Optimisation of turbine-induced damping for an OWC wave energy converter using a RANS-VOF numerical model

Applied Energy

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 105-114

  Lopez I ^a   Pereiras, B ^b   Castro, F ^c   Iglesias, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mass source function; Numerical modelling; Oscillating water column; RANS VOF; Turbine damping; Turbine chamber coupling

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

COMPUTATIONAL TESTS; DAMPING COEFFICIENTS; MASS SOURCES; NUMERICAL WAVE FLUME; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN; RANS-VOF; REGULAR AND IRREGULAR WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS;

TURBINES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; OSCILLATION; TURBINE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 84899811272     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.04.020     Document Type: Article

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