SOLFIEE - Steady Oscillatory Liquid Flows in Energy Exploitation

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SOLFIE addresses the design, implementation and demonstration of a new class of hydropower generation technology. The basic principle is to produce a wave motion onto a continuous flow and extract power from the now pulsating flow with a Power take off (PTO) unit. This is effectively achieved by having both the hydraulic system and a mechanical excitation mechanism in a lock-in resonance condition that maximises and optimises renewable energy transfer to electricity.

SOLFIE addresses the design, implementation and demonstration of a new class of hydropower generation technology. The basic principle is to produce a wave motion onto a continuous flow and extract power from the now pulsating flow with a Power take off (PTO) unit. This is effectively achieved by having both the hydraulic system and a mechanical excitation mechanism in a lock-in resonance condition that maximises and optimises renewable energy transfer to electricity.

oscillatory flow, energy exploitation, Wells turbine

28.04.2020

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