TY - CONF
TI - Experimental assessment of the effect of water depth on mooring line tensions for two different WEC mooring configurations under solitary waves
AU - Gallardo, A
AU - Tampier, G
AU - Winckler, P
AU - Ahumada, J
AU - Cifuentes, C
T2 - Pan American Marine Energy Conference (PAMEC 2024)
AB - A critical aspect to evaluate in wave energy projects is the capacity to survive extreme events. These events are mainly caused by weather conditions which expose devices to extreme sea states and non-linear loads such as breaking wave impacts. The extreme loads exerted on the devices, which are much higher than operational loads, place special demands on the mooring and Power take off (PTO) systems, increasing the possibility of damage and, therefore, generating higher repair costs. In the present work, an experimental approach is followed to evaluate loads exerted by solitary waves over two generic WEC models. Simulations were performed in the Wave and Towing Tank of Universidad Austral de Chile. View the Conference Paper here.View the Presentation Slides here.
DA - 2024/02//
PY - 2024
UR - https://pamec.energy/events/pamec2024/conference-program/
LA - English
KW - Wave
KW - Lab Data
KW - Mooring
KW - Survivability
ER -