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Efficiency Assessment of an Amended Oscillating Water Column Using OpenFOAM

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  • Mobin Masoomi

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol 47184-71167, Iran)

  • Mahdi Yousefifard

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol 47184-71167, Iran)

  • Amir Mosavi

    (Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
    John von Neumann Faculty of Informatics, Obuda University, 1034 Budapest, Hungary
    Information Systems, University of Siegen, 57072 Siegen, Germany)

Abstract

Oscillating water column (OWC) is an advanced form of wave energy converter (WEC). This study aims at improving the efficiency of an amended OWC through a novel methodology for simulating several vertical plates within the chamber. This paper provides a numerical investigation considering one, two, three, and four vertical plates. The open field operation and manipulation (OpenFOAM) solver is verified based on the Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equation. Results show the number and the position of plates where the convertor’s efficiency improves. The work undertaken here also revealed a reduction in the net force imposed on the convertor’s structure, especially the front wall. Consequently, adding plates acquires more efficiency with lower force on the system.

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  • Mobin Masoomi & Mahdi Yousefifard & Amir Mosavi, 2021. "Efficiency Assessment of an Amended Oscillating Water Column Using OpenFOAM," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-23, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:10:p:5633-:d:556795
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