OWC형 파력발전시스템 출력특성 분석

This paper describes simulation results of OWC(Oscillating Water Column), and the associate results are application to the commercially available WEC(Wave Energy Converter) for buoy. Maximum performance is derived from resonance condition. This type of resonance occurs when one of the parameters in an oscillator varies periodically. The water column in WEC oscillates under the effect of gravity and the compression of an air chamber. The WEC characteristics is defined with assuming independence of the buoy heaving motion and the motion of the water column within the center cylinder.