Data from Numerical Modeling of Halona Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Docking

Description

In this project, we applied the Forchheimer flow model in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation to characterize the flow through an orifice used as a quadratic Power Takeoff (PTO) for the Halona oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy convertor (WEC) in the experiments. This proposed method has been successfully utilized for a fixed omnidirectional spar buoy WEC in regular waves. The objective of this project was to extend the application of this method to a floating WEC. This resource contains the final project report and the modeling data associated with each figure contained in the final project report. The file names are consistent with the figure numbering in the final report. There is a README included in each ZIP folder if the file name is not self-explained. Additional description and explanation for each figure can be found in the report.

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Name Format Description Link
57 The simulated and measured motion and pressure results for Article 1 in regular waves (H = 0.08 m and T = 1.5 s) https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_A1.zip
57 The simulated and measured motion and pressure results for Article 1 in regular waves (H = 0.08 m and T = 2.0 s). https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_A2.zip
57 The simulated and measured motion and pressure results for Article 1 in regular waves (H = 0.14 m and T = 2.0 s). https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_A3.zip
57 The simulated and measured relative free surface elevation, motion, and pressure for Article 2 in regular waves (H = 0.24 m and T = 3.0 s). https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_A6.zip
57 The simulated and measured relative free surface elevation, motion, and pressure for Article 2 in regular waves (H = 0.24 m and T = 3.5 s). https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_A5.zip
57 The simulated and measured relative free surface elevation, motion, and pressure for Article 2 in regular waves (H = 0.24 m and T = 3.0 s). https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_A4.zip
57 (a) Correlation between the simulated and estimated Cf values, (b) extract efficiencies from the optimization test cases. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_21_Cf_and_extract_efficiency.zip
57 The simulated versus target free surface elevation from the wave-only simulation https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_10_Wave_elevation_wave_only_case.zip
57 The simulated motions using the coarse, medium, and fine grids for Article 1 https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_12_Motion_Article1_coarse_medium_fine_grids.zip
57 Comparison of the simulated heave motion with and without PTO from selected tests for Articles 1 and 2 https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_15_Free_decay_PTO.zip
57 Time histories of the simulated heave motion and heave rate for WECs without PTO https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_14_Free_decay_No_PTO.zip
57 The simulated and measured motion and pressure difference for Article 2 with PTO in a regular wave (H = 0.24 m and T = 2.5 s). https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_20_Artcile2_PTO_H0.24m_T2.5s.zip
57 The simulated and measured motion and pressure difference results for Article 1 with PTO in a regular wave (H = 0.08 m and T = 2.5 s). https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_19_Artcile1_PTO_H0.08m_T2.5s.zip
57 The simulated motions using the coarse, medium, and fine grids for Article 2. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_13_Motion_Article2_coarse_medium_fine_grids.zip
57 The simulated absolute and relative air velocities through the chamber in the Forchheimer flow zone for selected cases https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_22_Absolute_and_relative_velocities.zip
57 The simulated free surface elevation for Article 1 without PTO (H = 0.08 m, T = 2.5 s). The numerical wave probe location is marked by the arrow tip https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_18_Free_surface_Article1_H0.08m_T2.5s.zip
57 The simulated pressure distribution in the symmetry plane of the WEC based on different setups of the parameters d and f for the Forchheimer model (f_0 =1.32e5). For each setup, three phases are shown over one wave period https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_16_pressure.zip
57 CFD mesh for a regular wave case tested for Article 1 with PTO (H = 0.08 m, T = 2.5 s) https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_07_CFD_mesh.zip
57 Coarse, medium, and fine overset grids for the grid-size convergence test for Article 1 (without PTO). https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/Figure_11_Mesh_Article1_coarse_medium_fine.zip
33 The final TEAMER report for this project. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/617/TEAMER-Test-Plan-ABS%20Hawaii_2024_Final_Report%20-%20Revised%20-%20CLEAN.pdf

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  • wave-energy-convertor
  • autonomous-underwater-vehicle
  • owc
  • halona
  • floating-wec
  • mhk
  • quadratic-power-takeoff
  • forchheimer-flow-model
  • pto
  • oscillating-water-column
  • wec
  • power-takeoff
  • halona-wec
  • power
  • auv
  • cfd
  • computational-fluid-dynamics
  • modeling-data
  • energy

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