Modeling of a Point Absorber for Energy Conversion in Italian Seas
| العنوان: | Modeling of a Point Absorber for Energy Conversion in Italian Seas |
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| المؤلفون: | Adrià Moreno Miquel, Alessandro Antonini, Renata Archetti, Giuseppe Passoni, Silvia Bozzi |
| المساهمون: | Silvia Bozzi, Adrià Miquel, Alessandro Antonini, Giuseppe Passoni, Renata Archetti |
| المصدر: | Energies; Volume 6; Issue 6; Pages: 3033-3051 Energies, Vol 6, Iss 6, Pp 3033-3051 (2013) |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Engineering, Control and Optimization, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, lcsh:Technology, law.invention, jel:Q40, Italian sea, law, jel:Q, jel:Q43, Linear congruential generator, jel:Q42, Wind wave, jel:Q41, point absorber, jel:Q48, Energy transformation, jel:Q47, Italian seas, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Engineering (miscellaneous), Simulation, jel:Q49, Radiation impedance, Buoy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, business.industry, lcsh:T, jel:Q0, simulation, jel:Q4, linear generator, Electricity generation, wave energy, Italian seas, point absorber, linear generator, simulation, wave energy, Electric power, Hydrostatic equilibrium, business, WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS, Energy (miscellaneous), Marine engineering |
| الوصف: | In the present paper, we investigate the feasibility of wave electricity production in Italian seas by the deployment of the Seabased wave energy converter (WEC). A numerical model of the coupled buoy-generator system is presented, which simulates the behavior of the wave energy converter under regular waves of different wave heights and periods. The hydrodynamic forces, including excitation force, radiation impedance and hydrostatic force, are calculated by linear potential wave theory, and an analytical model is used for the linear generator. Two buoys of different radii are considered to explore the effect of buoy dimension on energy conversion and device efficiency. The power output is maximized by adding a submerged object to the floating buoy, in order to bring the system into resonance with the typical wave frequencies of the sites. The simulation results show a very good agreement with the published data on the Seabased WEC. The model is used to estimate energy production at eight Italian offshore locations. The results indicate that the degree of utilization of the device is higher than 20% at the two most energetic Italian sites (Alghero and Mazara del Vallo) and that it can be considerably increased if the floating body is connected to a submerged object, thanks to the resonant behavior of the WEC. In this case, the degree of utilization of the device would be higher than 40% at most of the study sites, with the highest value at Mazara del Vallo. The work enlarges the perspective, to be confirmed by experimental tests and more accurate numerical modeling, on clean electric power production from ocean waves in the Italian seas. |
| وصف الملف: | ELETTRONICO; application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::27f710a4107cea08c7c4af61ac5f6344 http://hdl.handle.net/11311/731184 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....27f710a4107cea08c7c4af61ac5f6344 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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