Numerical Investigation of Multi-Floater Truss-Type Wave Energy Convertor Platform

Ruijia Jin, Jiawei Wang, Hanbao Chen, Baolei Geng and Zhen Liu
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Ruijia Jin: National Engineering Research Center of Port Hydraulic Construction Technology, Tianjin Research Institute for Water Transport Engineering M.O.T., Tianjin 300456, China
Jiawei Wang: National Engineering Research Center of Port Hydraulic Construction Technology, Tianjin Research Institute for Water Transport Engineering M.O.T., Tianjin 300456, China
Hanbao Chen: National Engineering Research Center of Port Hydraulic Construction Technology, Tianjin Research Institute for Water Transport Engineering M.O.T., Tianjin 300456, China
Baolei Geng: National Engineering Research Center of Port Hydraulic Construction Technology, Tianjin Research Institute for Water Transport Engineering M.O.T., Tianjin 300456, China
Zhen Liu: National Engineering Research Center of Port Hydraulic Construction Technology, Tianjin Research Institute for Water Transport Engineering M.O.T., Tianjin 300456, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 15, 1-17

Abstract: In order to solve the hydrodynamic characteristics of the multi-floater truss-type wave energy convertor (WEC) platform, the mathematical model is established by using the high-order boundary element method based on potential flow theory, in which the floater and the platform are connected by the floating arm based on the lever principle. The mathematical model is applied to study the heave motion response of each floater of the multi-floater truss-type WEC platform, and the effects of the floater number and the floater arrangement on the motion responses of floaters, as well as the power generation of the WEC platform are analyzed. The effect of the hydraulic cylinder on the floater is simulated by linear damping, and then, the work of the hydraulic cylinder is used to generate electricity, so as to achieve the purpose of simulating the multi-floater WEC power generation device. Some useful conclusions are obtained through calculation, which can provide data support for the corresponding platform.

Keywords: multi-floater WEC platform; potential flow theory; numerical simulation; wave energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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