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Performance comparison of pelamis, wavestar, langley, oscillating water column and Aqua Buoy wave energy converters supplying islands energy demands

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2023
Considering the potential of renewable resources in the Persian Gulf islands, this study proposed a hybrid system in two scenarios of limited and unlimited generators.
Mohammad Hossein Jahangir   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of primary energy conversions of oscillating water columns. II. Power take-off and validations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This is the second part of the assessment of primary energy conversions of oscillating water columns (OWCs) wave energy converters. In the first part of the research work, the hydrodynamic performance of OWC wave energy converter has been extensively ...
Alcorn, Raymond   +2 more
core   +1 more source

HF Radars for Wave Energy Resource Assessment Offshore NW Spain

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
Wave energy resource assessment is crucial for the development of the marine renewable industry. High-frequency radars (HF radars) have been demonstrated to be a useful wave measuring tool.
Ana Basañez, Vicente Pérez-Muñuzuri
doaj   +1 more source

A power take-off and control strategy in a test wave energy converter for a moderate wave climate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The energy in the waves of oceans and seas can be converted to electricity by different types of Wave Energy Converters (WECs). Wave energy conversion is currently widely studied to contribute to the world’s rising energy needs.
Crevecoeur, Guillaume   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Designing and Testing Composite Energy Storage Systems for Regulating the Outputs of Linear Wave Energy Converters

open access: yesEnergies, 2017
Linear wave energy converters generate intrinsically intermittent power with variable frequency and amplitude. A composite energy storage system consisting of batteries and super capacitors has been developed and controlled by buck-boost converters.
Zanxiang Nie   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design and Techno-Economic Analysis of a Novel Hybrid Offshore Wind and Wave Energy System

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
In the past few years, advanced technologies such as floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) and wave energy converters (WECs) have been developed. As demonstrated by the innovative hybrid platform Poseidon, the feasibility of combining floating wind ...
Ermando Petracca   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wave energy potential along the Atlantic coast of Morocco [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

Performance of arrays of direct-driven wave energy converters under optimal power take-off damping

open access: yesAIP Advances, 2016
It is well known that the total power converted by a wave energy farm is influenced by the hydrodynamic interactions between wave energy converters, especially when they are close to each other. Therefore, to improve the performance of a wave energy farm,
Liguo Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coordinated Control of Wave Energy Converters Subject to Motion Constraints

open access: yesEnergies, 2016
In this paper, a generic coordinated control method for wave energy converters is proposed, and the constraints on motion amplitudes and the hydrodynamic interaction between converters are considered.
Liguo Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Study on Electrical Power for Multiple Linear Wave Energy Converter Considering the Interaction Effect

open access: yesEnergies, 2018
A linear electrical generator can be used on wave energy converter for converting the kinetic energy of a floating structure to the electricity. A wave farm consists of multiple wave energy converters which equipped in a sea area. In the present paper, a
Qiao Li, Motohiko Murai, Syu Kuwada
doaj   +1 more source

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