On the Development of a Near-Shore Pivoting Wave Energy Converter
EnergiesNumerous offshore wave energy converter (WEC) designs have been invented; however, none has achieved full commercialization so far. The primary obstacle impeding WEC commercialization is the elevated levelized cost of energy (LCOE).
Gianmaria Giannini +6 more
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Wake effect assessment of a flap type wave energy converter farm under realistic environmental conditions by using a numerical coupling methodology [PDF]
, 2018 International audienceOcean Energy Europe has estimated that 100 GW of ocean energy capacity (wave and tidal) could be deployed in Europe by 2050. Along with the European targets it is expected that large farms of Wave Energy Converters (WECs) will be ...
Babarit, Aurélien +6 more
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Quantifying the Influence of Motion Damping on Co-Located Wind and Wave Energy Devices
International Marine Energy JournalOffshore renewable energy holds the potential to satisfy growing demands for global, clean energy production. The co-existence of offshore wind and wave energy conversion technologies presents a compelling opportunity for sustainable energy generation at
Ethan Ritchie, Eric Gubesch
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Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringAs a critical component of marine renewable energy, wave energy has long remained a focal point in research on development and use. The Sharp Eagle wave energy converter (hereafter, Sharp Eagle WEC) exhibits wave energy capture efficiency-related ...
Kunlin Wang +5 more
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Irregular wave validation of a coupling methodology for numerical modelling of near and far field effects of wave energy converter arrays [PDF]
, 2019 Between the Wave Energy Converters (WECs) of a farm, hydrodynamic interactions occur and have an impact on the surrounding wave field, both close to the WECs (" near field" effects) and at large distances from their location (" far field" effects).
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Nonlinear model predictive control of a wave energy converter based on differential flatness parameterisation [PDF]
, 2015 This paper presents a fast constrained optimization approach, which is tailored for nonlinear model predictive control of wave energy converters (WEC).
Li, G
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AIP Advances, 2017 This paper reports the design and analysis of a tubular permanent magnet linear generator (TPMLG) for a small-scale wave-energy converter. The analytical field computation is performed by applying a magnetic vector potential and a 2-D analytical model to
Jeong-Man Kim +5 more
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Power-take-off topology comparison for a wave energy converter
The Journal of Engineering, 2019 Wave Energy Converters (WECs) generally use a Mechanical Power-Take-Off (MPTO) involving hydraulics or gearing to optimise the extraction of energy from the incoming waves before converting it into electrical energy via a high speed rotating generator ...
Stephen P. McDonald +3 more
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[Report of] Specialist Committee V.4: ocean, wind and wave energy utilization
, 2009 The committee's mandate was :Concern for structural design of ocean energy utilization devices, such as offshore wind turbines, support structures and fixed or floating wave and tidal energy converters. Attention shall be given to the interaction between
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Modeling and control of a direct drive point absorber for wave energy harvesting [PDF]
, 2016 Several devices have been developed to convert the wave energy into electricity and they can be found in different degrees of development. A very interesting group of wave energy converters (WEC) is composed of direct drive systems which are ...
Martínez González, Sergio +1 more
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