Wind tunnel investigation on the recovery and dynamics of the wake of a floating offshore wind turbine subjected to low inflow turbulence

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Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) operate in various turbulent conditions, including low turbulence intensity situations ( TI ∞ ≤ 5%). In this paper, we investigate experimentally the wake of a model floating wind turbine subjected to inflow turbulence up to TI ∞ ≈ 3%. We consider idealised surge platform motion and analyse wake measurements at different downstream positions x ∈ [4 D , 8 D ]. The results show that rotor movements enhance wake recovery compared to the fixed wind turbine, especially for TI ∞ ≤ 2%. The recovery of the moving wind turbine wake is progressively less affected by motion with increasing TI ∞ . Both amplitude and frequency of motion are key parameters that drive wake recovery and dynamics. We found in the wake large coherent structures induced by the platform movements, which allow a faster transition to the far wake but may cause increased loading on downstream turbines.