Design and sea trial application of large floating buoy system for far-reaching sea
The floating LIDAR wind measuring device has great application prospects in the assessment of offshore wind resources development projects due to its advantages such as low construction cost,easy installation and re-use.In this study,a large buoy suitable for the deep ocean was designed based on the modification of the existing buoy structure,because the traditional buoy system has the poor attitude stability and low reliability.To verify the feasibility of the design,the sea trial application of the floating LIDAR wind measuring device at Fangchenggang test site was carried out,through the synchronous comparison analysis of the test data from the meteorological wind measuring and the floating LIDAR wind measuring.The results show that the test results of the floating LIDAR wind measuring device and the meteorological wind measuring tower are highly consistent.The average wind speed correlation coefficient and slope are 0.985 and 1.002,respectively,and the average wind direction correlation co-efficient and slope are 0.981 and 0.972,respectively,which could meet the application requirements in marine environment.The results can provide a reference for the buoy design of floating LIDAR wind measuring.