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Hydrodynamic response of the WEC sub-system of a novel hybrid wind-wave energy converter [PDF]
Energy Conversion and Management, 2018 School of Engineering of the University of Plymouth Hydraulic Engineering research area of the University of Santiago de ...
C. Perez-Collazo +2 more
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Review of WEC-Sim development and applications
International Marine Energy Journal, 2022 WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter Simulator) is an open-source code for simulating wave energy converters, which has been actively developed and applied to simulate a wide variety of device archetypes, and has become a popular tool since its release.
David Ogden +6 more
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Computational modeling applied to the study of wave energy converters (WEC) [PDF]
Marine Systems & Ocean Technology, 2014 The employment of numerical methods to solve engineering problems is a reality, as well as, the worldwide concern about the need of renewable and alternative energy sources. Thus, this work presents a computational model capable of simulating the operating principle of some Wave Energy Converters (WEC).
Flávio Medeiros Seibt +6 more
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Parameters variation effects on energy recovery for a freely floating wave energy converter [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 This study presents the effects of parameters variations on the recovered energy for a floating wave energy converter (WEC) device. The articulated multi body floating WEC under consideration consists of two cylinders connected by a flat plate.
Jabrali A., Khatyr R., Khalid Naciri J.
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Energies, 2023 The development of efficient and sustainable marine energy converter systems is a great challenge, especially in remote areas such as oceanic islands. This work proposes a numerical modeling methodology to assess the mechanical behavior of a wave energy ...
Nadège Bouchonneau +4 more
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Wave force prediction effect on the energy absorption of a wave energy converter with real-time control [PDF]
, 2018 Real-time control has been widely adopted to enlarge the energy extraction of a wave energy converter (WEC). In order to implement a real-time control, it is necessary to predict the wave excitation forces in the close future.
Gao, Yan +3 more
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 To increase the utilization of wave and other renewable energy resources, an integrated system consisting of an offshore wind turbine and a wave energy converter (WEC) could be used to harvest the potential energy.
Wei Shi +5 more
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IET Renewable Power Generation, 2021 Extracting energy from ocean waves has become a heated topic since the energy crisis of the 2000s. Among all the different concepts and designs of Wave Energy Converter (WEC), point absorber is a widely adopted type with great potential, and various ...
Xiaofan Li +6 more
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Energies, 2021 This study primarily investigates an optimum energy conversion efficiency of asymmetric wave energy converter (WEC). A power take-off (PTO) system that provides a constant load torque opposite to pitch motion was implemented.
Haeng Sik Ko, Sangho Kim, Yoon Hyeok Bae
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Wave energy potential along the Atlantic coast of Morocco [PDF]
, 2016 This study analyses the wave energy resource along the Atlantic coast of Morocco using a 44-year series of data obtained from numerical modeling (hindcasting). The spatial distribution of wave power is analyzed using data from 23 points along that coast.
Jebbad, Raghda +4 more
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