Modeling of an oscillating wave surge converter with Dielectric Elastomer power take-off

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 9A, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Moretti, Giacomo ^a   Forehand, David ^b   Vertechy, Rocco ^a   Fontana, Marco ^a   Ingram, David ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; POWER TAKEOFFS; TAKEOFF;

DEFORMABLE MEMBRANES; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY; HYPERELASTIC MODELS; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MONOCHROMATIC WAVE; OPERATION AND CONTROL; OSCILLATING WAVE SURGE CONVERTERS;

RUBBER;

EID: 84911429722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2014-23559     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (21)

1. Salter, S. H. (1974). Wave power. Nature, 249(5459), 720-724.
2. Falnes, J. (2007). A review of wave-energy extraction. Marine Structures, 20(4), 185-201.
3. Falcão, A. F. (2010). Wave energy utilization: A review of the technologies. Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 14(3), 899-918.
4. Chiba, S., Waki, M., Kornbluh, R., & Pelrine, R. (2008, March). Innovative power generators for energy harvesting using electroactive polymer artificial muscles. In The 15th International Symposium on: Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring (pp. 692715-692715). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
5. Vertechy, R., Fontana, M., Rosati Papini, G., & Bergamasco, M. (2013, April). Oscillating-water-column wave-energy-converter based on dielectric elastomer generator. In SPIE Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring (pp. 86870I-86870I). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
6. Jean, P., Wattez, A., Ardoise, G., Melis, C., Van Kessel, R., Fourmon, A., & Queau, J. P. (2012). Standing wave tube electro active polymer wave energy converter. In: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials, pp. 83400C- 83400C.
7. Scherber, B., Grauer, M., & Köllnberger, A. (2013). Electroactive polymers for gaining sea powers. In SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring. International Society for Optics and Photonics.
8. Carpi, F., De Rossi, D., Kornbluh, R., Pelrine, R. E., & Sommer-Larsen, P. (Eds.). (2011). Dielectric elastomers as electromechanical transducers: Fundamentals, materials, devices, models and applications of an emerging electroactive polymer technology. Elsevier.
9. Whittaker, T., & Folley, M. (2012). Nearshore oscillating wave surge converters and the development of Oyster. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 370(1959), 345-364.
10. Folley, M., & Whittaker, T. (2009). Analysis of the nearshore wave energy resource. Renewable Energy, 34(7), 1709-1715.
11. Folley, M., Whittaker, T., & Osterried, M. (2004). The oscillating wave surge converter. In Fourteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Toulon, France.
12. Moretti, G., Fontana, M., & Vertechy, R. (2013, September). Modelling and Control of Lozenge-Shaped Dielectric Elastomer Generators. In Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2013-3258, Sep (pp. 16-18).
13. Holzapfel, G. A. (2000). Nonlinear Solid Mechanics: A Continuum Approach for Engineering. Willey &Sons, New York.
14. Steinmann, P., Hossain, M., & Possart, G. (2012). Hyperelastic models for rubber-like materials: consistent tangent operators and suitability for Treloar's data. Archive of Applied Mechanics, 82(9), 1183-1217.
15. WAMIT User Manual Version 7; WAMIT INC., Chestnut Hill, MA (USA); 2014.
16. Pérez, T., & Fossen, T. I. (2008). Time- vs. frequencydomain identification of parametric radiation force models for marine structures at zero speed. Modeling, Identification and Control, 29(1), 1-19.
17. Ingram, D., Smith, G., Bittencourt-Ferreira, C., & Smith, H. (2011). Protocols for the equitable assessment of marine energy converters. Institute for Energy Systems, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh.
18. Folley, M., Whittaker, T., & Van't Hoff, J. (2007). The design of small seabed-mounted bottom-hinged wave energy converters. In Proceedings of the 7th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Porto, Portugal.
19. Tröls, A., Kogler, A., Baumgartner, R., Kaltseis, R., Keplinger, C., Schwödiauer, R., Graz, I. & Bauer, S. (2013). Stretch dependence of the electrical breakdown strength and dielectric constant of dielectric elastomers. Smart Materials and Structures, 22(10), 104012.
20. Babarit, A., Hals, J., Muliawan, M. J., Kurniawan, A., Moan, T., & Krokstad, J. (2012). Numerical benchmarking study of a selection of wave energy converters. Renewable Energy, 41, 44-63.
21. Koh, S. J. A., Keplinger, C., Li, T., Bauer, S., & Suo, Z. (2011). Dielectric elastomer generators: How much energy can be converted?. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 16(1), 33-41.