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Towards efficient extremum-seeking control of wave energy systems: possibilities and pitfalls. [PDF]

, 2021
Given its success in other renewable energy domains, such a solar and wind, extremum-seeking control (ESC) would seem to be a promising candidate for the wave energy energy-maximising control domain.
Pasta, Edoardo, Ringwood, John, Moens de Haste, Diego, Faedo,Nicolas, Ringwood, John V., Faedo, Nicolás, Moens de Hase, Diego   +6 more
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Feasibility of Nitrogen as a Carrier Gas for Inconel Cold Spray in Hydropower Application

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
N2, despite being nearly two orders of magnitude cheaper than He, is a feasible carrier gas for cold spray Inconel coatings in hydropower repair applications when higher gas temperature and pressure are used. Reducing powder size significantly improved cavitation resistance, while the addition of fine chromium carbide particles further enhanced erosion
Tianhao Wang, Mayur Pole, Tingkun Liu, Kenneth A. Ross, Christopher B. Smith   +4 more
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Microstructure, Thermal Transport, and Dry‐Sliding Tribology of Powder‐Metallurgy Al7075 Composites Reinforced With Sol–Gel‐Derived ZnO–rGO Hybrid Nanoparticles

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Sol–gel‐derived ZnO–rGO hybrid nanoparticles enable Al7075 powder‐metallurgy composites to achieve concurrent gains in hardness and thermal conductivity while markedly lowering friction and wear. The hybrid architecture couples ZnO‐based load support with rGO‐assisted lamellar sliding and heat spreading, revealing a promising route toward lightweight ...
Bunyamin Aksakal, Cevher Kursat Macit, Merve Ayık, Hakan Tutumlu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Test rig for submerged transmissions in wave energy converters as a development tool for dynamic sealing systems

, 2023
A submerged transmission, fitted with a dynamic sealing system, in a wave energy converter (WEC) serves the purpose of transmitting the force, absorbed by a wave activated body, to an encapsulated power take-off (PTO) system, while preventing seawater ...
Jonsson, Anthon,, Strömstedt, Erland,, Erland Strömstedt, Anthon Jonsson   +3 more
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Geometry Optimisation of a Wave Energy Converter

Energies
The geometry optimisation of a point-absorber wave energy converter, focusing on the increase in energy absorption derived from heave forces, was performed. The proposed procedure starts by developing an initial geometry, which is later evaluated in terms of hydrodynamics and optimised through an optimisation algorithm to tune the shape parameters that
Susana Costa, Jorge Ferreira, Nelson Martins   +2 more
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Laser‐Induced Graphene from Waste Almond Shells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Almond shells, an abundant agricultural by‐product, are repurposed to create a fully bioderived almond shell/chitosan composite (ASC) degradable in soil. ASC is converted into laser‐induced graphene (LIG) by laser scribing and proposed as a substrate for transient electronics.
Yulia Steksova, Anna Chiara Bressi, Marina Galliani, Attilio Marino, Gianni Ciofani, Eduardo Machado‐Charry, Hilda Gomez Bernal, Alessandra Francini, Luca Sebastiani, Francesco Greco   +9 more
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The Force of a Tsunami on a Wave Energy Converter

, 2012
With an increasing emphasis on renewable energy resources, wave power technology is fast becoming a realistic solution. However, the recent tsunami in Japan was a harsh reminder of the ferocity of the ocean. It is known that tsunamis are nearly undetectable in the open ocean but as the wave approaches the shore its energy is compressed creating large ...
O'Brien, Laura, Renzi, Emiliano, Dutykh, Denys, Dias, Frederic, Christodoulides, Paul   +4 more
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Exploring Curvature Effects in Direct‐Written 3D Curved Hollow Magnetic Nanoshells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Fabricated by a hybrid FEBID/CVD method, 3D PtC/Co3Fe core–shell heterostructures with engineered curvature and shell thickness exhibit complex reversal modes with axially symmetric N'eel‐type domain walls. XMCD‐PEEM combined with full‐scale micromagnetic simulations reveal how curvature and thickness govern the domain wall energy landscape and shape ...
Oleksii M. Volkov, Fabrizio Porrati, Florian Kronast, Riccardo Hertel, Pavlo Makushko, Olha Bezsmertna, Alexander Kuprava, Mohamad‐Assaad Mawass, Sven Barth, Michael Huth, Denys Makarov   +10 more
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Optimisation of a wave energy converter [PDF]

IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 2004
This paper examines a simple model of an idealised point-absorber wave energy device. The objective of the research is to examine how the device can be optimised in order to extract maximum energy from incident waves. This applies to both the broad design parameters of the buoy and also to the synthesis of the damping function, in which the wave energy
Ringwood, John, Butler, Shane
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Polarizable Vanadium Dipoles Promote Water Dissociation on Vanadium‐Based Metal Organic Framework

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The polarization of unpaired V 3d electrons weakens the H─O bond to improve water dissociation by the dual Vδ+:O─H and Pλ−:H─O coupling hydrogen bonds formation and relaxation. P@V‐MOF electrocatalyst shows low overpotentials (94 mV in acid, 178 mV in neutral, and 77 mV in alkaline solutions) with excellent stability for effective overall water ...
Xinjuan Liu, Jun Xu, Minmin Fan, Jingcheng Xu, Mengyuan Li, Yun Gong, Weiwei Yang, Lei Li, Yong Zhou, Deqiang Zhao, Yuhua Xue, Xingtao Xu, Chang Q. Sun, Liming Dai   +13 more
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