Testing and optimising a novel wave-energy device

提出了一种新型的波能装置。该新型波能装置的一般工作原理如下：-V形或优化形状收缩中的波放大；-增强的波激浮标动力学，浮标仅在垂直方向上移动：i)垂直(带有磁铁的垂直桅杆)；ii)方位方向(带有磁铁或平移器的弯曲桅杆)；或iii)在恶劣天气下处于一个角度下并在有溢流的防波堤内；这些磁铁(转换器)沿着一条线[关于(I，III)]或沿着一条轻微的弧线[关于(II)]移动，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设备(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年完成了一个波到线的模型，并在2019年欧洲波浪和潮汐能会议上展示了这个模型。该项目的目标是探索(三个)新型波能装置的改进，并使用造波机在(两个)UOL波道(S)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.