OWC wave power plants capture chamber modelling

  • Aitor J. Garrido*
  • , Erlantz Otaola
  • , Izaskun Garrido
  • , Jon Lekube
  • , Pedro Liria
  • , Julien Mader
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The European Union is promoting the use of renewable energies as a path to fight global warming. Among them are diverse ocean energies and in particular, Oscillating Water Column (OWC)-based wave energy stands as one of the most promising technologies. An OWC device is basically composed by a capture chamber with a turbo-generator module attached to it. Although the study of the induction power module can be considered a well-known matter, the control-oriented modelling of the capture chamber composes still an open issue. In this work, an analytical model of the OWC chamber is developed and numerically implemented. The proposed model is then successfully tested and validated by means of experimental results for the particular case of Mutriku OWC wave power plant, affording excellent results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOCEANS 2015 - MTS/IEEE Washington
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780933957435
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Feb 2016
Externally publishedYes
EventMTS/IEEE Washington, OCEANS 2015 - Washington, United States
Duration: 19 Oct 201522 Oct 2015

Publication series

NameOCEANS 2015 - MTS/IEEE Washington

Conference

ConferenceMTS/IEEE Washington, OCEANS 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period19/10/1522/10/15

Keywords

  • Capture Chamber
  • Modelling and Simulation
  • OWC
  • Wave Energy

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