AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON DEVELOPMENT OF WAVE POWER GENERATION CAISSON WITH SAVONIUS WATERMIILS

Abstract

 For the purpose of using wave energy as a renewal energy, a wave power generation caisson with wave absorb function is being developed for last several years. In this paper, a wave power generation caisson which consists of impermeable vertical water and an array of savonius-type watermills is proposed. Energy acquisition performance from wave energy and wave attenuation ability were examined by conducting laboratory experiment. Experimental results on the effect of diameter of the watermill, the distance between impermeable wall and the center of watermills, and load torque on them are presented.