SPM Wind-Wave Aquaculture Vessel

Deep-sea aquaculture with wind power

A vessel integrating turret mooring and a wave energy point absorber for hybrid wind-wave power and motion suppression in deep-sea aquaculture.

Chen, Mingsheng · Wei, Huang · Hanyu, Liu · Hallak, Thiago S. · Shi, Liu · Yang, Yi · Tao, Tao · Jiang, Yichen

Ocean Engineering 2025

Advantages

Validated under 50-year and 100-year return period extreme conditions in Northern Bohai Sea

Point absorber suppresses vessel heave and pitch motions at energetic wave periods

Fifteen environmental conditions including steady/turbulent winds and regular/irregular waves considered