Modelling Air Compressibility in OWC Devices with Deformable Air Chambers

Modelling Air Compressibility in OWC Devices with Deformable Air Chambers

Air compressibility effects play an important role in large-scale Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave energy converters. Air compressibility is however not scalable with Froude similarity law. An existing scaling method enables correctly reproducing the air compressibility at the model scale, but it...

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Main Authors: Pierre Benreguig, Jimmy Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Subjects:
wave energy
oscillating water column
air compressibility
tank testing
closed-circuit
non-return valves
spring-like effect
deformable chambers
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/7/8/268

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