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Hydraulic Power Take-off and Buoy Geometries Charac-terisation for a Wave Energy Converter

Energy and Power Engineering, 2013
In the past few decades, world energy consumption grew considerably. Regarding this fact, wave energy should not be discarded as a valid alternative for the production of electricity. Devices suitable to harness this kind of renewable energy source and turn it into electricity are not yet commercially competitive.
Pedro Beirão, Cândida Malça
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3D‐Nanoprinted Fluidically Steerable Soft Robotic Microcatheters

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work introduces a ∼3‐French (1 mm‐in‐diameter) soft robotic microcatheter fabricated by means of two‐photon direct laser writing. The 3D‐printed microcatheter enables remote, on‐demand steering via microfluidic actuation for guidewire‐free navigation of vascular networks as well as microcatheter‐mediated delivery of fluidic payloads to target ...
Bailey M. Felix, Molly Carton, Olivia M. Young, Noah Barnes, Jordi T. Andreou, Sarah McHugh, Jack E. McCann, Claudia Davis, Victoria Reddig‐Leiman, Afsah Kamran, Dheeraj Gandhi, Miroslaw Janowski, Jeremy D. Brown, Mark Fuge, Axel Krieger, Clifford R. Weiss, Christopher R. Bailey, Ryan D. Sochol   +17 more
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Strategic Design of Soft Actuators in Translational Medical Robotics for Human‐Centered Healthcare

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robotics enables biocompatible, compliant medical devices, but clinical translation requires design‐driven engineering beyond materials. This perspective reviews implantable, surgical, and wearable systems by actuation mechanism, highlighting how optimized architectures and integration improve mechanical interfacing, adaptability, and durability ...
Ho Jun Jin, Jimin Kim, Inho Kim, Bong Hoon Kim   +3 more
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Shallow water effects on wave energy converters with hydraulic power take-off system

The International Journal of Ocean and Climate Systems, 2016
The effect of water depth on the power absorption by a single heaving point absorber wave energy converter, attached to a hydraulic power take-off system, is simulated and analysed. The wave energy flux for changing water depths is presented and the study is carried out at a location in the north-west Portuguese coast, favourable for wave power ...
Ashank Sinha, D Karmakar, C Guedes Soares   +2 more
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Advances in Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Intelligent Robotics and Electronics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) integrate molecular anisotropy with electrical functionality to enable programmable actuation and reconfigurable electronics. This review classifies eLCEs into robotic actuators and adaptive electronics, summarizes key actuation mechanisms, and highlights fabrication strategies that bridge materials to ...
Kavita Ramesh Rathod, Sena Chon, Jae Hyuk Hwang, Sung Hyuk Park, Woohwa Lee, Joonmyung Choi, Shi Hyeong Kim, Seung Hwan Ko, Changsoon Choi, Seon Jeong Kim, Dong‐Gyun Kim, Habeom Lee, Kyung Gook Cho, Woon‐Hong Yeo, Hyun Kim   +14 more
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A Review of Wave-to-Wire Models for Wave Energy Converters

Energies, 2016
Control of wave energy converters (WECs) has been very often limited to hydrodynamic control to absorb the maximum energy possible from ocean waves. This generally ignores or significantly simplifies the performance of real power take-off (PTO) systems ...
Markel Penalba, John V. Ringwood
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Comparison of Hydraulic Power Take-Offs With and Without Continuous Control Force Capabilities

Energy in ocean waves can provide us with clean, predictable energy when and where we need it most. The levelized cost of the energy (LCOE) produced by wave energy converters is still too high for widespread deployment of wave energy despite other advantages. Wave energy must be made more economical by increasing the electrical output while keeping the
Wills, Jackson, Li, Perry
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Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry for Quantifying Membrane Fouling: Fouling Layer Structure and Chemical Interaction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (Nano SIMS) is established as a powerful analytical tool to visualize and quantify the membrane fouling layers. ABSTRACT Membrane technology has garnered considerable attention for applications in wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Nevertheless, membrane fouling remains a major barrier, yet the lack of
Mengfei Wu, Xinhua Wang, Pin Zhao, Weilong Song, Ming Xie   +4 more
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Synchronization‐Dissipation in the Cardiorespiratory System

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
By modeling central nervous coupling and viscoelastic interactions in the cardiorespiratory system we show that synchronization produces a 10% gain in cardiac efficiency in humans. It is surmised that respiratory sinus arrhythmia improves cardiac pumping efficiency by reducing dynamic stress and power dissipation in the pulmonary vasculature.
Joshua R. Border, Alain Nogaret, Andrew Lefevre, Vishal Jain   +3 more
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Development of a novel model testing methodology for integrated performance evaluation of a wave energy converters of floating type

International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
In this study, a new model-testing methodology, termed the Real-Time Hybrid Model Test, was developed to evaluate the integrated performance of floating-type wave energy converters (FWECs) in a wave basin. The proposed technique incorporates a full-scale
Yoon-Jin Ha, Jeong-Seok Kim, Kilwon Kim, Kyong-Hwan Kim, Ji-Yong Park   +4 more
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