Most Likely Extreme Response Analysis of an Ellipsoid Float Wave Energy Converter

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Input data and heave results (unsteady RANS-VOF overset simulations performed in Star-CCM+) for a float with an ellipsoid geometry. Five extreme sea states were considered, as detailed in the conference paper "Application of the Most Likely Extreme Response Method for Wave Energy Converters" by Quon et al. (see resource below). These sea states were extrapolated from conditions near Humboldt Bay, California. Focused waves were generated using the MLER module of the Wave Design Response Toolbox (WDRT) and specified at the inlet boundary conditions. The device was constrained to heave only and a PTO was not modeled.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
8 Input data for sea state 5 https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/145/sea5.csv
8 Input data for sea state 1 https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/145/sea1.csv
8 Input data for sea state 3 https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/145/sea3.csv
8 Input data for sea state 4 https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/145/sea4.csv
8 Input data for sea state 2 https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/145/sea2.csv
8 Device heave results from computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/145/heave_results.csv
33 Paper titled "Application of the Most Likely Extreme Response Method for Wave Energy Converters," presented at the 35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2016) https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy16osti/65926.pdf

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  • ellipsoid
  • converter
  • hydrokinetic
  • design
  • conditions
  • modeling
  • most
  • ca
  • toolbox
  • mhk
  • point
  • analysis
  • wave
  • likely
  • module
  • computationlal-fluid-dynamics
  • numerical
  • humboldt-bay
  • wec
  • boundary
  • marine
  • california
  • point-absorber-buoy
  • sea
  • power
  • mler
  • amplitude
  • absorber
  • float
  • spectral
  • cfd
  • raos
  • response
  • inlet
  • extreme
  • wdrt
  • energy
  • operators

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