An experimental study of wave power generation using a flexible piezoelectric device

Tanaka, Yoshikazu; Oko, Takuya; Mutsuda, Hidemi; Patel, Rupesh; McWilliam, Stewart; Popov, Atanas

Abstract

An experimental study of wave power generation using flexible piezoelectric devices (FPEDs) is presented in this paper. Two alternate configurations for harvesting power from waves are proposed. In the first configuration, the FPEDs are installed horizontally and transversally to the wave, i.e., parallel to the seabed. In the second configuration, the FPEDs are installed vertically, i.e., perpendicular to the seabed. A theoretical model to estimate the performance of horizontally oriented FPEDs is also presented that adopts the Morison equation to evaluate the force created by the waves. Results from the theoretical model agree with experimental results for horizontally oriented FPEDs operating in various water depths and wave heights

Citation

Tanaka, Y., Oko, T., Mutsuda, H., Patel, R., McWilliam, S., & Popov, A. (2015). An experimental study of wave power generation using a flexible piezoelectric device. Journal of Ocean Technology, 2(1), 28-36

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 1, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Feb 28, 2015
• Publication Date: Feb 28, 2015
• Deposit Date: May 8, 2018
• Print ISSN: 1718-3200
• Electronic ISSN: 2310-3604
• Publisher: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Fisheries and Marine Institute, Centre for Applied Ocean Technology
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 28-36
• Public URL: http://www.isope.org/publications/jowe/jowe-02-1/jowe-02-1-p028-asr05-Tanaka.pdf
• Publisher URL: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/199a/67bce4272c6c6b5f865e70335da531b95d6a.pdf?_ga=2.92271390.589438572.1549368476-1121776917.1549368476