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Korean Society of Ocean Engineers (한국해양공학회)
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Experimental Study of Hydrodynamic Performance of Backward Bent Duct Buoy (BBDB) Floating Wave Energy Converter

부유식 진동수주형 파력발전기(BBDB)의 유체 동역학적 성능 실험 연구

  • Kim, Sung-Jae (School of Naval Architecture and Ocean engineering, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Kwon, Jinseong (School of Naval Architecture and Ocean engineering, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Kim, Jun-Dong (School of Naval Architecture and Ocean engineering, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Koo, Weoncheol (School of Naval Architecture and Ocean engineering, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Shin, Sungwon (Department of Energy Plant, Kwandong University) ;
  • Kim, Kyuhan (Department of Civil Engineering, Kwandong University)
  • 김성재 (울산대학교 조선해양공학부) ;
  • 권진성 (울산대학교 조선해양공학부) ;
  • 김준동 (울산대학교 조선해양공학부) ;
  • 구원철 (울산대학교 조선해양공학부) ;
  • 신성원 (관동대학교 에너지플랜트학과) ;
  • 김규한 (관동대학교 토목공학과)
  • Received : 2012.10.15
  • Accepted : 2012.12.11
  • Published : 2012.12.31
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Abstract

An experimental study on the hydrodynamic performance of a backward bent duct buoy (BBDB) was performed in a 2D wave tank. The BBDB is one of the promising oscillating water column (OWC) types of floating wave energy converters. Two different corner-shaped BBDBs (sharp-corner and round-corner) were used to measure the maximum chamber surface elevations and body motions for various incident wave conditions, and their hydrodynamic characteristics were compared. In order to investigate the effect of the pneumatic pressure inside the chamber, the heave and pitch angle interacted with elevations were compared for both open chamber and partially open chamber BBDBs. From the comparison study, the deviation in the chamber surface elevations between the two shapes of BBDBs was found to be significant near the resonance period, which may be explained by viscous energy loss. It was also found that the pneumatic pressure noticeably affected the chamber surface elevation and body motions.

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