Energy Conversion OWC Devices With Additional Vertical Ducts

• Published in: Volume 6: Nick Newman Symposium on Marine Hydrodynamics; Yoshida and Maeda Special Symposium on Ocean Space Utilization; Special Symposium on Offshore Renewable Energy
• Main Authors: Sergio M. Camporeale, Pasquale Filianoti
• Other Authors: Camporeale, Sergio M., Filianoti, Pasquale
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2008
• Subjects: Breakwater; Pacific; Arctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11589/17809; https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2008-57769

In breakwaters embodying an OWC connected to the sea through a vertical duct or through a small opening, the oscillations of the water column are due to the wave pressure acting on the outer opening of the vertical duct or on the small opening. In fact, in neither of the two cases waves can enter th...