Oscillating Water Column devices (OWC) have been the object of many numerical studies, especially mesh-based ones. The peculiarity of these devices is their Power Take-off system, which often involves another phase (air) and requires special effort to be modeled properly. This work proposes a Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) investigation of OWCs in their standard conception and in a slightly modified version, equipped with a U-shaped duct at the seafront (U-OWC). The novelty of this study is the modeling of a single-phase pneumatic model within an SPH framework (meshless), based on the DualSPHysics software. Hydrodynamic investigation and comparison is presented.
Hydrodynamic modeling of OWC and U-OWC wave energy converters using the SPH method / Mina, B.; Martínez-Estévez, I.; Gómez-Gesteira, M.; Tagliafierro, B.; Altomare, C.; Malara, G.; Arena, F.. - (2025), pp. 257-266. (Intervento presentato al convegno 6th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore tenutosi a Lisbon Portugal nel 19 - 21 November 2024) [10.1201/9781003558859-29].
Hydrodynamic modeling of OWC and U-OWC wave energy converters using the SPH method
Malara, G.;Arena, F.
2025-01-01
Abstract
Oscillating Water Column devices (OWC) have been the object of many numerical studies, especially mesh-based ones. The peculiarity of these devices is their Power Take-off system, which often involves another phase (air) and requires special effort to be modeled properly. This work proposes a Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) investigation of OWCs in their standard conception and in a slightly modified version, equipped with a U-shaped duct at the seafront (U-OWC). The novelty of this study is the modeling of a single-phase pneumatic model within an SPH framework (meshless), based on the DualSPHysics software. Hydrodynamic investigation and comparison is presented.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
