CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN APPLIED TO THE GEOMETRIC OPTIMIZATION OF THE HYDROPNEUMATIC CHAMBER DIMENSIONS OF AN OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN WAVE ENERGY DEVICE |
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| L. O. De Oliveira, P. R. F. Teixeira, E. D. Dos Santos, L. A. Isoldi |
- Abstract:
- This paper presents a preliminary evaluation of the operating performance of an Onshore Oscillating Water Column (OWC) converter submitted to a typical southern Brazilian coast wave. The numerical modelling has been performed using the FLUENT CFD code based on the Finite Volume Method (FVM). The mixture water-air flow is considered to be two-dimensional, laminar and unsteady. The Constructal Design has been applied in order to determine the optimum dimensions of the air chamber of the OWC device. The optimization purpose is to investigate the H1/L1 ratio that reaches the highest power extracted from the device.
- Keywords:
- OWC, Wave Energy, Constructal Design, FLUENT
- Download:
- IMEKO-YSESM-2012-28.pdf
- DOI:
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- Event details
- IMEKO TC:
- TC15
- Event name:
- TC15 Youth Symposium 2012
- Title:
11th Youth Symposium on Experimental Solid Mechanics (TC15)
- Place:
- Brasov, ROMANIA
- Time:
- 30 May 2012 - 02 June 2012