不同地形下单浮子集成装置水动力性能研究

为探讨不同地形特征对单浮子集成装置水动力特性的影响,本文基于黏性计算流体动力学理论,应用Star-CCM+软件建立二维数值波浪水槽,研究了规则波作用下受不同地形影响的单浮子式防波堤与波能转换装置集成系统的水动力性能.结果表明:在低频区,不同地形下单浮子集成系统的波能转换效率均大于无地形影响下单浮子集成系统的波能转换效率...     

一种浮摆式波能发电装置摆板运动响应的数值模拟

海况是影响波浪能发电装置运行效率的因素之一。以浮摆式波能发电装置为基础,描述了其中摆板系统的收集原理;并基于AQWA(advanced quantitive wave analysis)水动力学计算软件,仿真计算了三种波况下各摆板的运动响应,发现波向为45°角是摆板系统的最佳运行角度;当波高不超过0.6 m时,摆板的运动状态较易趋于平衡。另外,提出了一种估算摆板采集波能的平均转换效率的方法,并基于相关拟合函数软件,计算了5种较理想波况下摆板采集波能的平均能量转换效率,结果发现,波浪的周期和波高越大,摆板的波能采集效率越低。     

OWC波浪能采集气室内水动力学压强分析

振荡水柱(Oscillation Water Column,OWC)是近年来发展较快的波浪能采集技术,该装置主要由箱体、振荡水柱和压缩空气柱组成,而波浪在气室内产生的压强对能量转换效率等起到决定作用。结合三维侧向开口的振荡水柱波能转换装置,基于线性波理论,采用三维Green函数法建立了气室内水气动力学性能的空气压强理论计算模型,利用多维切比雪夫(Chebyshev)多项式求解,计算结果精度高,能够准确表达波浪和结构设计参数对气室内压强影响。依据理论计算模型分析了波浪周期、波长、吃水深度、入射波幅等参数对气室内压强作用。     

一种铰接摆式波浪能转换装置结构性能分析及优化

对一种海底铰接摆式波浪能转换装置进行了模型建立及控制优化。分析了装置的水动力特性,考虑黏性阻尼,研究了压载和负载阻尼的控制对装置的波能转换功率和效率的影响。指出对海底铰接摆式波能转换装置而言,由于多数周期附加转动惯量较装置本身的转动惯量大很多,因此压载控制对波能转换功率和效率的影响较小,而负载阻尼的控制则表现出较好的效果和可行性。     

带纵摇前墙的新型振荡水柱式波浪能装置转换效率以及水动力性能数值研究

提出了一种带纵摇前墙的新型振荡水柱式波浪能(OWC)装置,借助Open FOAM开源代码平台和waves2Foam工具包,数值模拟研究带纵摇前墙OWC装置的水动力性能和转换效率。主要研究前墙吃水d_1、前墙密度ρ、后墙吃水d_2、旋转约束力(用无量纲弹簧系数K表示)对该装置的反射系数C_r、透射系数C_t、耗散系数C_d和波能转换效率ξ的影响规律。结果表明,纵摇前墙能有效减少能量耗散,提高波能转换效率ξ;无量纲弹簧系数K对装置转换效率的影响主要集中在短波区域,且在K为0时装置具有最大的转换效率和最宽的高效频率带;前墙的密度和吃水深度对水动力系数影响不大;后墙的吃水深度对水动力系数影响较大,增加吃水深度能有效提高装置对于中短波和中长波段的波能转换效率,但对系统整体的能量耗散系数影响不大。     

摆式波能转换装置水动力特性频域分析

基于势流理论,建立波浪与摆式波能转换装置作用的三维频域分析模型。应用数值模型对两种质量的摆式波能转换装置进行水动力分析,在考虑粘性阻尼作用的条件下,计算传动系统的最优扭阻系数。在最佳工况下,开展了波浪频率对摆板运动响应和俘获能量影响的系统研究,给出了波浪最佳频率范围、摆板振幅、能量俘获效率以及摆板表面的波动压强。     

振荡水柱式波能转换系统气室压强理论研究

振荡水柱式波能发电系统中波能转换主要结构气室能将入射波能转换为往复振荡的空气动能从而实现能量一次转换,该过程的气室压强研究对发电系统设计具有重要意义。因此针对"引浪板"和"引浪通道"的三维侧向开口固定式振荡水柱波能转换系统,采用三维Green函数法建立了气室内水气动力学性能的压缩空气压强理论计算模型。计算时为了满足压强与速度连续条件,响应脉动源与扰动脉动源两者在交界面上需要相互匹配;同时为了能够精确快速地求解三维Green函数,采用了多维切比雪夫(Chebyshev)多项式和渐近展开式快速近似计算方法。计算结果表明所用方法简单可靠,同时计算结果可应用于振荡水柱波能发电系统性能预测及相关问题研究。     

基于主客观权重集成法的OWC装置波能转换效率评价

OWC装置的结构形式繁多,共振周期也各不相同,全面合理地评价OWC装置的工作性能具有重要的现实意义。为优化OWC装置的工程选型,文章基于主客观权重集成法,分别采用层次分析法和熵值法计算峰值波能转换效率、一级衰减和二级衰减3个指标的主观权值和客观权值,并通过优化模型进行组合,从而确定综合权值;利用3个指标的综合权值,对4种不同结构的OWC装置的平均波能转换效率进行评分,并对评分结果进行验证和分析。研究结果表明:在所选的4种装置结构中,圆截面U-OWC的评分最高,即具有最高的平均波能转换效率;与传统OWC结构相比,U-OWC结构的平均波能转换效率较高,在实际工程中有更好的表现,在满足条件时宜优先采用。     

状态空间模型在振荡浮子式液压系统波能吸收装置中应用

状态空间模型是研究海洋波浪能转换系统相互作用的一种有效的数学模型,应用该模型的关键之一是如何根据试验或计算的脉冲响应函数来高效地确定状态空间模型中的矩阵参数.结合最速降线法、最小二乘法和精密积分法来求矩阵参数,分别采用了两种不同的方法模拟出了单浮体在波能吸收装置作用下的位移、速度和加速度,并计算出在非线性阻尼情况下的波能装置吸收功率,得出了装置的最优化设计参数.     

静水池主动式气动型波能转换模拟实验装置

本文介绍广州能源研究所建造的静水池主动式气动型波能转换模拟实验装置。在静水池中,将波能转换装置悬吊在钢索下,由一可变半径的曲柄机构带动,相对静水面上下作简谐运动,获得相对的波浪运动效果。可进行不同波况下的气室性能试验、空气涡轮性能试验和波力空气涡轮发电装置综合性能试验。该装置近似岸式或锚泊固定式气动型波能转换装置的工作过程,具有结构简单、实用、造价低的特点。文章还对国外各种波能转换模拟实验装置作了简介分析。     

Laboratory experiment on heaving body with hydraulic power take-off and latching control

A heaving axisymmetric floating body is tested with sinusoidal incident waves in a wave channel. It is connected to the piston of a pump, and it may be latched by an electromagnetic mechanism. Experimental results are compared with a linear mathematical model, for heave response, hydrodynamic parameters, absorbed wave power and converted hydraulic power. Heave resonance occurs at 1.1 Hz. For sub-resonant frequencies, latching control results in a significant increase in heave response and in absorbed, as well as converted, power. Hydraulic energy capture increases by a factor of 2.8 or 4.3 for frequency 0.75 or 0.5 Hz, respectively.     

Wave Power Focusing due to the Bragg Resonance

Wave energy has drawn much attention as an achievable way to exploit the renewable energy. At present, in order to enhance the wave energy extraction, most efforts have been concentrated on optimizing the wave energy convertor and the power take-off system mechanically and electrically. However, focusing the wave power in specific wave field could also be an alternative to improve the wave energy extraction. In this experimental study, the Bragg resonance effect is applied to focus the wave energy. Because the Bragg resonance effect of the rippled bottom largely amplifies the wave reflection, leading to a significant increase of wave focusing. Achieved with an energy conversion system consisting of a point absorber and a permanent magnet single phase linear motor, the wave energy extracted in the wave flume with and without Bragg resonance effect was measured and compared quantitatively in experiment. It shows that energy extraction by a point absorber from a standing wave field resulted from Bragg resonance effect can be remarkably increased compared with that from a propagating wave field (without Bragg resonance effect).     

某岛筏式液压波浪发电装置系留系统动力学分析

为研究某波浪发电装置系留设备的系泊性能,参考某岛筏式液压波浪发电项目规划和该系留系统的布局设计,利用OrcaFlex建立了系留系统简化模型。通过调节不同海况下的浪流参数,实现了对该系留系统的动力学分析,对比了不同工况下锚泊系统有效张力的变化,结合改变辅缆上端链与浮筏主体的连接位置,给出了该系留系统的优化设计方案。结果表明,不同系泊缆索上的系泊张力分布情况及风载荷对系留系统的影响很微弱。     

混合模块大型浮式结构系统耦合动力响应分析

针对具有天然岛礁庇护或人工庇护的温和海洋环境,提出了一种混合模块大型浮式结构系统,即水动力性能更优的半潜式模块作为内侧主模块,消波效果更优的箱式模块作为外侧浮式防波模块和波浪能发电模块.波浪能装置利用外侧箱式模块与内侧半潜式模块的相对纵摇运动进行发电.考虑模块间多体水动力耦合效应和连接器机械耦合效应,基于ANSYS-AQWA程序重点研究了典型海况下混合5模块串联浮式结构系统的动力响应特征.结果表明,外侧箱式模块和波浪能发电装置能有效减弱内侧半潜式主模块运动响应、连接器动力响应和系泊缆绳张力,并且提供一定的能源供给.所得研究成果可为模块化超大型浮式结构系统的防波—发电集成系统设计提供参考.     

碟形越浪式波能发电装置的三维数值模拟

基于计算流体力学软件的三维数值模拟技术,分析了碟形越浪式波能发电装置的越浪性能,通过构建基于水气两相VOF(Volume of Fluid)模型的三维数值波浪水槽对该装置进行三维数值模拟研究,数值计算结果与物理试验结果相互对比验证较为吻合,验证了所构建的三维数值波浪水槽的可靠性,通过考察装置的坡度、导流叶片个数、干舷高度对越浪性能的影响确定装置的最优结构参数。结果表明,在装置的斜坡面边缘增加回流板可减少波浪的反射,提高装置的越浪性能。在数值模拟中将装置的斜坡面边缘处安装回流板对碟形越浪式波能发电装置参数进行优化,通过分析回流板的长度对装置越浪性能的影响来探索最优回流板长度。     

非对称垂荡式振荡水柱波能转换装置的水动力性能

为提升波能转换装置的经济竞争力,针对非对称垂荡式振荡水柱（OWC）波能转换装置,基于势流理论和匹配特征函数展开法,通过引入盖根堡多项式近似表征结构尖角附近的流场奇异性行为,深入研究后墙吃水深度（非对称）、墙体厚度和线性弹簧系数对垂荡式OWC装置的波能转换效率、透射系数、气室内平均液面高程等水动力参数的影响规律。研究结果显示,后墙吃水深度及墙体厚度的增加会提升装置在长波区域的高效转换能力,并且显著提高结构物整体阻波防浪性能;线性弹簧的出现,能调节水柱振荡和结构垂荡运动响应之间的相位差,从而有效拓宽垂荡式OWC装置的高效频率带。     

振荡水柱波能发电装置气室的三维数值模拟研究

振荡水柱装置是目前世界上应用最为广泛的岸式波能发电装置.气室作为该装置的主要结构可将入射波浪的能量转换为往复振荡的气流动能,是完成能量一次转换的关键结构.为了建立用于考察入射波浪、气室内的波面振荡变化,准确预测气室工作性能的三维数值模拟模型,构建了基于VOF模型的三维数值波浪水槽.通过与物理模型试验的结果对比发现,该模...     

Hydrodynamic performance of a pile-supported OWC breakwater: An analytical study

A pile-supported OWC breakwater is a novel marine structure in which an oscillating water column (OWC) is integrated into a pile-supported breakwater, with a dual function: generating carbon-free energy and providing shelter for port activities by limiting wave transmission. In this work we investigate the hydrodynamics of this novel structure by means of an analytical model based on linear wave theory and matched eigenfunction expansion method. A local increase in the back-wall draft is adopted as an effective strategy to enhance wave power extraction and reduce wave transmission. The effects of chamber breadth, wall draft and air chamber volume on the hydrodynamic performance are examined in detail. We find that optimizing power take-off (PTO) damping for maximum power leads to both satisfactory power extraction and wave transmission, whereas optimizing for minimum wave transmission penalizes power extraction excessively; the former is, therefore, preferable. An appropriate large enough air chamber volume can enhance the bandwidth of high extraction efficiency through the air compressibility effect, with minimum repercussions for wave transmission. Meanwhile, the air chamber volume is found to be not large enough for the air compressibility effect to be relevant at engineering scales. Finally, a two-level practical optimization strategy on PTO damping is adopted. We prove that this strategy yields similar wave power extraction and wave transmission as the ideal optimization approach.     

Modelling of a wave energy converter array with a nonlinear power take-off system in the frequency domain

This paper presents a nonlinear frequency domain model and uses this to assess the performance of a wave energy converter (WEC) array with a nonlinear power take-off (PTO). In this model, the nonlinear PTO forces are approximated by a truncated Fourier series, while the dynamics of the WEC array are described by a set of linear motion equations in the frequency domain, and the hydrodynamic coefficients are obtained with the boundary element method. A single heave absorber is firstly investigated to establish the accuracy of the new model in capturing the nonlinear behaviour of the pumping system. Subsequently, simulations of a 2D array with 18 WECs and a pillar in the centre (representing the tower of a wind turbine) are carried out to understand wave interference effects. Several optimisation strategies are proposed to improve the overall performance of the WEC array. These results demonstrate a computationally effective method for accounting for nonlinear effects in large WEC arrays. The proposed approach may potentially be applied for developing control algorithms for the adaptability of a 2D array to incoming wave excitation.     

Performance investigation of a two-raft-type wave energy converter with hydraulic power take-off unit

Raft-type wave energy converter (WEC) is a multi-mode wave energy conversion device, using the relative pitch motion to drive its hydraulic power take-off (PTO) units for capturing energy from the ocean waves. The hydraulic PTO unit as its energy conversion module plays a significant role in storing large qualities of energy and making the output power smooth. However, most of the previous investigations on the raft-type WECs treat the hydraulic PTO unit as a linear PTO unit and do not consider the dynamics of the hydraulic circuit and components in their investigations. This paper is related to a two-raft-type WEC consisting of two hinged rafts and a hydraulic PTO unit. The aim of this paper is to make an understanding of the dynamics of the hydraulic PTO unit and how these affect the performance of the two-raft-type WEC. Therefore, a combined hydrodynamic and hydraulic PTO unit model is proposed to investigate and optimize the performance of the two-raft-type WEC; and based on the simulation of the combined model, the relationships between the optimal power capture ability, the optimal magnitude of the hydraulic PTO force and the wave states are numerically revealed. Results show that an approximately square wave type hydraulic PTO force is produced by the hydraulic PTO unit, which causes the performance of the two-raft-type WEC not to be sinusoidal and the energy capturing manner different from that of the device using a linear PTO unit; moreover, there is an optimal magnitude of the hydraulic PTO force for obtaining an optimal power capture ability, which can be achieved by adjusting the parameters of the hydraulic PTO unit; in regular waves, the optimal power capture ability as well as the optimal magnitude of the hydraulic PTO force normalized by the wave height presents little relationship with the wave height, mainly depends on the wave period; in irregular waves, the trends of the optimal power capture ability and the normalized optimal magnitude of the hydraulic PTO force against the peak wave periods at different significant wave heights are generally identical and show a good correlation. All means that the hydraulic PTO unit of the two-raft-type WEC can be tuned to the wave states, and these would provide a valuable guidance for the optimal design of its hydraulic PTO unit.