Array analysis on a seawall type of deformable wave energy converters

Wei, Yujia; Wang, Chao; Chen, Wenchuang; Huang, Luofeng

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2024.120344

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“…The current simulation is performed in 2D, which excludes wave scattering near the geometry and potentially influences the energy efficiency in 3D. Advanced incorporation of DEGs as the PTO system should be developed in future work, e.g., mechanical damping; the present study also only simulated a single device and did not model the cases of array configurations, which are of interest [42][43][44]. Although regular wave conditions were used to establish relationships between energy efficiency and incident wave conditions, it is noted that realistic sea waves will be irregular and optimal performance might be achieved through a real-time PTO controlling strategy [45].…”

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Energy Efficiency Analysis of a Deformable Wave Energy Converter Using Fully Coupled Dynamic Simulations

Luo,

Huang

2024

Oceans

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Deformable wave energy converters have significant potential for application as flexible material that can mitigate structural issues, while how to design the dimensions and choose an optimal deployment location remain unclear. In this paper, fully coupled computational fluid dynamics and computational solid mechanics were used to simulate the dynamic interactions between ocean waves and a deformable wave energy converter. The simulation results showed that the relative length to wave, deployment depth and aspect ratio of the device have significant effects on the energy conversion efficiency. By calculating the energy captured per unit width of the device, the energy efficiency was found to be up to 138%. The optimal energy conversion efficiencies were achieved when the structure length was 0.25, 0.5 or 0.75 of the dominating wavelength and submerged at a corresponding suitable depth. The aspect ratio and maximum stress inside the wave energy converter showed a nonlinear trend, with potential optimal points revealed. The simulation approach and results support the future design and optimisation of flexiable wave energy converters or other marine structures with notable deformations.

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