MarIn toolbox

Last updated on Apr 5, 2021

MarIn (Marine Installation) toolbox is an open-source modularized blade installation simulation toolbox for the purpose of control design in MATLAB/Simulink. Cooperating with MSS toolbox, MarIn can simulate all sorts of offshore operations. [Download]

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Overview of MarIn toolbox

The full-version toolbox with turbulence wind box can be download at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g7jxpmyrmy0pkme/Marin_blade_v1_0.zip?dl=0.

Key Features:

  • MATLAB/Simulink interface;
  • Open-source & object-oriented toolbox;
  • Developed for the purpose of control design;
  • Compatible with MSS toolboxes;
  • Floating and fixed installation vessels;
  • Turbulent wind field;
  • Aerodynamic coefficients from HAWC2/FAST;
  • Components: wire, hook, blade, crane, wind field, etc;
  • Code-to-code verification.
  • Used in NTNU and a few universities

MarIn toolbox has been applied in several scenarios regarding offshore wind turbine installation.

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The application to single blade installation
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The application to OWT preassembly installation using an active heave compensator
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The application to OWT preassembly installation using an low-height lifting system

Please include the following reference when you use the MarIn toolbox:

Zhengru Ren, Zhiyu Jiang, Roger Skjetne, Zhen Gao (2018). Development and application of a simulator for Offshore Wind Turbine Blades Installation. Ocean Engineering, 166:380-395

If you need these functions right now, please contact with renzhengru@gmail.com.

Zhengru Ren 任政儒
Zhengru Ren 任政儒
Assistant professor