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- Conference Paper:
Pawitan et al.
… The development of oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converter (WEC) has been very extensive in the last … experiment involves a small-scale physical model, pressure transducer, and wave gauges in the University of Edinburgh long wave flume facility. The results show that sloshing is more likely to occur in the …
- Journal Article:
Medina-Lopez et al.
… reduces and the flow phase alters with respect to the ideal gas case. Accurate prediction of efficiency is essential for the optimal design and management of OWC wave energy converters. … 10.1016/j.energy.2017.06.164 …
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Medina-Lopez et al.
… This paper presents a complete methodology for an integrated simulation of the influence of seabed morphology on the performance of Oscillating Water Column wave energy converters. Different wave characteristics are tested, …
- Journal Article:
Medina-Lopez et al.
… This paper presents a numerical model to analyse the effects of changes in the bedforms morphology on Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave energy devices. The … The seabed forms were reproduced with the morphodynamic model XBeach-G for a series of characteristic sea states in Playa Granada (southern Spain). These bedforms were used as input … bed geometries in FLUENT® and compared with a hypothetical flat seabed to analyse the effects of changes in bed level on the OWC performance. Results of the simulated sea states reveal the …
- Journal Article:
Krivtsov and Linfoot
… This paper describes the physical model testing of an array of wave energy devices undertaken in the NTNU(Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Trondheim basin between 8 and 20 October 2008 funded under …
- Journal Article:
Moñino et al.
… used in Oscillating Water Column (OWC) devices for wave energy conversion. The purpose of this paper is to simulate the performance of an OWC turbine through the implementation of an Actuator Disk Model (ADM) in Fluent®. A set of different regular wave tests are developed …
- Journal Article:
Moñino et al.
… energy from waves, the Oscillating Water Column (OWC) operating an air turbine has been one of the most studied in recent years. The aim of this paper is to study the polytropic exponent associated to the thermodynamic process that … turbine in a non-idealised environment. A real gas model is applied, considering the influence of the moisture in the air chamber. Experimental data from a simplified OWC chamber set up under …
- Journal Article:
Draycott et al.
… a coupled techno–macro-economic model, which is used to assess the macro-economic benefit of installing a 5.25 MW farm of oscillating water column wave energy devices at two locations: Orkney in Scotland and Leixoes … in Portugal. Through an input-output analysis, the wide-reaching macro-economic benefit of the prospective projects is highlighted; evidenced by the finding that all 29 industry sectors …
- Conference Paper:
Mueller et al.
… power take-off and the type used depends upon the wave energy device. A brief description of the different power take offs is provided to show how conventional rotary generators are used … and disadvantages are highlighted in the paper. Direct drive systems can overcome some of the disadvantages, but there are additional engineering challenges to overcome, in particular … size and mass. Current and more novel direct machine topologies are discussed in the context of these challenges. … 21723 …
- Conference Paper:
Vertechy et al.
… ave energy harvesting is one of the most promising applications for Dielectric Elastomer Generators. A simple and interesting concept of a Wave Energy Converter based on Dielectric Elastomers is the Polymeric Oscillating Water Column (Poly-OWC). In this paper, preliminary experimental results on the assessment of a small-scale Poly-OWC prototype are presented. The scale of the considered prototype is 1:50. …
- Journal Article:
Dimakopoulos et al.
… is considered and both the thermodynamic and potential flow equations are linearised. Analysis of the linearised system of equations reveals a nondimensional coefficient which we name “compression number”. The flow potential is decomposed into scattering and radiation components, using an analogue of spring-dashpot response and taking into account the additional effects of air compressibility …
- Journal Article:
Moretti et al.
… This paper presents a summary of recent progress towards the development and upscaling of an emerging class of electrostatic power take-off (PTO) systems for wave energy converters (WECs), called …
- Journal Article:
Pawitan et al.
… Wave energy is one of the most promising marine energy resources in terms of the scale of the resource, but there remains little technology convergence and costs remain at …
- Journal Article:
Viviano et al.
… and loading on a generalised Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave energy converter by means of large scale (approximately 1:5–1:9) experiments in the Grosse Wellenkanal (GWK), in which variation of both still water depth and orifice (PTO) dimension are investigated under random waves. The … methodology, reflection analyses and loadings acting on the OWC are reported. On the basis of wave reflection analysis, the optimum orifice is defined as that restriction which causes the …
- Conference Paper:
Allsop et al.
… Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave energy converter. The tests (at approximately 1:5 to 1:9 of full scale) measured wave loads, water column movements, air pressures and air flows through a number of orifices simulating turbine losses, including full closure. The tests will provide unique …
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Quevedo et al.
… - which have been designed to show the synergies and compatibilities among the platform uses of Transport, Energy, Aquaculture and Leisure - are presented. … …
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