TY - JOUR
TI - Exergy assessment and sustainability of a simple off-shore oscillating water column device
AU - Molina-Salas, A
AU - Quirós, C
AU - Gigant, P
AU - Huertas-Fernandez, F
AU - Clavero, M
AU - Moñino, A
T2 - Energy
AB - This paper present a research on the performance efficiency and sustainability of an Oscillating Water Column (OWC) simple off-shore device, accounting for the influence of governing thermodynamic variables (moisture, temperature, pressure) in the compression/expansion polytropic process. The work proposes a simple off-shore OWC experimental set up as the basis of the study. The analysis takes into consideration both gas subsystems inside and outside the OWC, to achieve a better understanding of the conservative nature of entropy system variable, the net exchange balance, the effects on efficiency and exergy destruction, and the interpretation of the OWC as a thermodynamic engine. Results show that, within the context of the set up, moderate wave climate conditions contribute to a better efficiency of the device in terms of output power, providing with a low impact on exergy destruction and high sustainability in terms of renewability index.
DA - 2023/02//
PY - 2023
VL - 264
SP - 15
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544222030286
DO - 10.1016/j.energy.2022.126142
LA - English
KW - Wave
KW - Oscillating Water Column
KW - Modeling
KW - Power Take Off
ER -