Numerical analysis of the hydropneumatic chamber shape influence in an oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converter (WEC)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Dec 2013 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Marine Systems & Ocean Technology, volume 8, pages 111-119 (issn: 1679-396X, eissn: 2199-4749,

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Authors: Liércio André Isoldi; Juliana do Amaral Martins Grimmler; Nathalia da Rosa Lopes; Mateus das Neves Gomes; Jeferson Avila Souza; Elizaldo Domingues dos Santos; Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha;

doi: 10.1007/bf03449278

Numerical analysis of the hydropneumatic chamber shape influence in an oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converter (WEC)

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Nowadays there are several researches about alternative and renewable energy sources. The ocean wave energy can be an option to produce electrical energy. Among the different principles to transform the wave energy into electrical the Oscillating Water Column (OWC) converter is one of the most promising. Accordingly, in this work the influence of the hydro pneumatic chamber shape in the performance of the OWC converter was analyzed. For this a computational model based on the Finite Volume Method (FVM) and using the Volume of Fluid (VOF) approach was employed. The results indicating that an improvement of 35.6% can be obtained.

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