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Effects of mooring systems on dynamic response of wave energy converter
Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2022 ObjectivesAiming at a mooring system design with cost-effectiveness and high performance for wave energy converter (WEC) , the effects of such systems on the capability of power take-off (PTO) system and positioning performance of WEC are investigated ...
Yushun LIAN +4 more
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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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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 Achieving energy maximizing control of a Wave Energy Converter (WEC) not only needs a comprehensive dynamic model of the system—including nonlinear hydrodynamic effects and nonlinear characteristics of Power Take-Off (PTO)—but to treat the entire system ...
Ali S. Haider, Kush Bubbar, Alan McCall
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Sensitivity analysis of extreme loads acting on a point-absorbing wave energy converter
International Marine Energy Journal, 2022 There are many uncertainties associated with the estimation of extreme loads acting on a wave energy converter (WEC). In this study we perform a sensitivity analysis of extreme loads acting on the Uppsala University (UU) WEC concept. The UU WEC consists
Claes Eskilsson +3 more
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 Industry-specific tools for analyzing and optimizing the design of wave energy converters (WECs) and associated power systems are essential to advancing marine renewable energy. This study aims to quantify the influence of phase information on the device
Fadia Ticona Rollano +4 more
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Power output estimation of WEC with HF radar measured complex representative sea states
International Marine Energy Journal, 2022 Wave tank model testing has been widely used to assess the performance of Wave Energy Converters (WEC) in different technology readiness levels (TRL).
Daming Wang +5 more
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Influence of directional wave spreading on a WEC device
International Marine Energy Journal, 2022 Wave Energy Converter (WEC) performance is generally sensitive to the wave direction. So, it is important to include the effect of multi-directional waves in numerical modelling.
Emilio Faraggiana +2 more
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Model Predictive Energy-Maximising Tracking Control for a Wavestar-Prototype Wave Energy Converter
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 To date, one of the main challenges in the wave energy field is to achieve energy-maximizing control in order to reduce the levelized cost of energy (LCOE).
Doudou Li, Ron Patton
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WEC-Sim Phase 1 Validation Testing: Numerical Modeling of Experiments [PDF]
Volume 6: Ocean Space Utilization; Ocean Renewable Energy, 2016 The Wave Energy Converter Simulator (WEC-Sim) is an open-source code jointly developed by Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. It is used to model wave energy converters subjected to operational and extreme waves.
Kelley Ruehl +3 more
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Shape optimization of multi-degree-of-freedom wave energy converter using genetic algorithm
Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2022 ObjectiveIn order to optimize the shape of the floating buoy of a multi-degree-of-freedom wave energy converter to improve its energy conversion efficiency, a method for shape optimization based on a genetic algorithm (GA) is proposed.
Ming TAN +5 more
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