Technical & Research Track

(P73) Performance of a hybrid wave-current energy converter and tank test validation

Poster Presenter(s)

Boxi Jiang

Lab Technician
Virginia Tech
Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Co-Author(s)

Xiaofan Li, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Virginia Tech
blacksburg, VA, United States
QL

Qiaofeng Li, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate
Virginia Tech
blacksburg, Virginia, United States
SC

Shuo Chen

Graduate Research Assistant
Virginia Tech
blacksburg, VA, United States
ZL

Zuo Lei, PhD

Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor
Mechanical Engineering,Virginia Tech

The Hybrid wave-current energy converter (HWCEC) extracts ocean wave and current energy simultaneously with one single power-take-off (PTO). Performance of the HWCEC has been validated through a 1:10th scaled-down tank test with co-existence of both wave and current. Experiment results show that HWCEC has a range of 29%-87% promotion according to tested conditions comparing to WEC/MCT working individually, and a maximum of 70% power peak-to-average reduction comparing to WEC working individually.