This research deals with the dynamic similarity problem for Oscillating Water Column (OWC)
devices, for which air is the fluid that is subject to thermodynamic transformations in the …

The growth of the offshore wind industry in the last couple of decades has made this
technology a key player in the maritime sector. The sustainable development of the offshore …

This paper present a research on the performance efficiency and sustainability of an
Oscillating Water Column (OWC) simple off-shore device, accounting for the influence of …

The present paper deals with the development of a multi-purpose floating tension leg
platform (TLP) concept suitable for the combined offshore wind and wave energy resources …

Abstract The Oscillating Water Column (OWC) is leading the Wave Energy Converters in
terms of efforts and research devoted. However, the efficiency achieved by these devices is …

Abstract Systems composed of an oscillating water column and a self-rectifying turbine are
among the most well-known devices for wave energy conversion. These systems have been …

A numerical assessment was made of the hydrodynamic performance of a fixed Oscillating
Water Column (OWC) device based on a Helmholtz resonator under regular and random …

A hybrid realizable k− ε/laminar computational fluid dynamics method consisting of the
realizable k− ε model, laminar model, volume of fluid Geo-reconstruct surface capturing …

The impacts of wave farms (arrays of wave energy converters, or WECs) on the nearshore
must be fully understood for wave technology to develop and thus contribute to a …

This paper presents a numerical model to analyse the effects of changes in the bedforms
morphology on Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave energy devices. The model was …