Analysis of a two-body floating wave energy converter with particular focus on the effects of power-take off and mooring systems on energy capture

• Published in: Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
• Main Authors: Muliawan, Made Jaya, Gao, Zhen, Moan, Torgeir, Babarit, Aurélien
• Other Authors: Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim (NTNU), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Laboratoire de recherche en Hydrodynamique, Énergétique et Environnement Atmosphérique (LHEEA), École Centrale de Nantes (ECN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Statkraft
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2013
• Subjects: Wave energy converters; Seas; Engineering simulation; Mooring; Waves; Energy generation; [PHYS.MECA.MEFL]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Fluid mechanics [physics.class-ph]; Simo; Arctic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01145148; https://hal.science/hal-01145148/document; https://hal.science/hal-01145148/file/Muliazan2013.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4023796

International audience The present paper summarizes analyses of a two-body floating wave energy converter (WEC) including the mooring system. An axi-symmetric Wavebob type WEC is chosen as the object of investigation here. However, the PTO system is modeled in a simplified manner as ideal linear dam...