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Oscillating Water Column

Hollow structure that uses wave action to compress air through a turbine.

Oscillating water column (OWC) devices use wave action to pressurize air in a chamber, forcing it through an air turbine. As water recedes from the chamber, the resulting vacuum pulls air back through the turbine and into the chamber. They can be located onshore or in deeper waters offshore. The turbine may be coupled to a rotary generator to produce electricity.

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Marine Energy Documents Related to Oscillating Water Column

Tethys Engineering is a knowledge hub that contains documents and resources about the technical aspects of marine energy development. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Engineering Knowledge Base associated with Oscillating Water Column.

Total: 833

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Code-to-Code Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Modelling Verification for Wave Energy Converters: WEC-Sim vs. NLFK4ALL Giorgi, G., Penalba, M., Gomes, R. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance
Impact of sloping porous seabed on the efficiency of an OWC against oblique waves Khan, M., Behera, H. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance
Semi-analytical study on the wave power extraction of a bottom-seated oscillating water column device with a pitching front lip-wall Wang, C., Zhang, Y., Deng, Z. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Hydrodynamic Investigation of a Novel Concept of Oscillating Water Column Type Wave Energy Converter Device Rezanejad, K., Guedes Soares, C. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics
Model testing of a floating wave energy converter with an internal U-shaped oscillating water column Silva, S., Gomes, R., Lopes, B. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling, Test Center, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Latching control of a raft-type wave energy converter with a hydraulic power take-off system Liu, C., Hu, M., Zhao, Z. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling Control, Materials, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural, Substructure
Uncertainty in Wave Basin Testing of a Fixed Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter Judge, F., Lyden, E., O'Shea, M. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance
Nonlinear hydrodynamic analysis of an offshore oscillating water column wave energy converter Zhou, Y., Ning, D., Liang, D. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Productivity analysis of different design for OWC nearshore in breakwater in Pantelleria Laface, G. Thesis Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance, Structural
Efficiency Properties of a Wave Energy Converter Placed in Front of a Vertical Breakwater Konispoliatis, D., Mavrakos, A., Mavrakos, S. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Materials, Performance
Unveiling the potential of using a spar-buoy oscillating-water-column wave energy converter for low-power stand-alone applications Oikonomou, C., Gomes, R., Gato, L. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Scale Device
Performance characteristics and parametric analysis of a novel multi-purpose platform combining a moonpool-type floating breakwater and an array of wave energy converters Cheng, Y., Xi, C., Dai, S. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Double Fed Induction Generator Control Design Based on a Fuzzy Logic Controller for an Oscillating Water Column System Napole, C., Barambones, O., Derbeli, M. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Control
The Possibility of a High-Efficiency Wave Power Generation System Using Dielectric Elastomers Chiba, S., Waki, M., Jiang, C. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance
Experimental study on the motions of a dual chamber floating oscillating water column device Gadelho, J., Rezanejad, K., Xu, S. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Scale Device Hydrodynamics
Geotechnical Approach to Early-Stage Site Characterisation of Shallow Wave Energy Sites Heatherington, C., Grinham, A., Penesis, I. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Field Data, Modeling
Wave Swell Energy Lessons Learnt: Report 2 Hunter, S. Report Wave, Oscillating Water Column Full Scale Mooring
Interaction of oblique waves with an Oscillating Water Column device Rodriguez, A., Flores, A., Ilzarbe, J. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics
Overall performance of a model OWC system under the free-spinning mode: An experimental study Liu, Z., Xu, C., Kim, K. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Performance
Design and optimization investigation on hydraulic transmission and energy storage system for a floating-array-buoys wave energy converter Sun, P., Li, Q., He, H. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Array Effects, Performance
Nonlinear hydrodynamic modeling of an offshore stationary multi-oscillating water column platform Zhou, Y., Ning, D., Chen, L. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics
The power flow and the wave energy flux at an operational wave farm: Findings from Mutriku, Bay of Biscay Ibarra-Berastegi, G., Ulazia, A., Sáenz, J. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Surrogate based optimization of a Bi-Directional impulse turbine for OWC-WEC: Effect of guide vane lean and stagger angle for pseudo-sinusoidal wave conditions Ezhilsabareesh, K., Suchithra, R., Thandayutham, K. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Electrical control strategy for an ocean energy conversion system Noman, M., Li, G., Wang, K. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Control, Performance
A methodology for architecture agnostic and time flexible representations of wave energy converter performance Robertson, B., Bailey, H., Leary, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling Performance
Second Order Sliding Mode Control of Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converters for Power Improvement Gaebele, D., Magana, M., Brekken, T. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Array Effects, Power Take Off
Performance of an U-Shaped Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter Device under Oblique Incident Waves Trivedi, K., Koley, S., Panduranga, K. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Ocean Energy Systems Wave Energy Modeling Task 10.4: Numerical Modeling of a Fixed Oscillating Water Column Bingham, H., Yu, Y., Nielsen, K. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Effects of blade parameters on the hydrodynamic performance of an impulse turbine of oscillation water column wave energy Wang, X., Yan, Y., Wang, W. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
A Numerical Study on Hydrodynamic Energy Conversions of OWC-WEC with the Linear Decomposition Method under Irregular Waves Kim, J., Kim, K., Park, J. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Hardware-in-the-loop simulation of wave energy converters based on dielectric elastomer generators Moretti, G., Scialo, A., Malara, G. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Substructure
Mooring Analysis of a Floating OWC Wave Energy Converter Pols, A., Gubesch, E., Abdussamie, N. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Mooring
Study on an Oscillating Water Column Wave Power Converter Installed in an Offshore Jacket Foundation for Wind-Turbine System Part I: Open Sea Wave Energy Converting Efficiency Lee, H., Chen, G., Hsieh, H. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hybrid Devices, Performance
Hydrodynamic Efficiency of a Wave Energy Converter in Front of an Orthogonal Breakwater Konispoliatis, D., Mavrakos, S. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column Hydrodynamics
Wave power extraction analysis for an oscillating water column device with various surging lip-walls Wang, C., Zhang, Y. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
A RANS-VoF Numerical Model to Analyze the Output Power of An OWC-WEC Equipped with Wells and Impulse Turbines in A Hypothetical Sea-State Teixeira, P., Gonçalves, R., Didier, E. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Materials, Performance, Structural
Regression Diagnostics with Predicted Residuals of Linear Model with Improved Singular Value Classification Applied to Forecast the Hydrodynamic Efficiency of Wave Energy Converters Tenekedjiev, K., Abdussamie, N., An, H. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance
Array modeling and testing of fixed OWC type Wave Energy Converters Brekken, T., Lomonaco, P., DuPont, B. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Array Effects, Performance
Sequential optimization of the geometrical parameters of an OWC device based on the specific wave characteristics Hayati, M., Nikseresht, A., Haghighi, A. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling
The MoonWEC, a new technology for wave energy conversion in the Mediterranean Sea Miquel, A., Lamberti, A., Antonini, A. Journal Article Wave, Overtopping, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Numerical Assessment of Onshore Wave Energy in France: Wave Energy, Conversion and Cost Sergent, P., Baudry, V., De Bonviller, A. Journal Article Wave, Overtopping, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling
Wave energy converter physical model design and testing: The case of floating oscillating-water-columns Portillo, J., Collins, K., Gomes, R. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Scale Device
Performance of an Array of Oscillating Water Column Devices in Front of a Fixed Vertical Breakwater Konispoliatis, D. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Array Effects, Performance
Detecting parametric resonance in a floating oscillating water column device for wave energy conversion: Numerical simulations and validation with physical model tests Giorgi, G., Gomes, R., Henriques, J. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Performance
Selecting an Ideal Site for Oscillating-Water-Column (OWC) Wave Energy Converter for Hydrogen Production in the Southern Coast of Yogyakarta, Indonesia Kurniawan, A., Budiarto, R., Prasetyo, R. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling
Developments in Renewable Energies Offshore Soares, C. Book Tidal, Wave, Oscillating Water Column
Impact of extreme events on conversion efficiency of wave energy converter Chakraborty, T., Majumder, M. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance
Experimental investigation into 3D scour processes around a gravity based Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter Lancaster, O., Cossu, R., Baldock, T. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Scale Device
The Influence of the Chamber Configuration on the Hydrodynamic Efficiency of Oscillating Water Column Devices Rodriguez, A., Ilzarbe, J., Casarin, R. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance, Structural
On the impact of long-term wave trends on the geometry optimisation of oscillating water column wave energy converters Ulazia, A., Esnaola, G., Serras, P. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Field Data, Modeling Array Effects
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