EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT OF SEA WAVES ENERGY CONVERTER VIA LEAN PRINCIPLES USING AN EFFECTIVE MECHANICAL MECHANISM | ||
| ERJ. Engineering Research Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 1-9 PDF (972 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/erjm.2019.66264 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Khaled M. Khader; Omayama A. Nada | ||
| Production Engineering and Mechanical Design Department, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University, Shebin El-kom, Menoufia, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The extracted crude oil from some world areas can be considered as the main pillar of industrial development. Regrettably, the rapid rate of depletion of this kind of energy's sources in addition to its bad environmental effect can decelerate the industrial progress rate. Consequently, more attention has been directed to generate the needed power from the sustainable clean resources, as a response to the worldwide increased energy demand accompanied with a rapid rate of crude oil consumption in addition to increased environmental consciousness. Seas and oceans waves' energy is one of the renewable clean and cheap energy resources. Many types of energy converters can be used to convert seas waves' energy into cheap electricity. Many of previous scientific work is dealing with the most effective wave's energy converters. Some of the published work preferred the oscillating water column (OWC) converter's usage than the other waves energy's converters, although OWC is dependent on Wells turbines which has relatively low efficiency. This paper deals with enhancing the performance of seas waves' energy converter via lean principles. Therefore, a prototype of the suggested mechanical mechanism has been built and tested which can be used instead of Wells turbine for providing the required motion to the generator. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| renewable energy; Oscillating Water Column; Mechanisms; Value Stream Mapping | ||
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