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Rotors for wave energy conversion—Practice and possibilities [PDF]

IET Renewable Power Generation, 2021
This review studies some of the existing ideas which create a fundamentally new direction for wave energy converter (WEC) development, obtaining energy from the elliptical motion of particles in water waves using a rotor. The review focuses on three main
Andrei Ermakov, John V. Ringwood
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Conceptual Design Study Based on Reliability Assessment of Secondary Energy Conversion Mechanical System in Movable Object Type Wave Power Generator

Applied Sciences, 2022
Movable object type wave power generators produce energy through the process of primary energy conversion, which converts the potential and kinetic energy of the waves into mechanical energy, secondary energy conversion that converts it into energy for ...
Tae-Wook Kim, Ji-Yong Park, Jae-Won Oh, Kyong-Hwan Kim, Jung-Hee Lee, Hyung-Woo Kim   +5 more
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Ocean Wave Energy Conversion: A Review

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
The globally increasing demand for energy has encouraged many countries to search for alternative renewable sources of energy. To this end, the use of energy from ocean waves is of great interest to coastal countries.
Hafsa Bouhrim, Abdellatif El Marjani, Rajae Nechad, Imane Hajjout   +3 more
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Hydrodynamic Performance of an Asymmetry OWC Device Mounted on a Box-Type Breakwater

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
To share the construction and maintenance cost, an asymmetric oscillating water column (OWC) device integrated with a pile-fixed box-typed offshore breakwater is considered experimentally and numerically.
Zhengzhi Deng, Pinjie Wang, Pengda Cheng
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Experimental Study on Wave Energy Conversion Performance of a Wave-Driven Profiler

Energies
Few experimental studies have analyzed the wave energy conversion performance and underlying mechanisms of wave-driven profilers in controlled environments.
Haolei Li, Yan Liu, Zhanfeng Qi, Xuanyu Chen, Zhiyuan Shang, Liang Cheng, Ziwen Xing   +6 more
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Control Strategies Applied to Wave Energy Converters: State of the Art

Energies, 2019
Wave energy’s path towards commercialization requires maximizing reliability, survivability, an improvement in energy harvested from the wave and efficiency of the wave to wire conversion.
Aleix Maria-Arenas, Aitor J. Garrido, Eugen Rusu, Izaskun Garrido   +3 more
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A Review of Power Co-Generation Technologies from Hybrid Offshore Wind and Wave Energy

Energies, 2023
Renewable energy resources such as offshore wind and wave energy are environmentally friendly and omnipresent. A hybrid offshore wind-wave energy system produces a more sustainable form of energy that is not only eco-friendly but also economical and ...
Muhammad Waqas Ayub, Ameer Hamza, George A. Aggidis, Xiandong Ma   +3 more
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Design of dual-rotor PMSG for wave energy conversion

Energy Reports, 2020
In the paper, a novel dual-rotor permanent magnet synchronous generator (DRPMSG) for wave power generation is designed. The no-load reaction characteristics and load reaction characteristics of the DRPMSG are analyzed with back-EMF, air gap magnetic ...
Hongwei Fang, Yu Wei, Yuzhu Feng
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Aerodynamic Performance Analysis of Trailing Edge Serrations on a Wells Turbine

Energies, 2022
The primary objective of this investigation was to explore the aerodynamic impact of adding trailing edge serrations to a Wells turbine. The baseline turbine consists of eight NACA 0015 blades. The blade chord length was 0.125 m and the span was 0.100 m.
Abdullah Saad Alkhalifa, Mohammad Nasim Uddin, Michael Atkinson   +2 more
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Power absorption and flow-field characteristics analysis for oscillating coaxial twin-buoy wave energy converter by using CFD

Frontiers in Energy Research
The energy conversion capacity of wave energy conversion devices highly depends on the hydrodynamic characteristics of the energy-harvesting structure. To investigate the effect of hydrodynamic performance on the power conversion characteristics, a twin ...
Xiaoguo Zhou, Zekai Cheng, Haibo Xia, Zixiang Zhao, Shuxu Liu   +4 more
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