Air-water two-phase flow modelling of hydrodynamic performance of an oscillating water column device

Renewable Energy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 159-170

  Zhang, Yali ^a   Zou, Qing Ping ^b   Greaves, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic efficiency; Immersed boundary method; Level set with global mass correction; Oscillating water column; Regular wave; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHOD; LEVEL SET WITH GLOBAL MASS CORRECTION; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN; REGULAR WAVES; WAVE ENERGY;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

CORRECTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHASE TRANSITION; VORTEX; WALL; WATER COLUMN; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 84155162482     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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