Taking a horizontal pendulum wave energy converter (WEC) based on a spiral spring-flywheel power take-off (PTO) system as research object
considering the spring stiffness and flywheel moment of inertia as variables
a fully coupled numerical model of the WEC is constructed to investigate energy acquisition under multiple degrees of freedom through model test and numerical simulation. The research shows that installing a spiral spring-flywheel PTO can enhance the stability of energy acquisition and increase the power generation bandwidth of the WEC. Under regular wave conditions
the standard deviation of power is positively correlated with the spring stiffness and negatively correlated with the flywheel moment of inertia
with this phenomenon being more pronounced near the resonance period.
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