Open AccessFEASEABILITY STUDY OF A WEC INTEGRATED IN THE PORT OF GIARDINI NAXOS, ITALY
Author(s) -
Stefania Naty,
Antonino Viviano,
Enrico Foti
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v35.structures.22
Subject(s) - port (circuit theory) , front (military) , marine engineering , reflection (computer programming) , elevation (ballistics) , environmental science , scale (ratio) , mediterranean climate , wave energy converter , geology , meteorology , remote sensing , engineering , energy (signal processing) , computer science , oceanography , geography , mechanical engineering , physics , structural engineering , archaeology , quantum mechanics , programming language , cartography
This paper presents the feasibility study for a green touristic infrastructure by the installation of a WEC system in the port of Giardini Naxos, in the Mediterranean Sea. The area is characterized by a low amount of annual wave energy. The WEC system chosen is the OWC and its geometry has been tested by means of a small scale physical model. The surface elevation and the pressure on the structure have been recorder in such tests in order to evaluate, respectively, loadings and reflection at the front wall. The eigenperiod of the water column inside the device is also obtained. Finally, the economic return is estimated.