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Review of WEC-Sim development and applications [PDF]

International Marine Energy Journal, 2022
WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter Simulator) is an open-source code for simulating wave energy converters, which has been actively developed and applied to simulate a wide variety of device archetypes, and has become a popular tool since its release.
David Ogden, Kelley Ruehl, Yi-Hsiang Yu, Adam Keester, Dominic Forbush, Jorge Leon, Nathan Tom   +6 more
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Analysis on Evaluations of Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s Wave Energy Converter’s Field Data Using WEC-Sim and Gazebo: A Simulation Tool Comparison

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
Although many studies have validated wave energy converter (WEC) numerical models against scaled prototype experimental data, there remains a notable lack of validation using data from full-scale deployed WECs. This paper compares two numerical models of
Giorgio Bacelli, Ryan Coe, Chris Dizon
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Introducing non-rigid body structural dynamics to WEC-Sim

International Marine Energy Journal, 2020
This paper describes the development of a structural dynamics add-on to WEC-Sim, an open-source code dedicated to the dynamic analysis of Wave Energy Converters (WECs). When calculating the dynamic response of a body, WEC-Sim by default uses a rigid body
Joshua Scriven, P. Laporte-Weywada, J. Cruz   +2 more
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Review of recent WEC-Sim (v6.1) advanced features

International Marine Energy Journal
WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter SIMulator) is an opensource software for modeling the motions, loads and power generation of wave energy converters. WEC-Sim performs simulations in the time domain using hydrodynamic coefficients calculated by boundary ...
Jeff Grasberger, Mohamed Shabara, Adam Keester, Kelley Ruehl, Dominic Forbush, Salman Husain, Jorge Leon, David Ogden, Ryan Davies   +8 more
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An Offline Digital-Twin-Assisted Decision-Support Framework for Dynamic RO Under Kuwait Solar-Availability Conditions [PDF]

Membranes
Reverse osmosis (RO) desalination is a major technology for freshwater production in arid regions, but its energy demand becomes more challenging when the system is supplied by variable renewable energy.
Fajer M. Alelaj, Mohammed A. Bou-Rabee, Mustafa Fadel, Shafqat Aziz, Adil Aslam Mir, Abdulrahman Alharbi, Hussain Al-Sairfi   +6 more
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Implementing Nonlinear Buoyancy and Excitation Forces in the WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Modeling Tool [PDF]

Volume 9B: Ocean Renewable Energy, 2014
Wave energy converters (WECs) are commonly designed and analyzed using numerical models that combine multibody dynamics with hydrodynamic models based on the Cummins equation and linearized hydrodynamic coefficients. These modeling methods are attractive design tools because they are computationally inexpensive and do not require the use of high ...
Michael Lawson, Yi-Hsiang Yu, Adam Nelessen, Kelley Ruehl, Carlos Michelen   +4 more
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Time-domain analysis of a bean-shaped multi-body floating wave energy converter with a hydraulic power take-off using WEC-Sim [PDF]

Energy, 2021
Abstract A novel floating wave energy converter (BFWEC) with multiple ‘bean shape’ floats and a hydraulic power-take-off system (HPTO) is presented. The overall setup consists of a central buoy (C·B.) connected to a set of floats around it using a lever arm and is position restrained using a taut-mooring system.
Srinivasan Chandrasekaran
exaly   +2 more sources

Statistical Analysis of a 1:7 Scale Field Test Wave Energy Converter Using WEC-Sim

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2017
This study uses the open-source wave energy converter simulator (WEC-Sim) code to model the Columbia Power Technologies SeaRay 1:7 scale WEC. WEC-Sim is intended to run quickly on standard desktop equipment and provide a very gentle learning curve for WEC modeling.
Ted K A Brekken, Bret Bosma, Ratanak So
exaly   +3 more sources

WEC-Sim wave-to-wire model of a floating oscillating-water-column wave energy converter

Ocean Engineering
Numerical modelling methods are essential to efficiently estimate the performance of wave energy converter (WEC) devices. The open-source software WEC-Sim, which features pre-built model blocks, is particularly popular among WEC types that utilise hydraulic or linear generator power take-off (PTO) systems.
Luís Gato, Ana A.D. Carrelhas
exaly   +2 more sources

Development of PTO-Sim: A Power Performance Module for the Open-Source Wave Energy Converter Code WEC-Sim

Volume 9: Ocean Renewable Energy, 2015
WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter-SIMulator) is an open-source wave energy converter (WEC) code capable of simulating WECs of arbitrary device geometry subject to operational waves. The code is developed in MATLAB/Simulink using the multi-body dynamics solver SimMechanics, and relies on Boundary Element Method (BEM) codes to obtain hydrodynamic ...
Ted K A Brekken, Kelley Ruehl, Ratanak So   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources