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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION 卷:238
Analytical and numerical simulations of an oscillating water column with humidity in the air chamber
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Medina-Lopez, E.1,2  Borthwick, A. G. L.1  Monino, A.2 
[1] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Engn, Inst Infrastruct & Environm, Kings Bldg, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, Midlothian, Scotland
[2] Univ Granada, Andalusian Inst Earth Syst Res, Av Mediterraneo S-N, Granada 18006, Spain
关键词: Oscillating water column (OWC);    Actuator disk model (ADM);    Real gas;    FLUENT (R);    Humidity;    Radiatione-diffraction;   
DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117898
来源: Elsevier
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This paper examines an Oscillating Water Column (OWC) model, where the air chamber is represented as a dry air-water vapour mixture, based on the thermodynamics of a real gas. The novelty of this study consists of the inclusion of humidity effects on the general performance of the OWC and its coupling with the radiation-diffraction problem of the device. Using FLUENT (R), a numerical 2D flume is built to simulate wave-induced flow in the OWC. Air phase properties are adjusted to represent the presence of moisture. Turbine linear performance, according to a standard Wells turbine power take-off system, is simulated by means of an Actuator Disk Model (ADM). Numerical outputs are compared with analytical solutions of the classic OWC radiation-diffraction problem, in which the theoretical real gas model is embedded. Results show that the use of real gas thermodynamic theory reduces considerably the predicted power output of OWC devices, with theoretical losses reaching 50% in certain cases. The effect of humidity mitigates resonant conditions. Techno-economic considerations justify the inclusion of real gas theory to achieve competitive devices.(C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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