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The PTO system is the second main component of an OWC device. It converts the pneumatic power into a desired energy source (i.e. sound or electricity). The PTO system design is very important to the efficiency of the oscillating water column. It must be able to convert airflow going both out of and into the collecting chamber into energy.
This was a 40 kW Oscillating Water Column (OWC) with tandem Wells turbines, constructed on the coast of Sanze, Tsuruoka, Japan in 1982. [ 132 ] [ 133 ] It was the first full-scale wave energy device constructed (apart from the French OWC installation on the top of a natural cliff in 1910, and operated for six months with good results.
The operation principle of MARMOK-A-5 is a point absorber OWC (Oscillating Water Column). The device is 5m in diameter and a length of 42m, [6] 6m above the water. It has a weight of more than 80 tons. The buoy is floating in a 90m depth and is tied to the sea bed with a mooring system based on anchors. This wave energy converter has ...
Oscillating Water Columns (OWCs) are simple constructions that act like a piston and cylinder. As waves rise within the OWC, it replicates the action of a piston, driving a column of air ahead of it and through the turbine. Most turbines are designed to function with a constant flow in a single direction but OWC generates a bi-directional flow.
An early device was constructed around 1910 by Bochaux-Praceique to power his house in Royan, France. [9] It appears that this was the first oscillating water-column type of wave-energy device. [10] From 1855 to 1973 there were 340 patents filed in the UK alone. [8] Modern pursuit of wave energy was pioneered by Yoshio Masuda's 1940s ...
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Yoshio Masuda (died 2009) was a Japanese naval commander regarded as the father of modern wave power technology. [1] Among other devices, the now-used principle of oscillating water column is regarded as his invention.