GENERALIZED ENERGY EXTRACTION SIMULATION MODEL FOR HYDROKINETIC ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS

摘要

Developing simulation models of tidal, marine and river current devices can be a challenge especially when the diversity of various concepts comes into play. Various design and operational aspects can also create ambiguity on how the critical performance measures are to be interpreted and modelled. This work presents a set of theoretical observations and conceptualized model blocks that can be readily used for simulating a wide range of hydrokinetic energy conversion (HECS) devices. This approach is primarily meant for assessing energy extraction at the front-end of a hydrokinetic device. Relevant default model parameters are given and two case examples are demonstrated.