Title: CFD study of the overtopping discharge of theWave Dragon wave energy converter
Abstract: The Wave Dragon is a floating Wave Energy Converter (WEC) working by the overtopping principle. The overtopping discharge has been determined by model scale experiments in wave basins. In the present study we numerically simulate the overtopping behavior of the Wave Dragon device using a VOF based incompressible Euler/Navier-Stokes solver in the OpenFOAM® framework. We present simulations of: (i) a complete sea state for different crest heights, and (ii) regular waves for different wave conditions and crest heights. The simulations compare reasonably well with the experimental data, albeit the irregular wave simulations predict a larger overtopping discharge than observed in the experiments.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-09-07
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
Access and Citation
Cited By Count: 16
AI Researcher Chatbot
Get quick answers to your questions about the article from our AI researcher chatbot