Numerical energy balance analysis for an onshore oscillating water column-wave energy converter
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- 作者：Ahmed Elhanafi ; Ahmed.Elhanafi@utas.edu.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Alan Fleming ; Gregor Macfarlane ; Zhi Leong
- 关键词：OWC ; Wave energy ; Energy balance ; Numerical wave tank
- 刊名：Energy
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：1 December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：116
- 期：part_P1
- 页码：539-557
- 全文大小：9470 K
文摘
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CFD model is used to investigate the hydrodynamic performance of an onshore OWC.
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Chamber air pressure and free surface elevation are compared to experiments.
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CFD results for velocity and vorticity fields are compared to PIV measurements.
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Numerical wave energy balance analyses are performed.
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Impacts of wave height and turbine damping on energy conversion chain are presented.