Predicting currents at the "Gemini" wind farm

Title

Predicting currents at the "Gemini" wind farm: Analysis of Triaxys ADCP-data

 Author

Roest, Bart (TU Delft Civil Engineering & Geosciences; TU Delft Hydraulic Engineering)

Contributor

de Boer, G.J. (mentor)
de Schipper, M.A. (mentor) ORCID 0000-0002-3512-6039

 Degree granting institution

Delft University of Technology

 Programme

Civil Engineering | Environmental Engineering

 Date

2015-11-10

 Abstract

Van Oord is currently building the Gemini Wind farm in the North Sea. It is located 80km North of Schiermonnikoog. Before execution started some wave and current analysing buoys have been deployed to investigate the currents on the location of the wind farm for workability and insurance purposes. In this report the ADCP-current data will be analysed.
The major finding is that maximum tidal currents do not occur in winter but in summer, since the tidal currents are influenced more by stratification than by wind influences.

This report has been written as part of my internship at Van Oord DMC, in Rotterdam.

 Subject

Tidal currents
Tidal analysis
ADCP
Gemini
Density driven currents
North Sea

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 Coordinates

54.0403, 5.8850

 Part of collection

Student theses

 Document type

student report

 Rights

© 2015 Bart Roest
Files
PDF gemini.pdf 8.22 MB
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