Title :
Multi-body point absorber system without a mooring
Author :
Minsung Kim ; Seok-Min Wi ; Hangil Joe ; Heeseung Kwon ; Son-Cheol Yu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Creative IT Eng., POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose a multi-body point absorber system which can harvest ocean wave energy without needing a mooring. The proposed multi-body point absorber system consists of two elements: a multi-body point absorber that extracts the power from the wave, and a Wave Glider that keeps the whole system within a prescribed area. We describe the concept of proposed system. We analyze the heave dynamics of the multi-body point absorber and performed numerical simulations to validate its feasibility.
Keywords :
energy harvesting; wave power generation; heave dynamics; multibody point absorber system; numerical simulations; ocean wave energy harvesting; wave glider; Buoyancy; Computational modeling; Electricity; Force; Generators; Hydrodynamics; Ocean waves; Wave Glider; Wave energy converter; anchoring;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2014 - TAIPEI
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3645-8
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS-TAIPEI.2014.6964311
