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Analysis of Several Heaving Wave Energy Converter Arrays Subjected to
Regular Waves Using CFD Simulation
Chan Fan Eng
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wan Mohd Norsani Wan Nik
Bachelor of Applied Science (Maritime Technology)
School of Ocean Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Heaving Wave energy converter (WEC) utilized the z-axis in six degrees of freedom to
obtain mechanical energy and convert it to electrical energy. It is widely used in high
wave countries in this affluent’s era; while reliabilities and efficiencies of WEC are the
issues faced by Malaysia that consider as low waves country. This paper presents
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to perform simulations of single unit of WEC and
several WECs type that existed in market arranged in array layout subjected to regular
waves. The performances and efficiencies from several WECs were compared and
discussed with data from CFD simulation in order to determine the most efficient
layout for different WECs type. Simulation of irregular waves with data from satellite
datasets is proposed for further investigation in the future.
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