Experimental Study on the Dynamics of A Bottom-hinged Oscillating Wave Surge Converter

DOI

10.2991/icseee-16.2016.38How to use a DOI?

Keywords

wave energy; oscillating wave surge converter; experimental study; regular wave.

Abstract

The bottom-hinged oscillating wave surge converter (OWSC) is a type of wave energy device that consists of a buoyant flap that is free to oscillate about a pivot. It completely penetrates the water column and is located within the near shore region. This paper presents an experimental study on the dynamics of the device in regular waves. In the experiments, dynamic properties involving natural period, pitching amplitude were analyzed, and rotary dampers were used to simulate the mechanical performance and characteristics of the power take-off system. Besides, two flap models with different thickness, five cases of sea states, both fully submerged and surface-piercing conditions were considered. It is found that the natural period of the flap increases as the draft increases initially and decreases afterwards. The pitching amplit

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chuanchao Xu
AU  - Xiangnan Wang
AU  - Zhenyuan Wang
PY  - 2016/12
DA  - 2016/12
TI  - Experimental Study on the Dynamics of A Bottom-hinged Oscillating Wave Surge Converter
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment Engineering (ICSEEE 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 210
EP  - 214
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icseee-16.2016.38
DO  - 10.2991/icseee-16.2016.38
ID  - Xu2016/12
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