TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimization of the Hydrodynamic Performance of a Wave Energy Converter in an Integrated Cylindrical Wave Energy Converter-Type Breakwater System
AU - Ding, Haoyu
AU - Zang, Jun
AU - Jin, Peng
AU - Ning, Dezhi
AU - Zhao, Xuanlie
AU - Liu, Yingyi
AU - Blenkinsopp, Chris
AU - Chen, Qiang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by ASME.
PY - 2023/10/1
Y1 - 2023/10/1
N2 - Wave energy converters (WECs) are built to extract wave energy. However, this kind of device is still expensive for commercial utilization. To cut down the cost of WECs by sharing the construction cost with breakwaters, an integrated cylindrical WEC-type breakwater system that includes a cylindrical WEC array in front of a very long breakwater is proposed to extract wave energy and attenuate incident waves. This paper aims to optimize the performance of the integrated cylindrical WEC-type breakwater system. A computational fluid dynamics tool, OPENFOAM ®, and a potential flow theory-based solver, HAMS®, are utilized. OPENFOAM ® provides viscosity corrections to a modified version of HAMS® in order to accurately and efficiently predict the integrated system's performance. Parametric studies are conducted to optimize the integrated system, and a novel setup with an extra arc structure is found to significantly improve the performance of the integrated system.
AB - Wave energy converters (WECs) are built to extract wave energy. However, this kind of device is still expensive for commercial utilization. To cut down the cost of WECs by sharing the construction cost with breakwaters, an integrated cylindrical WEC-type breakwater system that includes a cylindrical WEC array in front of a very long breakwater is proposed to extract wave energy and attenuate incident waves. This paper aims to optimize the performance of the integrated cylindrical WEC-type breakwater system. A computational fluid dynamics tool, OPENFOAM ®, and a potential flow theory-based solver, HAMS®, are utilized. OPENFOAM ® provides viscosity corrections to a modified version of HAMS® in order to accurately and efficiently predict the integrated system's performance. Parametric studies are conducted to optimize the integrated system, and a novel setup with an extra arc structure is found to significantly improve the performance of the integrated system.
KW - computational fluid dynamics
KW - fluid-structure interaction
KW - hydrodynamics
KW - ocean energy technology
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U2 - 10.1115/1.4056942
DO - 10.1115/1.4056942
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85163465891
SN - 0892-7219
VL - 145
JO - Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
JF - Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
IS - 5
M1 - 054501
ER -