Analytical and computational modelling for wave energy systems: the example of oscillating wave surge converters |
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| Authors: | Frédéric Dias Emiliano Renzi Sarah Gallagher Dripta Sarkar Yanji Wei Thomas Abadie Cathal Cummins Ashkan Rafiee |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College Dublin, MaREI Centre, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland;2. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE113TU, UK;3. Research, Environment and Applications Division, Met éireann, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland;4. Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;5. Advanced Production Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;6. Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland;7. School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK;8. Carnegie Clean Energy Limited, Northam, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The development of new wave energy converters has shed light on a number of unanswered questions in fluid mechanics, but has also identified a number of new issues of importance for their future deployment. The main concerns relevant to the practical use of wave energy converters are sustainability, survivability, and maintainability. Of course, it is also necessary to maximize the capture per unit area of the structure as well as to minimize the cost. In this review, we consider some of the questions related to the topics of sustain-ability, survivability, and maintenance access, with respect to sea conditions, for generic wave energy converters with an emphasis on the oscillating wave surge converter. New analytical models that have been developed are a topic of par-ticular discussion. It is also shown how existing numerical models have been pushed to their limits to provide answers to open questions relating to the operation and characteristics of wave energy converters. |
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| Keywords: | Wave energy Wave energy converter Slamming Wave resource |
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