Numerical Methods to Predict Characteristics of Oscillating Water Column for Terminator Type of Wave Energy Converter

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 333-340

  Suzuki, Masami ^a   Arakawa, Chuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air chamber; Fluid machinery; Oscillating water column; Wave energy converter; Wave power generating system

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE GAGES; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESONANCE; TURBOGENERATORS; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

AIR CHAMBERS; FLUID MACHINERY; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN (OWC);

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0942266648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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