Development Of Oscillating Water Column (OWC)
The main objective of this project is to develop and to design a model Oscillating Water Column or OWC. Oscillating Water Column or OWC is a device that being design to convert the wave energy into electrical energy to be used in daily life. Before it being converted to electrical energy, the...
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| Formato: | Monograph |
| Idioma: | English |
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
2006
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| Acesso em linha: | http://eprints.usm.my/58696/1/Development%20Of%20Oscillating%20Water%20Column%20%28OWC%29_Suhana%20Mohd%20Tahir.pdf |
| Resumo: | The main objective of this project is to develop and to design a model Oscillating
Water Column or OWC. Oscillating Water Column or OWC is a device that being
design to convert the wave energy into electrical energy to be used in daily life. Before it
being converted to electrical energy, the energy that produced by this device is
mechanical energy. New software has been used to design this device called FLUENT.
This software is used to determine the air pressure that can be produced at the end of the
duct of this device due to the wave motion that being captured in the chamber. A
chamber with 5m × 5m × 5m size should be design to capture the pressure and at the end
to determine the power it can produced. The result will be in graphical and it shown the
graphic contour of the pressure level. A turbine can be design at the end of the duct to
increase the velocity of the air through the duct. High speed of air is needed to produce
the high power before it can be stored in the generator. A generator is being mounted at
the end of the turbine to store the energy produced. At the end of this process an inverter
is being put to convert the direct current to an alternating current before it can be
distributed to the consumer. |
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