International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering

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Motion characteristics of a floating wave energy converter with wave activating body type

  • Kim, Sung-soo (Dept. of Ocean System Engineering, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Lee, Jae-chul (Dept. of Ocean System Engineering, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Kang, Donghoon (Dept. of Ocean System Engineering, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Lee, Soon-sup (Dept. of Ocean System Engineering, Gyeongsang National University)
  • Received : 2018.02.01
  • Accepted : 2018.04.26
  • Published : 2019.01.31
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Abstract

Interest in renewable energy has been increasing in recent years for many reasons, and there have been many studies on new types of wave energy converters and mechanisms for them. However, in this paper, motion characteristics of a wave energy converter with a wave activating body type is studied with an experiment. In order to conduct the experiment, a simple wave activating body type's wave energy converter is proposed. Experimental variations consist of connection type and location. The connection type controls the rotation motions of structures, and the connection location controls the distance between structures. The movement of floating structures, such as rotation, velocity, and acceleration, is measured with a potentiometer and a motion capture camera. Using the recorded data, the motion characteristics derived from the experimental variations are investigated.

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