OUR MISSION
Prof. Ma's lab at NTU is a world-class research facility working to advance technology related to hull, mooring, anchor, and cable for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT). Our team also provides expert consultancy to operators, developers, and manufacturers in the renewable and oil & gas industries. Looking forward to collaborating with you!
OUR RESEARCH
Structure Analysis
The foundation of an offshore wind turbine is a floating platform. These immense structures are designed similarly to Oil and Gas platforms and analysed with the use of shipbuilding methods. We use FEM and other means to make sure structures are not only durable, but optimal and economical.
Anchors
Torpedo anchors are an interesting new development in FOWT industry. An offshore platform anchor is quite different from one of a ship. It is installed in a different manner and may stay in place as long as decades. Therefore it is paramount that it holds the platform firmly in place.
Mooring Analysis
A FOWT operates in a special allocated region and stays put in place. It is of utmost importance to make sure that it does not collide with other platforms, that it does not capsize and even that its inclination does not exceed an allowable angle. All that is achieved by a proper mooring system design.
TEAM
Dr. Kai-Tung Ma
Professor (Yushan Fellow)
馬開東
Chevron (retired)
Taipei, Taiwan/ Houston, U.S.A
Kai-Hung Chen
Alumni
陳愷鴻
Boskalis / Master degree at TU Delft
Yi-Chung Huang
Alumni
黃奕忠
Dr. Jer-fang Wu
Consultant
吳哲芳
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) (retired)
Houston, U.S.A
Chi-Ang Chen
Alumni
陳其昂
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
Hung-Chun Chang
張宏駿
Taipei, Taiwan
Yu-Xiang Cheng
Alumni
鄭宇翔
Taipei, Taiwan
I-Jen Hsu
Alumni
徐一仁
Synera Renewable Energy
Igarashi Yuki
Alumni
五十嵐雪姬
PUBLICATIONS
1. A Study on Offshore Anchor Selection with a Focus on Torpedo Anchor Stability and Performance.
Hung-Chun Chang, Amir Noorizadegan, Yi-Hsiu Liu, Kai-Tung Ma (September, 2024)
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. (JMSE)
2. Optimal Mooring Pattern for a Semi-Submersible FOWT in a Typhoon Environment
Glib Ivanov, Yong-Yan Wu, Donghui Chen, Zhao-Yu Lai, Jui-Chen Chen, NiKolai Gladkov, Kai-Tung Ma
(August, 2024)
Paper presented at International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Melbourne, Australia. (OMAE 2024)
3. Mooring Anchor Radius and Spread-Angle Optimization for a 2 MW Semi-Submersible Floating Wind Turbine in Taiwan Strait
Zhao-Yu Lai, Yong-Yan Wu, Donghui Chen, Jui-Chen Chen, Kai-Tung Ma (August, 2024)
Paper presented at International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Melbourne, Australia. (OMAE 2024)
4. Design Considerations on Semi-Submersible Columns, Bracings and Pontoons for Floating Wind.
Glib Ivanov, I-Jen Hsu, Kai-Tung Ma (August, 2023).
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. (JMSE)
5. Overview of FOWT Demo Projects Cost and Analyses of Hull Design Features.
Glib Ivanov, I-Jen Hsu, Kai-Tung Ma (August, 2023).
Paper presented at World Conference on Floating Solutions, Tokyo, Japan. (WCFS 2023)
6. Design of Mooring System for a 15MW Semi-Submersible, TaidaFloat, in Taiwan Strait.
Chi-Ang Chen, Kai-Hung Chen, Yuki Igarashi, Donghui Chen, Kai-Tung Ma, Zhao-Yu Lai (June, 2023).
Paper presented at International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Melbourne, Australia. (OMAE 2023)
7. Design Considerations on Semi-Submersible Columns and Pontoons for Floating Wind.
Glib Ivanov, I-Jen Hsu, Kai-Tung Ma (June, 2023).
Paper presented at International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Melbourne, Australia. (OMAE 2023)
8. Optimization of Semi-Submersible Hull Design for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.
I-Jen Hsu, Glib Ivanov, Kai-Tung Ma, Zheng-Zhang Huang, Hua-Tung Wu, Yun-Tzu Huang, Mike Chou
(June, 2022).
Paper presented at International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Hamburg, Germany. (OMAE 2022)
9. 浮動式風機「臺大浮臺」之設計與技術開發。 "The Best Paper Award"
吳冠逸,雲在天,馬開東,徐一仁,馬開東,江茂雄(2023年12月)
「2023臺灣風能學術研討會」發表之論文，台灣，台北。
10. 重力式安裝錨在臺灣海峽的可行性評估。
張宏駿,劉怡秀,林俊宏,馬開東,葛宇甯(2023年12月)
「2023臺灣風能學術研討會」發表之論文，台灣，台北。
11. 台灣離岸風電之前景與半潛式浮臺之發展。
張宏駿, 馬開東, 王詮文, 劉潔, 蕭伊珊, 吳浩平, 徐一仁, 雲在天, 江茂雄（2022 年12 月）。
「2022 臺灣風能學術研討會」發表之論文，台灣，台北。
12. 台灣西部海域應用重力式安裝錨錨碇之可行性初探。
顏振庭, 林俊宏, 張宏駿, 葛宇甯, 馬開東, 黃奕忠, Ming Yang, 葉馥瑄, Leopoldo Bello（2022 年 8 月）。
「第19屆大地工程研討會」發表之論文，台灣，台北。
13. 浮式風機之半潛式浮臺結構初設計優化。
徐一仁, 雲在天, 馬開東, 黃政彰, 吳華桐, 黃韻慈, 周志明（2022年 6月）。
「中國造船暨輪機工程研討會」發表之論文，台灣，基隆，國立海洋大學。
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