Effects of narrow gap wave resonance on a dual-floater WEC-breakwater hybrid system
The effects of gap wave resonance on the performance of a dual-floater hybrid system consisting of an oscillating-buoy type wave energy converter (WEC) and a floating breakwater are important for the design of such a hybrid system. This paper investigates the gap wave resonance by employing a two-di...
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2021
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| author | Zhang, H Zhou, B Zang, J Vogel, C Fan, T Chen, C |
| author_facet | Zhang, H Zhou, B Zang, J Vogel, C Fan, T Chen, C |
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| description | The effects of gap wave resonance on the performance of a dual-floater hybrid system consisting of an oscillating-buoy type wave energy converter (WEC) and a floating breakwater are important for the design of such a hybrid system. This paper investigates the gap wave resonance by employing a two-dimensional numerical wave flume developed using the Star-CCM + software. The maximum wave elevation in the WEC-breakwater gap and the effects of the gap wave resonance on the performance of the dual-floater hybrid system were studied. The influence of the WEC motion and the geometrical parameters of the hybrid system on the maximum wave elevation were analyzed. The maximum gap wave elevation is essentially controlled by the vertical velocity of the free surface in the WEC-breakwater gap. The gap wave resonance was found to significantly improve the wave energy extraction performance of the hybrid system. This allowed the maximum conversion efficiency to exceed the well-known limit of 0.50 for a symmetric body in single degree-of-freedom motion. The wave resonance frequencies in the WEC-breakwater gap decreased with the increase of the gap width and the WEC draft. Due to the energy extraction of the WEC, the horizontal and vertical forces on the breakwater were reduced by up to 0.79 and 0.59, respectively. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:5ce2ada5-2347-4a7c-b520-9dc2b9dc0d502023-03-10T08:10:46ZEffects of narrow gap wave resonance on a dual-floater WEC-breakwater hybrid systemJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:5ce2ada5-2347-4a7c-b520-9dc2b9dc0d50EnglishSymplectic ElementsElsevier2021Zhang, HZhou, BZang, JVogel, CFan, TChen, CThe effects of gap wave resonance on the performance of a dual-floater hybrid system consisting of an oscillating-buoy type wave energy converter (WEC) and a floating breakwater are important for the design of such a hybrid system. This paper investigates the gap wave resonance by employing a two-dimensional numerical wave flume developed using the Star-CCM + software. The maximum wave elevation in the WEC-breakwater gap and the effects of the gap wave resonance on the performance of the dual-floater hybrid system were studied. The influence of the WEC motion and the geometrical parameters of the hybrid system on the maximum wave elevation were analyzed. The maximum gap wave elevation is essentially controlled by the vertical velocity of the free surface in the WEC-breakwater gap. The gap wave resonance was found to significantly improve the wave energy extraction performance of the hybrid system. This allowed the maximum conversion efficiency to exceed the well-known limit of 0.50 for a symmetric body in single degree-of-freedom motion. The wave resonance frequencies in the WEC-breakwater gap decreased with the increase of the gap width and the WEC draft. Due to the energy extraction of the WEC, the horizontal and vertical forces on the breakwater were reduced by up to 0.79 and 0.59, respectively. |
| spellingShingle | Zhang, H Zhou, B Zang, J Vogel, C Fan, T Chen, C Effects of narrow gap wave resonance on a dual-floater WEC-breakwater hybrid system |
| title | Effects of narrow gap wave resonance on a dual-floater WEC-breakwater hybrid system |
| title_full | Effects of narrow gap wave resonance on a dual-floater WEC-breakwater hybrid system |
| title_fullStr | Effects of narrow gap wave resonance on a dual-floater WEC-breakwater hybrid system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of narrow gap wave resonance on a dual-floater WEC-breakwater hybrid system |
| title_short | Effects of narrow gap wave resonance on a dual-floater WEC-breakwater hybrid system |
| title_sort | effects of narrow gap wave resonance on a dual floater wec breakwater hybrid system |
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