A numerical study of Hydro-Hydraulic energy on Undular Tidal Bore phenomenon

Abstract

A preliminary study of hydro-hydraulic energy on undular bores may support the invention of various kinds of technology related to renewable energy sourced from the potential of natural resources of Indonesia. Energy could be generated from one type of hydraulic jump that occurs in the river channel, namely undular tidal bore. The tidal bore phenomenon also exists in Indonesia, which occurs in the Kampar River, Riau, known as Bono. A numerical study of energy on wave-like tidal bore has been done for one type of bores, namely undular bores. The simulation of undular bores has been generated using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approach assisted by the open-source CFD software, OpenFOAM which applied a turbulent model, namely one-equation Large Eddy Simulation (LES). The undular bores simulation in this study has been validated using experimental and numerical data from selected scientific references. Six simulations of undular bores have been performed based on six different values of Froude number, Fr = 1.04, 1.13, 1.20, 1.27, 1.34, and 1.41. Furthermore, the free surface of undular bores simulation was analyzed by emphasizing on the depth of upstream and downstream flows (d0 and d2 respectively). The rate of change of flow depth ( ), energy dissipation ( ), the rate of energy dissipation ( ), and hydraulic power dissipated of undular bores (PUB ) will increase as a function of the Froude number.