TY - JOUR
TI - Numerical simulation of a simple OWC problem for turbine performance
AU - Moñino, A
AU - Medina-Lopez, E
AU - Clavero, M
AU - Benslimane, S
T2 - International Journal of Marine Energy
AB - Air turbines are commonly 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 in a 2D numerical wave flume. The model is tested using the information analysed from experimental tests on a Wells type turbine, carried out in wind tunnel. Linear response is achieved in terms of pressure drop and air flow in all cases, proving effectively the actuator disk model applicability to OWC devices.
DA - 2017/12//
PY - 2017
VL - 20
SP - 17
EP - 32
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214166917300929
DO - 10.1016/j.ijome.2017.11.004
LA - English
KW - Wave
KW - Oscillating Water Column
KW - Lab Data
KW - Modeling
KW - Scale Device
KW - Instrumentation
KW - Performance
KW - Power Take Off
ER -