Testing and optimising a novel wave-energy device

提出了一种新型的波浪能装置。- 在V形或优化形状收缩中的波浪放大;-增强波浪激活的浮标动力学，其中浮标仅移动：（垂直桅杆与磁铁）;ii）方位（带有磁铁或转换器的弯曲桅杆）;或，iii）在恶劣天气下，在角度下和防波堤内溢出;还有，-这些磁铁（译者）正沿着一条线[关于（i，iii）]或沿着一条轻微的弧线[关于（ii）]通过一系列固定的（线性排列或弯曲的）线圈，连接到电源电路和电池或用于发电的负载。请注意，该设备具有三个现有波能设备的组件：TapChan装置（其收缩），线性IP波浮标（其直接驱动发电机）和振荡水柱。2013年，建立了一个原理验证，2019年完成了一个波浪到线模型，并在2019年欧洲波浪和潮汐能会议上提出。该项目的目标是探索新型波浪能装置的（三个）修改，并在（两个）UoL波浪通道中使用造波机进行规则波和不规则波的测试，利用实验和计算手段以及控制理论来研究和改进设计。

A novel wave-energy device has been proposed. The general principles of operation of the novel wave-energy device are as follows:- wave amplification in a V-shaped or optimised-shape contraction;- enhanced wave-activated buoy dynamics, with the buoy moving only:i) in the vertical (vertical mast with magnets);ii) azimuthally (curved mast with magnets or a translator); or,iii) under an angle and within a breakwater with overflow during severe weather; and,- these magnets (translator) are moving along a line [concerning (i, iii)] or along a slight arc [concerning (ii)] through a series of fixed (linearly-aligned or curved) coils, connected to a power circuit and the battery or loads for power generation.Note that the device has components of three existing wave-energy devices: the TapChan device (its contraction), a linear IP-wave buoy (its direct-drive generator) and an Oscillating Water Column. In 2013, a proof-of-principle was built, for which a wave-to-wire model was completed in 2019 and presented at the 2019 European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference.The goal of the project is to explore (three) modifications of the novel wave-energy device and perform tests with regular and irregular waves in (two) UoL wave channel(s) with a wavemaker, using experimental and computational means as well as control theory to investigate and improve the designs.