The movement of water in the oceans generates a vast store of kinetic energy, which has led to the development of a wide variety of offshore energy harvesters all over the world. In our energy harvester, we used ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) to convert the ocean energy into electricity. This paper presents a simulated model of an IPMC-based electrochemical kinetic energy harvesting system installed in the ocean and produced using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. The simulation processes focused on the movement and structural stability of the system design in the ocean for the protection of the IPMC module against possible damage, which would directly affect the power output. Furthermore, the experimental tests under real marine conditions were also studied to analyze the electrical harvesting performance of the IPMC system. These results showed that the use of IPMC materials has many advantages as they are soft and durable; as a result, they can respond faster to wave parameters such as frequency, amplitude, and wavelength.

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基于IPMC材料的海洋动能收集运动，结构稳定性和电性能研究

海洋中水的流动产生了大量动能，这导致了全世界各种各样的离岸能量收集器的发展。在我们的能量收集器中，我们使用了离子聚合物金属复合材料（IPMC）将海洋能转化为电能。本文介绍了一个模拟模型，该模型基于IPMC的电化学动能收集系统，该系统安装在海洋中并使用计算流体动力学（CFD）方法生成。仿真过程的重点是系统设计在海洋中的移动和结构稳定性，以保护IPMC模块免受可能的损坏，因为损坏可能会直接影响功率输出。此外，还研究了在真实海洋条件下的实验测试，以分析IPMC系统的电收集性能。这些结果表明，使用IPMC材料具有许多优点，因为它们柔软耐用。结果，它们可以更快地响应诸如频率，幅度和波长之类的波参数。