Energy from the Sea: Computational Modeling of an Overtopping Device

Author

Iahnke, Silvana L P ; Gomes, Mateus N. ; Isoldi, Liércio A. ; Rocha, Luiz A O

Author_Institution

Programa de Pos Grad. em Modelagem Computacional, Univ. Fed. do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil

fYear

2009

fDate

23-25 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

94

Lastpage

99

Abstract

This work presents a brief study about the wave energy as well as a computational modeling of an overtopping device. The numerical simulation was performed with the FLUENT^® Computational Fluid Dynamic software code, employing the multiphase Volume of Fluid (VOF) model. The obtained results showed a satisfactory agreement between the numerical and analytical solutions, being the maximum difference calculated for the wave generation of approximated 4.6%. It was also observed that the knowledge of the wave height and an adequate ramp design are factors that determine the overtopping occurrence.

Keywords

computational fluid dynamics; ocean waves; power engineering computing; wave power generation; analytical solution; computational fluid dynamic software code; computational modeling; multiphase fluid volume; numerical simulation; numerical solution; overtopping device; ramp design; wave energy; wave generation; Argon; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Irrigation; Monitoring; Numerical models; Software; Volume of Fluid (VOF) model; overtopping device; wave energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Modeling (MCSUL), 2009 Third Southern Conference on

Conference_Location

Rio Grande

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5980-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MCSUL.2009.29

Filename

5597979