Wave Generation and Absorption
Oral
Takashi Kawaguchi, PhD student
President
Aqusys Corporation
Taro Arikawa, Prof
Doctor of Engineering
Chuo University
The wave absorbing control was invented to control wavemakers for tank tests in laboratories. This control enables wavemakers to generate the desired incident waves while absorbing undesirable reflected waves from the tank wall. When waves are absorbed by the wavemaker, the energy of the waves are also absorbed, that is, the energy is regenerated to electric power with the wavemaker drive-motor. According to this theory, in case that certain waves are generated by an oscillating body, these waves can be absorbed by the same body. Therefore, we can design a wave energy converter as a kind of absorbing wavemaker.