Validation of a numerical model for a small scale fixed multi-chamber OWC device

Shalby, M; Walker, P; Dorrell, DG; Elhanafi, A

Validation of a numerical model for a small scale fixed multi-chamber OWC device

Shalby, M

Walker, P

Dorrell, DG

Elhanafi, A

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Citation:: 13th ISOPE Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium, PACOMS 2018, 2018, pp. 332 - 337
Issue Date:: 2018-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Shalby, M https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0177-5986	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Walker, P https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3988-3966	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dorrell, DG https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8060-3386	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Elhanafi, A	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	13th ISOPE Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium, PACOMS 2018, 2018, pp. 332 - 337	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781880653869	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/132038
dc.description.abstract	Copyright © 2018 by the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers Wave Energy Converters (WECs) have excellent potential as a source of renewable energy that is yet to be commercially realised. Recent attention has been focused on the installation of Oscillating Water Column (OWC) devices as part of breakwaters or harbour walls to provide advantages of cost-sharing structures and proximity of power generation facilities to existing infrastructure. In this paper, a time-domain numerical model of a fixed Multi-Chamber Oscillating Water Column (MC-OWC) is developed in MATLAB. This model is validated against a scale model experiments performed in a wave flume and good agreement is found. The validated model is used to investigate the effect of the power take-off damping on device performance parameters for a given environmental condition.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	13th ISOPE Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium, PACOMS 2018	en_US
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dc.title	Validation of a numerical model for a small scale fixed multi-chamber OWC device	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Electrical and Data Engineering
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Abstract:

Copyright © 2018 by the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers Wave Energy Converters (WECs) have excellent potential as a source of renewable energy that is yet to be commercially realised. Recent attention has been focused on the installation of Oscillating Water Column (OWC) devices as part of breakwaters or harbour walls to provide advantages of cost-sharing structures and proximity of power generation facilities to existing infrastructure. In this paper, a time-domain numerical model of a fixed Multi-Chamber Oscillating Water Column (MC-OWC) is developed in MATLAB. This model is validated against a scale model experiments performed in a wave flume and good agreement is found. The validated model is used to investigate the effect of the power take-off damping on device performance parameters for a given environmental condition.

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