Abstract
The modeling of the sloped IPS buoy, which is a deep-water wave-energy converter concept whose power take-off mechanism relies on water inertia for reference, using the higher order feature of the boundary element method package WAMIT was presented. In a first stage, numerical predictions were compared with experimental data for a configuration where the system motion is constrained to a single degree of freedom. Comparisons were then established, initially for a free-floating configuration with no power take-off system and then with damping applied by a power take-off system. The system was absorbing more wave energy than was incident in the width of the device. For the free-floating configuration with power take-off numerical predictions showed the same trend as experimental measurements but with a discrepancy of 0.06 sec in the wave period for which resonance takes place. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 16th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE (San Francisco, CA 5/28/2006-6/2/2006).
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Sixteenth (2006) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference |
| Editors | Jin S. Chung, Seok Won Hong, Peter W. Marshall, Takeshi Komai, Wataru Koterayama |
| Place of Publication | California |
| Publisher | International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers |
| Pages | 396-402 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 1880653664 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
| Event | 16th 2006 International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2006 - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: 28 May 2006 → 2 Jun 2006 |
Conference
| Conference | 16th 2006 International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2006 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | San Francisco, CA |
| Period | 28/05/06 → 2/06/06 |
Keywords
- experimental measurements
- numerical modelling
- WAMIT
- wave energy