A radial inflow air turbine design for a vented oscillating water column

Nazanin Ansarifard, S.S. Kianejad, Alan Fleming and Shuhong Chai

Energy, 2019, vol. 166, issue C, 380-391

Abstract: The oscillating-water-column (OWC) is a ubiquitous style of wave-energy-converter for harnessing significant power from ocean waves. A new configuration of OWC described here as a vented-OWC provides opportunity to simplify air-turbine design by limiting the power extraction to inhalation mode. The asymmetric airflow profile of the vented-OWC requires a unidirectional-turbine configuration to be adopted.

Keywords: Oscillating water column; Unidirectional turbine; Radial turbine; Downstream losses; Downstream guide vanes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.10.068

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