Numerical simulation of an Oscillating Water Column (OWC) Wave Energy Converter (WEC) on a breakwater using OpenFOAM®

J. M. P. Conde; M. B. S. P. Condeço

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Numerical simulation of an Oscillating Water Column (OWC) Wave Energy Converter (WEC) on a breakwater using OpenFOAM®

J. M. P. Conde, M. B. S. P. Condeço

UNIDEMI - Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial

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This paper presents the application of the OpenFOAM® software package, using the IHFoam/OlaFlow solver, in the simulation of the water waves and air flow in an OWC-WEC located on a breakwater, the Mutriku power station in the north of Spain. The numerical code solves the transient Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations, using the Volume of Fluid (VoF) technique to identify the free surface. The standard κ-ϵ turbulence model was used evaluate the Reynold stresses. Two geometries were considered: One with the pneumatic chamber completely open to the atmosphere; and other with the chamber connected to the turbine duct. The solutions obtained by OpenFOAM® are compared with those obtained by the commercial code Fluent.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12-21
Number of pages	10
Journal	Defect and Diffusion Forum
Volume	396
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.396.12
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019

Keywords

Fluent
Mutriku
OpenFOAM
Oscillating Water Column (OWC)
RANS
Wave Energy Converter (WEC)

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