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Midfidelity model verification for a point-absorbing wave energy converter with linear power take-off
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- Katsidoniotaki, Eirini (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Elektricitetslära
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- Yu, Yi-Hsiang (author)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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- Göteman, Malin, 1980- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Elektricitetslära
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- 2022-06-15
- 2022
- English.
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In: International Marine Energy Journal. - : European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference. - 2631-5548. ; 5:1, s. 67-75
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- In the preliminary design stage of a wave energy converter (WEC), researchers need fast and reliable simulation tools. High-fidelity numerical models are usually employed to study the wave-structure interaction, but the computational cost is demanding. As an alternative, midfidelity models can provide simulations in the order of real time. In this study, we operate Uppsala University’s WEC in a relatively mild sea state and model it using WEC-Sim. The model is verified based on OpenFOAM simulations. To analyze the ability of the midfidelity model to capture WEC dynamics, we investigate the system separately with 1, 2, and 3 degrees of freedom. We examine the contribution of viscous phenomena, and study both linear and weakly nonlinear solutions provided by WEC-Sim. Our results indicate that the viscous effects can be neglected in heave and surge motion, but not for pitch. We also find that the weakly nonlinear WEC-Sim solution successfully agrees with the computational fluid dynamics, whereas the linear solution could suggest misleading results.
Subject headings
- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Maskinteknik -- Strömningsmekanik och akustik (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Mechanical Engineering -- Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- CFD
- hydrodynamic analysis
- numerical simulations
- offshore renewables
- point-absorber
- verification
- wave energy
- wave-structure interaction
- WEC-Sim
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- art (subject category)
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