Numerical investigations of a pivoted point absorber wave energy converter integrated with breakwater using CFD

Wave energy resources are enormous and widely distributed worldwide evaluated as to replace fossil fuels. One of the methods collect wave is using a point absorber device, which device designed react sensitively movement water surface for harnessing energy. This paper about influence fixed breakwater on Wavestar-shaped pivoted converter (WEC) computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The may generate stationary this phenomenon helps enlarge surface. numerical model based CFD was validated against available published data verified prove accuracy solution. It found that present results have good agreement with experimental results. A parametric study conducted understand WEC. gap between buoy WEC has been changed according period depending compared. suggest better hydrodynamic performance motion responses WEC, compared those without breakwater. equation considering derived trigonometric function in order investigate correlation response.