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Synergistic Flow Induced Oscillations of Multiple Cylinders in Harvesting Marine Hydrokinetic Energy

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Power-to-volume density is a critical metric for all renewable energy technologies. Harnessing Marine Hydrokinetic (MHK) energy using a single linear or nonlinear oscillator with a cylinder in Flow Induced Oscillations (FIO) has proven to be an efficient and environmentally compatible method. MHK power harnessing by two rigid, circular, tandem cylinders on end-springs for Reynolds number 3 × 104 ≤ Re ≤ 1.2 × 105 with spacing, damping, and stiffness as parameters is investigated experimentally. The objective is to identify optimal parameter combinations where the cylinders, in close-proximity, undergo synergistic FIO harnessing more power than they would individually. The spring-damper controller Vck, developed in the Marine Renewable Energy Laboratory (MRELab), enables embedded computer-controlled change of viscous-damping and spring-stiffness for fast and precise oscillator realization. Experimental results for amplitude response, energy harvesting, and efficiency are presented and discussed. Center-to-center spacing of 1.57, 2.0, 2.57 diameters, harnessing damping ratio 0.00 < ζharness < 0.24, and spring stiffness 200 N/m < K < 1200 N/m are tested. Limited results are presented for three cylinders. The main conclusions are: (1) For the tested parameters, two cylinders harness 2.56–7.5 times the power of a single cylinder; the corresponding efficiency ratio is 2.0–6.68. (2) The MHK power harnessed by the upstream cylinder is increased by up to 100%, affected by the downstream cylinder. (3) The MHK power harnessed by the downstream cylinder and its FIO benefit less by the interaction as the spacing becomes smaller. (4) Power-to-volume density increases by nearly two orders of magnitude.

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This research was funded by the Cooperative Agreement No. DE-EE0006780 between Vortex Hydro Energy and the U.S. Department of Energy; and the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 51609053). The MRELab is a subcontractor through the University of Michigan.

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Sun, H., Bernitsas, M.M. (2021). Synergistic Flow Induced Oscillations of Multiple Cylinders in Harvesting Marine Hydrokinetic Energy. In: Braza, M., Hourigan, K., Triantafyllou, M. (eds) Advances in Critical Flow Dynamics Involving Moving/Deformable Structures with Design Applications. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 147. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55594-8_26

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