Table 1 Six-Floater platform particulars, including OWCs. The platform is ballasted to keep a depth of 17 m, in any OWC operation condition.

From: Design and stability analysis of a new six-floater oscillating water column-based floating offshore wind turbine platform

Dimension/particulars

Data

Platform; length, beam, depth

62 m, 55 m, 17 m

Floater diameter

10 m

Distance between floaters’ centers

26 m

Draft (full load)

17 m

Displacement six-floater, with no OWC in operation

6511 \({m}^{3}\)

Displacement six-floater, with six OWCs in operation

5461 \({m}^{3}\)

Capture Chamber width

5 m

Vertical center of gravity (VCG)

− 9.0 m

Radii of gyration, X axis (Roll)

20.93 m

Radii of gyration, Y axis (Pitch)

20.92 m

Radii of gyration, Z axis (Yaw)

26.35 m

Water depth

150 m

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