Hydrodynamic behavior of overtopping wave energy converters built in sea defense structures
Many sea defense structures need to be adapted to the rising sea water level and changing wave climate due to global warming. The accordingly required investments open perspectives for wave energy converters (WECs) - that are built as part of the sea defense structures to become economically viable....
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ftunivgent:oai:archive.ugent.be:1250989 2023-12-24T10:12:04+01:00 Hydrodynamic behavior of overtopping wave energy converters built in sea defense structures Victor, Lander Kofoed, Jens Peter Troch, Peter 2010 application/pdf https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/1250989 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-1250989 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/1250989/file/1261060 eng eng American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/1250989 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-1250989 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/1250989/file/1261060 No license (in copyright) info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Proceedings of the ASME 29th international conference on ocean, offshore and arctic engineering ISBN: 9780791838730 ISBN: 9780791849118 Technology and Engineering conference info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2010 ftunivgent 2023-11-29T23:13:49Z Many sea defense structures need to be adapted to the rising sea water level and changing wave climate due to global warming. The accordingly required investments open perspectives for wave energy converters (WECs) - that are built as part of the sea defense structures to become economically viable. In this paper the average overtopping discharges q of overtopping wave energy converters built in sea defense structures are studied. Physical model tests with this type of devices have been carried out in a wave flume leading to experimentally determined values for the average overtopping discharge q. These experimental data are compared with predicted average overtopping discharges using existing empirical formulae from literature derived mainly for sea defense structures. Overtopping WECs have small relative crest freeboard heights and smooth slopes to maximize overtopping, which is contradictive to the basic role of sea defense structures. As a consequence, the experimentally achieved average overtopping discharges are situated in a range that is not well covered by the existing traditional prediction formulae. The presented results for linear-slope overtopping WECs fill the gap between those for smooth dikes and those for plain vertical walls. The overtopping behavior in that particular range is discussed in this paper Conference Object Arctic Ghent University Academic Bibliography |
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Many sea defense structures need to be adapted to the rising sea water level and changing wave climate due to global warming. The accordingly required investments open perspectives for wave energy converters (WECs) - that are built as part of the sea defense structures to become economically viable. In this paper the average overtopping discharges q of overtopping wave energy converters built in sea defense structures are studied. Physical model tests with this type of devices have been carried out in a wave flume leading to experimentally determined values for the average overtopping discharge q. These experimental data are compared with predicted average overtopping discharges using existing empirical formulae from literature derived mainly for sea defense structures. Overtopping WECs have small relative crest freeboard heights and smooth slopes to maximize overtopping, which is contradictive to the basic role of sea defense structures. As a consequence, the experimentally achieved average overtopping discharges are situated in a range that is not well covered by the existing traditional prediction formulae. The presented results for linear-slope overtopping WECs fill the gap between those for smooth dikes and those for plain vertical walls. The overtopping behavior in that particular range is discussed in this paper |
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Hydrodynamic behavior of overtopping wave energy converters built in sea defense structures |
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Hydrodynamic behavior of overtopping wave energy converters built in sea defense structures |
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Hydrodynamic behavior of overtopping wave energy converters built in sea defense structures |
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hydrodynamic behavior of overtopping wave energy converters built in sea defense structures |
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Proceedings of the ASME 29th international conference on ocean, offshore and arctic engineering ISBN: 9780791838730 ISBN: 9780791849118 |
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