Numerical and experimental study of a surging point absorber wave energy converter

Majid Bhinder; Clive Mingham; Derek Causon; Mohammad Rahmati; George Aggidis; Robert Chaplin

Numerical and experimental study of a surging point absorber wave energy converter

Majid Bhinder, Clive Mingham, Derek Causon, Mohammad Rahmati, George Aggidis, Robert Chaplin

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Abstract

Numerical modeling of a WEC is presented in this paper along with some details of the experimental setup. Issues related to the numerical modeling of the single DOF (degree-of-freedom) motion of a surging point absorber WEC (wave energy converter) are outlined and a comparison with experimental data is presented. A commercial CFD code Flow-3D has been used for the numerical modelling and the ability of the code to simulate free surface linear waves and wave structure interaction is evaluated in this paper.
The work is aimed at simulating a surging wave energy converter to achieve an optimized shape and to predict output power at a higher or full scale. The findings of this study may also serve as a reference point for the use of a commercial code such as Flow3D for simulating such problems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 8th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2009)
Subtitle of host publication	Uppsala, Sweden, 7–10 September 2009
Place of Publication	Uppsala, Sweden
Publisher	European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 7 Sept 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	EWTEC: 8th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference - Uppsala, Sweden Duration: 7 Sept 2009 → 10 Sept 2009 http://www.homepages.ed.ac.uk/shs/Wave%20Energy/EWTEC%202009/EWTEC%202009%20(D)/default.htm

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Name	European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series
Publisher	European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
ISSN (Electronic)	2309-1983

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Conference	EWTEC
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Uppsala
Period	7/09/09 → 10/09/09
Internet address	http://www.homepages.ed.ac.uk/shs/Wave%20Energy/EWTEC%202009/EWTEC%202009%20(D)/default.htm

Keywords

CFD
Numerical modeling of Wave Energy Converter
Flow-3D
Surging Point absorber

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Bhinder, M., Mingham, C., Causon, D., Rahmati, M., Aggidis, G., & Chaplin, R. (2009). Numerical and experimental study of a surging point absorber wave energy converter. In Proceedings of the 8th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2009): Uppsala, Sweden, 7–10 September 2009 (European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series). European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference.

Bhinder, Majid ; Mingham, Clive ; Causon, Derek et al. / Numerical and experimental study of a surging point absorber wave energy converter. Proceedings of the 8th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2009): Uppsala, Sweden, 7–10 September 2009. Uppsala, Sweden : European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 2009. (European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series).

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Bhinder, M, Mingham, C, Causon, D, Rahmati, M, Aggidis, G & Chaplin, R 2009, Numerical and experimental study of a surging point absorber wave energy converter. in Proceedings of the 8th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2009): Uppsala, Sweden, 7–10 September 2009. European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series, European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, EWTEC, Uppsala, Sweden, 7/09/09.

Numerical and experimental study of a surging point absorber wave energy converter. / Bhinder, Majid; Mingham, Clive; Causon, Derek et al.
Proceedings of the 8th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2009): Uppsala, Sweden, 7–10 September 2009. Uppsala, Sweden: European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 2009. (European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series).

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Bhinder M, Mingham C, Causon D, Rahmati M, Aggidis G, Chaplin R. Numerical and experimental study of a surging point absorber wave energy converter. In Proceedings of the 8th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2009): Uppsala, Sweden, 7–10 September 2009. Uppsala, Sweden: European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference. 2009. (European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series).

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