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http://dx.doi.org/10.9765/KSCOE.2012.24.3.189

Numerical Simulation of Irregular Airflow within Wave Power Converter Using OWC by Action of 3-Dimensional Irregular Waves  

Lee, Kwang-Ho (Industry and Academia Cooperation Foundation, Kwangdong University)
Park, Jung-Hyun (Department of Civil Engineering, Korea Maritime University)
Kim, Do-Sam (Department of Civil Engineering, Korea Maritime University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers / v.24, no.3, 2012 , pp. 189-202 More about this Journal
Abstract
An Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave generation system uses the air flow induced by the vertical motion of water column in the air chamber as a driving force of turbine. It is well known that OWC is one of the most efficient devices to harness wave power. This study estimated the air flow velocity from the time variation of the water level fluctuation in the air chamber under regular wave conditions using 3-dimensional numerical irregular wave tank (3D-NIT) model that can simulate the 3-dimensional irregular wave field. The applicability of the 3D-NIT model was validated by comparing numerically predicted air flow velocities with hydraulic experimental results. In addition, the characteristics of air flow frequency spectrum variation due to the incident frequency spectrum change, and the variations of frequency spectrum and wave reflection due to the existence of converter inside the air chamber were discussed. It is found that the phase difference exists in between the air flow velocity and the water level fluctuation inside the air chamber, and the peak frequency of the spectrum in water level fluctuation is amplified by the resonance in the air chamber.
Keywords
OWC wave power generation system; 3D-NITmodel; airflow; water level fluctuation;
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