High-fidelity numerical modelling of ocean wave energy systems: A review of computational fluid dynamics-based numerical wave tanks

C Windt, J Davidson, JV Ringwood - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
For the research and development (R&D) of wave energy converters (WECs), numerical
wave tanks (NWTs) provide an excellent numerical tool, enabling a cost-effective testbed for …

On the assessment of numerical wave makers in CFD simulations

C Windt, J Davidson, P Schmitt… - Journal of Marine Science …, 2019 - mdpi.com
A fully non-linear numerical wave tank (NWT), based on Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD), provides a useful tool for the analysis of coastal and offshore engineering problems …

Validation of a CFD-based numerical wave tank model for the power production assessment of the wavestar ocean wave energy converter

C Windt, J Davidson, EJ Ransley, D Greaves… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
CFD-based numerical wave tank (CNWT) models, are a useful tool for the analysis of wave
energy converters (WECs). During the development of a CNWT, model validation is vital, to …

A high-fidelity wave-to-wire simulation platform for wave energy converters: Coupled numerical wave tank and power take-off models

M Penalba, J Davidson, C Windt, JV Ringwood - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Performing rigorous technical and commercial assessment of wave energy converters
(WECs) numerically, before engaging in expensive wave tank and open ocean tests, is vital …

Evaluation of energy maximising control systems for wave energy converters using OpenFOAM

J Davidson, C Windt, G Giorgi, R Genest… - … ®: Selected Papers of …, 2019 - Springer
Wave energy conversion is an active field of research, aiming to harness the vast amounts of
energy present in ocean waves. An essential development trajectory towards an …

A generating‐absorbing boundary condition for dispersive waves

M Borsboom, NG Jacobsen - International Journal for …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The detailed modeling of free‐surface waves and their interaction with bottom‐mounted or
floating structures requires large computational resources, which is why efficient boundary …

Validation of a numerical wave tank based on overset mesh for the wavestar-like wave energy converter in the South China Sea

Z Luan, B Chen, R Jin, G He, H Ghassemi, P Jing - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The CFD-based numerical wave tanks (CNWTs) have become a valuable numerical tool for
research and development (R&D) of wave energy converters (WECs) with improvements in …

Loads on a point-absorber wave energy converter in regular and focused extreme wave events

E Katsidoniotaki, E Ransley… - International …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Accurate modeling and prediction of extreme loads for survivability is of crucial importance if
wave energy is to become commercially viable. The fundamental differences in scale and …

Adaptive control of a wave energy converter simulated in a numerical wave tank

J Davidson, R Genest… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - mural.maynoothuniversity.ie
Energy maximising controllers (EMCs), for wave energy converters (WECs), based on linear
models are attractive in terms of simplicity and computation. However, such (Cummins …

High-fidelity simulation of regular waves based on multi-moment finite volume formulation and THINC method

Z Zhang, X Zhao, B Xie, L Nie - Applied Ocean Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The performance of interFoam (a widely used solver within OpenFOAM package) in
simulating the propagation of water waves has been reported to be sensitive to the temporal …