Document Type
Report
Publication Title
Link Foundation Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation Fellowship Reports
Abstract
Wave energy is a promising high-density renewable energy resource that can effectively reduce dependence on fossil fuels and, thus, support mitigating the impacts of climate change. Its proximity to heavily populated coastal areas gives it specific advantages over other renewable energy resources such as wind and solar energy [1, 2]. Wave energy converters (WECs) have different designs and mechanisms to harvest power from ocean waves [3–6]. The oscillating surge wave energy converter (OSWEC) is one of the promising designs [7]. It is a single degree of freedom device hinged from the bottom to the seabed directly if deployed in shallow water or to a floating platform if deployed in deep water. Testing WECs at full-scale is challenging and costly. On the other hand, numerical simulations can provide an accurate alternative to assess the performance and optimize it. We introduce a multi-fidelity simulation framework to assess the performance of a full-scale dual-flap OSWEC and estimate its annual energy production. All numerical simulations were validated by experiments on 1:10 model performed in the Davidson Laboratory.
Publication Date
2023
Recommended Citation
Ahmed, Alaa, "Multi-Fidelity Framework for Modeling a Dual-Flap Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter" (2023). Link Foundation Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation Fellowship Reports. 29.
https://repository.fit.edu/link_ocean/29
Comments
Link Fellowship: 2022-2023