Investigation on the Oscillating Buoy Wave Power Device  

作　　者：苏永玲 游亚戈 郑永红 

机构地区：[1]Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion,Chinese Academy of Sciences

出　　处：《China Ocean Engineering》2002年第1期141-149,共9页中国海洋工程（英文版）

基　　金：This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.59979025),the High Tech Research and Development(863)Program(Grant No.2001AA516010)and the Science&Technology Program of Guangdong(C32004)

摘　　要：An oscillating buoy wave power device (OD) is a device extracting wave power by an oscillating buoy. Being excited by waves, the buoy heaves up and down to convert wave energy into electricity by means of a mechanical or hydraulic device. Compared with an Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave power device, the OD has the same capture width ratio as the OWC does, but much higher secondary conversion efficiency. Moreover, the chamber of the OWC, which is the most expensive and difficult part to be built, is not necessary for the OD, so it is easier to construct an OD. In this paper, a numerical calculation is conducted for an optimal design of the OD firstly, then a model of the device is built and, a model test is carried out in a wave tank. The results show that the total efficiency of the OD is much higher than that of the OWC and that the OD is a promising wave power device.An oscillating buoy wave power device (OD) is a device extracting wave power by an oscillating buoy. Being excited by waves, the buoy heaves up and down to convert wave energy into electricity by means of a mechanical or hydraulic device. Compared with an Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave power device, the OD has the same capture width ratio as the OWC does, but much higher secondary conversion efficiency. Moreover, the chamber of the OWC, which is the most expensive and difficult part to be built, is not necessary for the OD, so it is easier to construct an OD. In this paper, a numerical calculation is conducted for an optimal design of the OD firstly, then a model of the device is built and, a model test is carried out in a wave tank. The results show that the total efficiency of the OD is much higher than that of the OWC and that the OD is a promising wave power device.

关 键 词：oscillating buoy wave power device capture width ratio secondary conversion efficiency total efficiency 

分 类 号：P716.2[天文地球—海洋科学]