Air turbine choice and optimization for floating oscillating-water-column wave energy converter

Falcão, A.F.O.; Henriques, J.C.C.; Gato, L.M.C.; Gomes, R.P.F.

doi:10.1016/j.oceaneng.2013.10.019

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“…[14], was used afterwards in Ref. [15] to evaluate the diameter and rotational speed of a bi-radial turbine (non-linear PTO). However, since the technique requires a linear PTO, the performance of the bi-radial turbine had to be approximated by a linear relation between the flow rate and pressure drop.…”

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Non-dimensional analysis for matching an impulse turbine to an OWC (oscillating water column) with an optimum energy transfer

Pereiras

López

Ruíz

et al. 2015

Energy

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Non-dimensional analysis for matching an impulse turbine to an OWC (oscillating water column) with an optimum energy transfer

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López

Ruíz

et al. 2015

Energy

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“…The optimization is to determine the parameters of the model geometry and the physical component under constraints [5][6][7][8][9]. In addition, the control strategy for how to tune the power take-off (PTO) needs to be determined to maximize the consistency of the extracted power in response to the wave variation in height and frequency due to changes in the ocean environment condition from hourly to annually.…”

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“…The power of air flow induced by the water column oscillation is transferred to the turbine, and the resultant turbine rotation in turn affects the motion of the water column. Thus, control strategies that consider the entire system including the turbine stage were introduced in [6,[35][36][37][38][39].…”

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“…In [6,35,36], the frequency domain analysis is introduced to calculate a large number of simulations that consider various ocean states. It is assumed, however, that the turbine rotational speed remains constant, thereby resulting in a large rotational inertia.…”

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“…The analysis of the frequency domain takes into account the compressibility of air and provides the direct substitution of the wave spectrum into the analysis, but the turbine aerodynamics based on the Newtonian mechanics is impossible, which brings the assumption of the turbine's constant angular speed [6,35,36]. Otherwise, the time domain analysis is able to address the angular acceleration of the turbine rotor since it is based on the Newtonian mechanics [27,28,[37][38][39].…”

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We present two control strategies for an oscillating water column-wave energy converter (OWC-WEC) in the time domain. We consider a fixed OWC-WEC on the open sea with an impulse turbine module. This system mainly consists of a chamber, turbine and electric generator. For the time domain analysis, all of the conversion stages considering mutualities among them should be analyzed based on the Newtonian mechanics. According to the analysis of Newtonian mechanics, the hydrodynamics of wave energy absorption in the chamber and the turbine aerodynamic performance are directly coupled and share the internal air pressure term via the incompressible air assumption. The turbine aerodynamics and the dynamics of the electric generator are connected by torque load through the rotor shaft, which depends on an electric terminal load that acts as a control input. The proposed control strategies are an instant maximum turbine efficiency tracking control and a constant angular velocity of the turbine rotor control methods. Both are derived by Lyapunov stability analysis. Numerical simulations are carried out under irregular waves with various heights and periods in the time domain, and the results with the controllers are analyzed. We then compare these results with simulations carried out in the absence of the control strategy in order to prove the performance of the controllers.

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Wells turbine for wave energy conversion: a review

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Summary In the past 20 years, the use of wave energy systems has significantly increased, generally depending on the oscillating water column concept. Wells turbine is one of the most efficient oscillating water column technologies. This article provides an updated and a comprehensive account of the state‐of‐the‐art research on Wells turbine. Hence, it draws a roadmap for the contemporary challenges, which may hinder future reliance on such systems in the renewable energy sector. In particular, the article is concerned with the research directions and methodologies, which aim at enhancing the performance and efficiency of Wells turbine. The article also provides a thorough discussion of the use of CFD for performance modeling and design optimization of Wells turbine. It is found that a numerical model using the CFD code can be employed successfully to calculate the performance characteristics of W‐T as well as other experimental and analytical methods. The increase of research papers about CFD, especially in the last 5 years, indicates that there is a trend that considerably depends on the CFD method. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Air turbine choice and optimization for floating oscillating-water-column wave energy converter

Cited by 66 publications

References 18 publications

Non-dimensional analysis for matching an impulse turbine to an OWC (oscillating water column) with an optimum energy transfer

Non-dimensional analysis for matching an impulse turbine to an OWC (oscillating water column) with an optimum energy transfer

Control Strategy of an Impulse Turbine for an Oscillating Water Column-Wave Energy Converter in Time-Domain Using Lyapunov Stability Method

Wells turbine for wave energy conversion: a review

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