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SUMMARY:Numerical study of a fixed oscillating water column
DTSTART:20241209T103000Z
DTEND:20241209T130000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Renewable energy sources are critical in accelerating the glob
 al transition to sustainable energy systems. Ocean waves carry high energy
  density compared to other renewable energy sources. The Oscillating Water
  Column (OWC) is the most promising type from all the devices that convert
  wave energy into electricity. The first step in designing OWC is performi
 ng a numerical model and WEC-Sim is a robust and powerful tool in the wave
  energy industry\, especially for heaving devices. However\, Modelling OWC
  with WEC-Sim requires some alterations to the program. This study reports
  an improved method for simulating fixed OWC when using WEC-Sim\, by integ
 rating a toolbox. A case study of the Mutriku OWC was performed to verify 
 the toolbox.This study is divided into two parts. First\, a new toolbox fo
 r WEC-Sim was created\, taking into account the thermodynamics of an OWC&#
 x27\;s pneumatic chamber described by the piston model. Then\, some parame
 ters of WEC-Sim were fine-tuned to adjust the toolbox\, matching the resul
 ts against reference results. The reference results were obtained by devel
 oping an in-house code with the frequency domain solution.Secondly\, as th
 e toolbox was already verified\, a numerical study was performed as an ill
 ustrative example of how the new toolbox can simulate a fixed OWC with dif
 ferent scenarios such as free decay tests\, air compressibility\, performa
 nce of different types of turbines\, integration of valves\, and control s
 trategies.
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p data-block-key="zg38r">Renewable energy so
 urces are critical in accelerating the global transition to sustainable en
 ergy systems. Ocean waves carry high energy density compared to other rene
 wable energy sources. The Oscillating Water Column (OWC) is the most promi
 sing type from all the devices that convert wave energy into electricity. 
 The first step in designing OWC is performing a numerical model and WEC-Si
 m is a robust and powerful tool in the wave energy industry\, especially f
 or heaving devices. However\, Modelling OWC with WEC-Sim requires some alt
 erations to the program. This study reports an improved method for simulat
 ing fixed OWC when using WEC-Sim\, by integrating a toolbox. A case study 
 of the Mutriku OWC was performed to verify the toolbox.<br/><br/></p><p da
 ta-block-key="3in4t">This study is divided into two parts. First\, a new t
 oolbox for WEC-Sim was created\, taking into account the thermodynamics of
  an OWC&#x27\;s pneumatic chamber described by the piston model. Then\, so
 me parameters of WEC-Sim were fine-tuned to adjust the toolbox\, matching 
 the results against reference results. The reference results were obtained
  by developing an in-house code with the frequency domain solution.<br/><b
 r/></p><p data-block-key="bm6qb">Secondly\, as the toolbox was already ver
 ified\, a numerical study was performed as an illustrative example of how 
 the new toolbox can simulate a fixed OWC with different scenarios such as 
 free decay tests\, air compressibility\, performance of different types of
  turbines\, integration of valves\, and control strategies.</p>
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