A New version of Autonomous Ocean Energy （一个新版本的自治的海洋能源）.pdfVIP

21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Gold Coast, Australia, 29 Nov to 4 Dec 2015 .au/modsim2015 A New version of Autonomous Ocean Energy Recovery System for Oceanic Applications Yimin M. Jiang and Amir M. Anvar School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Emails: a1639948@.au; amir.m.anvar@ Abstract: Over 70% of the earth’s surface is covered by water and there is abundant energy in the sea. Imagine if people could make full use of the energy resources under the ocean, how profoundly it would change people’s lives for the better. The energy that this research is concentrated on is from the surface wave motion, which is totally eco-friendly and to some extent ‘endless’. Ocean wave motion energy can be collected and transformed to useful energy by ocean wave energy conversion devices (OWECDs). Sea condition is complicated and wave force and motion are diverse in direction. However, most OWECs are designed to collect wave movement in a single-degree of freedom (DOF) and research has not considered various sea states. In this research project, based on the study of the existing ocean energy recovery system research outcomes, a research-prototype of an autonomous multi-DOF OWEC device is presented, which is capable of collecting multi-DOF movement of ocean-waves independently. The concept and feasibility will be proved and the performance and efficiency under different sea states will be investigated. Different types of OWECs will be compared. The specific oceanic device (test-bed) has been optimized, simulated and manufactured. I