FACILITIES

Ocean Engineering Basin

The ocean engineering basin can simulate various ocean environment conditions such as wind, wave and current. Its main dimensions are 50m×30m×6m and equipped with the instruments for the test for the vessels and platforms in various sea environments. The water depth can be adjusted in 0-5m in basin. The basin is used for research on performance of offshore structures (FPSO, CALM, YOKE, Wind turbine, Wave energy and new concept equipment, etc.), dynamic positioning tests.

Equipped with:

Wave generator: A dual-flap wave maker. Long-crested regular or irregular wave can be simulated. The maximum wave height is 0.5m.

Current generator: A high-pressure current generating system can generate uniform current in whole basin with a maximum velocity of 0.2m/s. The direction between current and direction can vary between 0-90°. A local current generating system is also equipped for higher velocity.

Wind generator: A movable wind generator for generation of constant wind or wind spectrum in any direction. A wind system with higher wind profile (4m×4m) is equipped for the wind turbine test.

Carriage system: A X-Y carriage crossing the whole basin.

Instrumentation

Non-contact six degrees of freedom motion meters, covering whole basin.

Wave probes, doppler flow velocity meter and hot wire anemometer

Various types testing instruments: mooring load, pressure and acceleration sensors etc.

Thrusters for dynamic positioning systems

Ocean Engineering Basin

Ocean Engineering Water Tank (1)

Ocean Engineering Water Tank (2)