INNOVATIVE WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER: SPA-OWC

This video introduces the submerged point absorber using oscillating water column (SPA-OWC).

It's an entirely new and innovative wave energy converter. It is a kind of point absorber. but unlike others, it is installed under the sea water surface. so it is called a submerged point absorber (SPA) and due to similar manner of oscillating water column (OWC). Therefore, it was named as SPA-OWC.

A first test shows 1/30 scaled model test of SPA-OWC without turbine.

Second one shows 1/10 scaled model test with the turbine.

It looks working very well! Actually, only wells turbine without electric generator could be rotating pretty good.

But unfortunately, it was not rotating with electric generator on the wells turbine.


It will be introduced at 2013OCEANS San Diego, at first time.

Detailed concept,working principle, and test results will be presented at 2013OCEANS.

The paper title is "Apparatus and Theory of a Submerged Point Absorber using Oscillating Water Column".

Session 09.1.4 Ocean Energy: Fuel Cells and More
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Time 3:30 PM - 4:50 PM

related research also can be seen, search "SPA-OWC" in YouTube

last version test is in:    • SPA-OWC TEST 2014 05 14