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Seminar: Large Scale Wave Basin Tests on Slotted Breakwater Integrated with Oscillating Water Columns: Lessons Learned
Mayah Walker
PhD Student in Ocean and Resources Engineering
*In-person (HOLM243) & via Zoom*
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Meeting ID: 890 6867 4318
Passcode: ORE
The fixed oscillating water column (OWC) integrated with a slotted barrier is a dual functioning wave energy converter and breakwater. This design is to reduce initial investment cost of the wave energy converter by integrating the pre-cast design with existing coastal infrastructure and housing the power take off (PTO) device out of water. This design is to serve as a breakwater that does not impose local water quality stagnation while mitigating coastal erosion or providing harbor installation. Previous experimental trials on this design were conducted in a small-scale wave flume using regular waves under various tide levels and slotted barrier porosities. The present work summarizes the lessons learned from the large-scale experimental campaign at the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory’s Directional Wave Basin, which tested multiple slotted-barrier porosities and tide levels under random, regular, and obliquely incident waves, including insight on experiment planning, model fabrication, installation, and data collection.