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AN EVALUATION OF WAVE ENERGY GENERATION AND COST OF ENERGY IN THE BLACK SEA

İlkay Özer Erselcan(Turkish Navy Design Project Office)0000-0003-0569-2344
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2024-06-28
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The results show that the WECs with Berkeley Wedge-Shaped floats generate the maximum amount of energy in Sinop and Hopa.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The performance of several axisymmetric wave energy converters is studied by evaluating the yearly energy capture and the expense of energy in two sites in the Black Sea.
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Key Findings & Data:The added mass, hydrodynamic damping, and wave forces exerted on the floats are calculated by a 3D panel method based on potential flow theory.
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⚙️Variables:Wave Energy Generation · The Black Sea · Annual Energy Production

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The performance of several axisymmetric wave energy converters is studied by evaluating the yearly energy capture and the expense of energy in two sites in the Black Sea. The added mass, hydrodynamic damping, and wave forces exerted on the floats are calculated by a 3D panel method based on potential flow theory. The oscillations of the floats are calculated in the time domain by employing a family of Runge-Kutta Methods at various levels of accuracy and the yearly energy generated is calculated by taking into account the occurrence of sea states in a year. The expense of energy captured by each wave energy converter is evaluated by calculating the Levelized Cost of Energy. The results show that the WECs with Berkeley Wedge-Shaped floats generate the maximum amount of energy in Sinop and Hopa. The most economical wave energy converters are those with a cone float and with a Berkeley Wedge-Shaped float in Sinop and Hopa, respectively.

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Eksenel simetrik dalga enerjisi dönüştürücülerinin Karadeniz’de iki bölgede gösterecekleri performans, yıllık enerji üretim miktarının ve enerjinin maliyetinin hesaplanmasıyla değerlendirilmiştir. Dalga enerjisi dönüştürücülerinin şamandıralarının ek su kütlesi, hidrodinamik sönüm katsayısı ve şamandıralara etki eden dalga kuvvetleri potansiyel akım teorisine dayalı 3 boyutlu bir panel yöntemi ile hesaplanmıştır. Şamandıraların yapmış olduğu salınım hareketlerinin hesabı ise farklı hassasiyet seviyelerindeki Runge-Kutta yöntemleri kullanılarak zamanın bağlısı olarak yapılmış ve yıllık enerji üretimi de bahse konu bölgelerde görülen deniz durumlarının bir yılda görülme süreleri ele alınarak yapılmıştır. Her bir dalga enerjisi dönüştürücüsü tarafından üretilen enerjinin birim maliyeti, sistemin ömrü boyunca karşılaşılacak tüm giderlerin maliyetinin göz önüne alınmasıyla hesaplanmıştır. Hesaplama sonuçları Berkeley Kama şeklindeki şamandıralara sahip dalga enerjisi dönüştürücülerinin Sinop ve Hopa’da en yüksek miktarda enerjiyi üretebileceklerini göstermektedir. Sinop ve Hopa’da en maliyet etkin dalga enerjisi dönüştürücüleri ise sırasıyla koni ve Berkeley Kama şeklinde şamandıralara sahip olan dalga enerjisi dönüştürücüleridir.

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Erselcan, İ. Ö. (2024). AN EVALUATION OF WAVE ENERGY GENERATION AND COST OF ENERGY IN THE BLACK SEA. Journal of Naval Sciences and Engineering, Volume: 20 Issue: 1. https://doi.org/10.56850/jnse.1423490

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