Concept Design of Typhoon Power Generation Ship Using System Simulation

A concept of a typhoon power generation ship for utilizing enormous typhoon energy is proposed. This paper developed a system simulator for evaluating and designing the concept of a typhoon power generation ship using typhoon track history. A developed simulator was applied to the case study to design a typhoon power generation ship ship that operated near Japan. The case study showed that the annual power generation of the typhoon power generation ship tends to saturate and become constant earlier when the number of typhoons is small, in contrast to the improvement of power storage capacity. This result indicates that the appropriate size of the typhoon power generation ship exists at the current technology level.