An Innovative Study on the Fluid-Sloshing Wave-Energy Conversion System (FSWECS)

Hsien Hua Lee; T.C. Wu; Z.Y. Wu

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.522-524.950

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An Innovative Study on the Fluid-Sloshing Wave-Energy Conversion System (FSWECS)

Abstract:

In this study, a new type of energy converting system is developed and installed in an offshore platform structure to take the advantage of strong motion of the platform subjected to waves. It is a device that by utilizing the sloshing power of the fluid stored in a U-shape tube, the turbine of the electric power generator is driven and electricity can be generated. By following previous experimental studies in basic vibration behavior for the FSWECS device that under various periods and amplitudes of the stroke in the experimental tests, can effectively convert vibration motion into electricity power, a further test for the effectiveness of energy converted from the FSWECS device was performed in a water-tank. Parameters identified in previous studies including the natural periods of the FSWECS device, the strokes of the vibration and the relationship between the amount of the liquid filled in the tube and the dynamic character of the device are further studied when subjected to a simulated wave.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 522-524)

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950-953

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https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.522-524.950

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February 2014

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Hsien Hua Lee*, T.C. Wu, Z.Y. Wu

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Fluid-Sloshing Wave-Energy Conversion System (FSWECS), Offshore Platform System, Power Conversion, Water Tank Experiment, Wave Power

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