Proposition and experiment of a sliding angle self-tuning wave energy converter

OCEAN ENGINEERING

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Hoang-Thinh Do^1,2  Quang-Truong Dinh³  Minh-Tri Nguyen⁴  Cong-Binh Phan⁵  Tri-Dung Dang⁴  Lee, Seyoung⁴  Park, Hyung-Gyu⁵  Ahn, Kyoung Kwan⁵ 

[1] Ton Duc Thang Univ, Inst Computat Sci, Div Computat Mechatron, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

[2] Ton Duc Thang Univ, Fac Elect & Elect Engn, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

[3] Univ Warwick, IDL, WMG, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England

[4] Univ Ulsan, Grad Sch Mech & Automot Engn, Ulsan 680749, South Korea

[5] Univ Ulsan, Sch Mech Engn, Ulsan 680749, South Korea

关键词: Hydrostatic transmission;    Wave energy converter;    Self-tuning;    Floating buoy;    Power-take-off mechanism;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.oceaneng.2017.01.012

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The hydraulic power-take-off mechanism (HPTO) is one of the most popular methods in wave energy converters (WECs). However, the conventional HPTO with a fixed direction motion has some drawbacks which limit its power capture capability. This paper proposes a sliding angle self-tuning wave energy converter (SASTWEC) to find the optimal sliding angle automatically, with the purpose of increasing the power capture capability and energy efficiency. Furthermore, a small scale WEC test Hg was fabricated and a wave making source has been employed to verify the sliding angle performance and efficiency of the proposed system throughout experiments.

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