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On the efficiency of oscillating water column (OWC) devices in converting ocean wave energy to electricity under weakly nonlinear waves
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Nader, JP and Zhu, SP and Cooper, P, On the efficiency of oscillating water column (OWC) devices in converting ocean wave energy to electricity under weakly nonlinear waves, Proceedings of the ASME 2012 31st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, 1 - 6 July 2012, Rio de Janero, Brazil, pp. 659-666. ISBN 978-0-7918-4494-6 (2012) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Copyright 2012 ASME
DOI: doi:10.1115/OMAE2012-84271
Abstract
Oscillating Water Column (OWC) devices are regarded as one of the most promising systems developed to harness ocean wave energy. In this paper, we present some preliminary results of our most recent effort in the research of trying to improve the efficiency of OWCs with a focus on the comparison of incident waves being in the linear and weekly nonlinear regimes. As the results show, the counted-in nonlinearity at the second order could contribute to more than a 50% increase in the maximum mean power output.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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| Keywords: | Ocean energy , Water , Nonlinear waves |
| Research Division: | Engineering |
| Research Group: | Maritime Engineering |
| Research Field: | Ocean Engineering |
| Objective Division: | Energy |
| Objective Group: | Renewable Energy |
| Objective Field: | Wave Energy |
| UTAS Author: | Nader, JP (Dr Jean-Roch Nader) |
| ID Code: | 88299 |
| Year Published: | 2012 |
| Deposited By: | NC Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics |
| Deposited On: | 2014-01-24 |
| Last Modified: | 2015-03-24 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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