicted PCSemi global performance.
AB - The advances observed in the offshore-renewable industry include the recentdevelopment of a deep draft paired column semisubmersible platform developed for application on dry trees in Gulf of Mexico (GoM). These developments led to the recent innovation of the Paired Colum Semisubmersible by Jun Zou of Houston Offshore Engineering. This paper presents a detailed investigation on the mooring line analysis for two different configurations on the hull of a Paired Column Semisubmersible (PCSemi). The numerical research of the PCSemi platform coupled with mooring lines was conducted, and the model was validated. Two different mooring configurations were investigated: Chain-Polyester-Chain (CPC) and Polyester-Polyester (PP) configurations, with dynamic coupling in frequency domain (FD) and time domain (TD) using ANSYS AQWA and Orcaflex. A comparative study of the mooring lines is also investigated in 2,438m water depth at GoM, using 16 mooring lines with catenary mooring design. Results of this study gives the natural period of floating PCSemi’s heave motion ranged from 21s to 22s. Also, the effect of a damaged mooring line increased the tension in other mooring lines. Lastly, the CPC configuration has a smaller amplitude for wave-frequency platform motions compared to the PP mooringconfiguration from the depicted PCSemi global performance.
KW - Paired column semisubmersible (PCSemi)
KW - Catenary mooring system
KW - Hydrodynamics
KW - Mooring lines
KW - Offshore platform
KW - Semisubmersible global performance
U2 - 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.110572
DO - 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.110572
M3 - Journal article
VL - 250
JO - Ocean Engineering
JF - Ocean Engineering
SN - 0029-8018
M1 - 110572
ER -