Effects of Damping Plate and Taut Line System on Mooring Stability of Small Wave Energy Converter

Zhen Liu, Ying Cui, Huanyu Zhao, Hongda Shi and Beom-Soo Hyun

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2015, vol. 2015, 1-10

Abstract:

Ocean wave energy can be used for electricity supply to ocean data acquisition buoys. A heaving buoy wave energy converter is designed and the damping plate and taut line system are used to provide the mooring stability for better operating conditions. The potential flow assumption is employed for wave generation and fluid structure interactions, which are processed by the commercial software AQWA. Effects of damping plate diameter and taut line linking style with clump and seabed weights on reduction of displacements in 6 degrees of freedom are numerically studied under different operating wave conditions. Tensile forces on taut lines of optimized mooring system are tested to satisfy the national code for wire rope utilization.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1155/2015/814095

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