Analytical and computational modelling for wave energy systems：the example of oscillating wave surge converters

• Published in: Acta mechanica Sinica Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 647 - 662
• Main Authors: Dias, Frédéric, Renzi, Emiliano, Gallagher, Sarah, Sarkar, Dripta, Wei, Yanji, Abadie, Thomas, Cummins, Cathal, Rafiee, Ashkan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 01.08.2017; Springer Nature B.V; School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College Dublin, MaREI Centre, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland%Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE113TU, UK%Research, Environment and Applications Division, Met éireann, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland%Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK%Advanced Production Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands%Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland%School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK%Carnegie Clean Energy Limited, Northam, Australia
• Edition: English ed.
• Subjects: Classical and Continuum Physics; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational Intelligence; Converters; Cost engineering; Energy consumption; Engineering; Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Fluid mechanics; Maintainability; Mathematical models; Renewable energy; Renewable resources; Review Paper; Survivability; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Wave power; 可持续性; 可生存性; 振荡波; 波浪能; 电涌; 系统; 计算模型; 转换器; Slamming; Wave resource; Wave energy converter; Wave energy
• ISSN: 0567-7718; 1614-3116; 1614-3116
• DOI: 10.1007/s10409-017-0683-6

The development of new wave energy converters has shed light on a number of unanswered questions in fluid mechanics, but has also identified a number of new issues of importance for their future deployment. The main concerns relevant to the practical use of wave energy converters are sustainability, survivability, and maintainability. Of course,it is also necessary to maximize the capture per unit area of the structure as well as to minimize the cost. In this review, we consider some of the questions related to the topics of sustainability, survivability, and maintenance access, with respect to sea conditions, for generic wave energy converters with an emphasis on the oscillating wave surge converter. New analytical models that have been developed are a topic of particular discussion. It is also shown how existing numerical models have been pushed to their limits to provide answers to open questions relating to the operation and characteristics of wave energy converters.