A Pull‐Out Mooring Wave Energy Converter: Design, Analysis, and Application [PDF]
Advanced ScienceWave energy converters (WEC), as alternative power sources for marine equipment, play a crucial role in promoting the development and utilization of ocean resources.
Weihan Xu +4 more
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Analyzing the Near-Field Effects and the Power Production of an Array of Heaving Cylindrical WECs and OSWECs Using a Coupled Hydrodynamic-PTO Model [PDF]
Energies, 2018 The Power Take-Off (PTO) system is the key component of a Wave Energy Converter (WEC) that distinguishes it from a simple floating body because the uptake of the energy by the PTO system modifies the wave field surrounding the WEC.
Philip Balitsky +4 more
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Modelling Offshore Wave farms for Coastal Process Impact Assessment: Waves, Beach Morphology, and Water Users [PDF]
Energies, 2018 The emerging global wave energy industry has the potential to contribute to the world’s energy needs, but careful consideration of potential impacts to coastal processes in the form of an impact assessment is required for each new wave energy site.
Christopher Stokes, Daniel C. Conley
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WEC-Grid: A software tool for integrating wave energy converter models into power system simulations
SoftwareXWEC-Grid is an open-source Python framework for integrating wave energy converter (WEC) models into power system simulations. It bridges WEC-Sim with established electrical simulators (PSS®E, PyPSA) through a unified API, a standardized data model, and ...
Alexander Barajas-Ritchie +1 more
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Wave resource spatial and temporal variability dependence on WEC size
International Marine Energy Journal, 2022 As the wave energy sector grows and looks to the Blue Economy for commercialization opportunities, there is a distinct and pressing need to clearly understand and quantify the coupled impacts of wave energy converter (WEC) size and wave resource ...
Bryson Robertson +3 more
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 In the present study, the problems of diffraction and radiation of water waves by a cylindrical heaving wave energy converter (WEC) placed in front of a reflecting V-shaped vertical breakwater are formulated.
Dimitrios N. Konispoliatis +1 more
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Renewable Energy, 2021 Abstract Wave energy can provide significant benefits as renewables acquire more share in electricity production. So far, focus for the development of wave energy is given to areas with resources ≥ 25 kW/m, with moderate resources often not considered.
George Lavidas, Kornelis Blok
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Coupled Wave Energy Converter and Nearshore Wave Propagation Models for Coastal Impact Assessments
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 Future nearshore wave energy converter (WEC) arrays will influence coastal wave and sediment dynamics, yet there are limited numerical methodologies to quantify their possible impacts.
Timma Flanagan +2 more
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Investigation of a double-degree-of-freedom wave energy converter
Energy Reports, 2020 Wave energy is a large-volume renewable, clean and pollution-free new energy source, which is of great significance in solving energy crisis and environmental degradation.
Hongwei Fang, Yu Wei, Yuzhu Feng
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On Real-Time Hybrid Testing of Ocean Wave Energy Conversion Systems: An Experimental Study
IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications, 2022 The growing wave energy sector requires an efficient and flexible testing process for the development phase of wave energy systems. Real-time hybrid testing is a promising technique for the accelerated testing of wave energy conversion systems.
Ali S. Haider +4 more
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