EAPSI: Maximizing the Velocity of Incoming Ocean Waves with Wave-Enhancing Resonance Chambers for Increased Energy Production

EAPSI：利用波浪增强共振室最大限度地提高传入海浪的速度，以提高能源产量

• 批准号: 1515632
• 负责人: Maura Sateriale
• 金额: $ 0.51万
• 依托单位: Sateriale Maura E
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-06-01 至 2016-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1515632&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAPSI; Maximizing; Velocity; Incoming; Ocean

Ocean wave energy will be a critical energy source in the future. It has been shown that velocity in waves can be increased with resonance chambers, increasing the amount of electricity that can be extracted from wave energy turbine harvesters. In the same way that noise reverberates and increases, ocean waves increase when they propagate into a basin of a certain volume at the end of a narrow inlet. These bigger ocean waves have a greater velocity which can turn electric turbines faster, increasing the electricity output from the same resources. Wave turbines are usually deployed in groups. The arrangement of turbines affects fluid flow. This award support research that will determine the ideal arrangement of chambers, when multiple turbines are deployed in an energy farm. This research will be conducted in collaboration with Professor Richard Manasseh at Swinburne University of Technology, a leading researcher in the area of arrays of ocean wave power machines. Research by the PI at the University of Hawai'i has shown that Helmholtz resonators can be used to increase the fluid velocity and energy extracted from ocean waves. Utilization of resonance chambers in wave-energy applications is fairly novel and a natural next step in optimizing wave energy technologies. The next step is to apply these resonators to the type of parallel arrays of wave farms, to determine how to optimize efficiency in wave machines. A series of simulations will be run on three chambers in the Swinburne wave tank. Simulations will be run in which all three arrays have the same dimensions, and also varying the dimensions. Successful tests will be refined as patterns emerge. This NSF EAPSI award is funded in collaboration with the Australian Academy of Science.

海洋波浪能将是未来的重要能源。 已经表明，波浪中的速度可以通过共振室而增加，从而增加可以从波浪能涡轮机采集器提取的电量。就像噪音回响和增加一样，当海浪传播到狭窄入口末端的一定体积的盆地时，海浪会增加。 这些更大的海浪具有更大的速度，可以更快地转动电动涡轮机，从而增加相同资源的电力输出。 波浪涡轮机通常成组部署。 涡轮机的布置影响流体流动。 该奖项支持的研究将确定理想的腔室布置，当多个涡轮机部署在一个能源农场。 这项研究将与斯威本科技大学的Richard Manasseh教授合作进行，他是海浪发电机阵列领域的领先研究人员。 夏威夷大学PI的研究表明，亥姆霍兹共振器可用于增加流体速度和从海浪中提取的能量。在波浪能应用中利用共振室是相当新颖的，并且是优化波浪能技术的自然下一步。下一步是将这些谐振器应用于波浪农场的平行阵列类型，以确定如何优化波浪机的效率。一系列的模拟将在斯温伯恩波浪水槽的三个室中运行。将运行模拟，其中所有三个阵列具有相同的维度，并且还改变维度。成功的测试将随着模式的出现而不断完善。这个NSF EAPSI奖是与澳大利亚科学院合作资助的。