Experimental Research on Performances of Air Turbines for a Fixed Oscillating Water Column-Type Wave Energy Converter
Journal: International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science (Vol.4, No. 8)Publication Date: 2017-08-13
Authors : Tengen Murakami; Yasutaka Imai; Shuichi Nagata; Manabu Takao; Toshiaki Setoguchi;
Page : 40-47
Keywords : Wave energy converter; Oscillating water column; Primary and secondary conversion efficiencies; Impulse turbine; Wells turbine.;
Abstract
A fixed oscillating water column (OWC)-type wave energy converter is composed of an air chamber for primary conversion and an air turbine for secondary conversion. In the optimal design method of a fixed OWC-type wave energy converter, it is necessary to develop a design method which can consider the characteristics of incident wave motion, the motion of the internal free surface affected in the structure such as a partly submerged wall, the fluctuation of air pressure in an air chamber, the rotation of the air turbine. In this paper, the 2-dimensional wave tank tests in regular waves for the performance evaluation of the air turbines in a fixed OWC-type wave energy converter were conducted to obtain the data needed to make this design method. As the results, the effects of the impulse turbine specification such as the rotor inlet/outlet angle, the guide vane's number and the vane's setting angle on the primary and secondary conversion efficiencies are clarified experimentally. Furthermore, the performances of the Wells turbines with different number of blade are presented for comparison of the operating condition.
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