Field Observations of Scour Behavior around an Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter
This study provides the first ever published measurements of scour and morphological change around an Oscillating Water Column (OWC) Wave Energy Converter (WEC) device at a real-world site, with the intention of informing future designs to reduce costs of the technology. A 200-kW prototype OWC WEC w...
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| author | Orrin Lancaster Remo Cossu Craig Heatherington Scott Hunter Tom E. Baldock |
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| description | This study provides the first ever published measurements of scour and morphological change around an Oscillating Water Column (OWC) Wave Energy Converter (WEC) device at a real-world site, with the intention of informing future designs to reduce costs of the technology. A 200-kW prototype OWC WEC was deployed at King Island, Tasmania, Australia in January 2021, providing a unique opportunity to monitor the device using a combination of dive footage, multi-beam surveys and bedrock surveys. Settlement of the device was observed and monitored before ceasing once the foundation made contact with the underlying bedrock at the site. It is hypothesized that the settlement is caused by scour undermining the gravity structure’s foundations. The processes causing this scour are explored and possible future design modifications are suggested to reduce the risk of scour and settlement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a85a3c04d9b64b9da93a8ef78d0daeca2023-11-24T01:56:34ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122022-02-0110332010.3390/jmse10030320Field Observations of Scour Behavior around an Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy ConverterOrrin Lancaster0Remo Cossu1Craig Heatherington2Scott Hunter3Tom E. Baldock4School of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, AustraliaSchool of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, AustraliaSchool of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, AustraliaWave Swell Energy Ltd., 50 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, Melbourne, VIC 3121, AustraliaSchool of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, AustraliaThis study provides the first ever published measurements of scour and morphological change around an Oscillating Water Column (OWC) Wave Energy Converter (WEC) device at a real-world site, with the intention of informing future designs to reduce costs of the technology. A 200-kW prototype OWC WEC was deployed at King Island, Tasmania, Australia in January 2021, providing a unique opportunity to monitor the device using a combination of dive footage, multi-beam surveys and bedrock surveys. Settlement of the device was observed and monitored before ceasing once the foundation made contact with the underlying bedrock at the site. It is hypothesized that the settlement is caused by scour undermining the gravity structure’s foundations. The processes causing this scour are explored and possible future design modifications are suggested to reduce the risk of scour and settlement.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/3/320scour monitoringsediment transportOscillating Water Columnwave energylarge volume structure |
| spellingShingle | Orrin Lancaster Remo Cossu Craig Heatherington Scott Hunter Tom E. Baldock Field Observations of Scour Behavior around an Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter Journal of Marine Science and Engineering scour monitoring sediment transport Oscillating Water Column wave energy large volume structure |
| title | Field Observations of Scour Behavior around an Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter |
| title_full | Field Observations of Scour Behavior around an Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter |
| title_fullStr | Field Observations of Scour Behavior around an Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Field Observations of Scour Behavior around an Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter |
| title_short | Field Observations of Scour Behavior around an Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter |
| title_sort | field observations of scour behavior around an oscillating water column wave energy converter |
| topic | scour monitoring sediment transport Oscillating Water Column wave energy large volume structure |
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