Method of Experimental Analysis for Filed Data of Wave Power Generating System
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The wave power generating system using the Wells turbine is installed in the breakwater in Sakata port, Japan, and consists of the air chamber, turbine, generator and safety devices. The purposes of this paper are to reveal the characteristics of each component in this system with the experimental data in the real sea, and to evaluate the accuracy of numerical models used in the simulation. As for the motion of water in the air chamber, the eigenfunction expansion method is introduced, and the wave height measured 275m away from the chamber is employed for the input of the simulation.
