Coupled analytical-numerical approach for determining hydrodynamic responses of breakwater with multiple OWCs

Feasibility of integrating a very large floating structure with multiple wave energy converters combining oscillating water columns and oscillating flaps

“…Doyle and Aggidis [18] concerned the comparison of an array of OWCs with separated PTO systems and a shared PTO system, showing that the spacing distance affect significantly the output power of the array OWC. Han and Wang [19] developed a hybrid numerical-analytical method in which the internal domain problem is solved by using matched eigenfunctions whereas the external domain problem is solved by using boundary element method (BEM), to investigate the wave absorption by a breakwater with array OWC system. Zheng and Zhang [20] proposed a hybrid-type WEC system consisting of an offshore OWC device and array OB hinged around it, and compared the hydrodynamic responses with an isolated OWC and isolated array of OBs.…”