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Dongeun Kim and Yoon Hyeok Bae
Generally, new and renewable energy systems generate electricity by installing and operating multiple modules simultaneously. In the Republic of Korea, recent studies and developments have focused on asymmetric wave energy converters (hereafter referred ...
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Mohammad Rashed Mia, Ming Zhao, Helen Wu, Vatsal Dhamelia and Pan Hu
A floating oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converter (WEC) supported by mooring lines can be modelled as an elastically supported OWC. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of the frequency ratio on the performance of ...
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Nianxin Ren, Yuekai Yu, Xiang Li and Jinping Ou
For both the expansion of important islands/reefs and the development of marine resources in South China Sea, a modular integrated floating structure (MIFS) system with tidal self-adaptation dolphin-fender mooring (DFM) has been proposed. The DFM, couple...
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Alana Pols, Eric Gubesch, Nagi Abdussamie, Irene Penesis and Christopher Chin
This investigation focuses on the modelling of a floating oscillating water column (FOWC) wave energy converter with a numerical code (ANSYS AQWA) based on potential flow theory. Free-floating motions predicted by the numerical model were validated again...
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Sergej Antonello Sirigu, Mauro Bonfanti, Ermina Begovic, Carlo Bertorello, Panagiotis Dafnakis, Giuseppe Giorgi, Giovanni Bracco and Giuliana Mattiazzo
A proper design of the mooring systems for Wave Energy Converters (WECs) requires an accurate investigation of both operating and extreme wave conditions. A careful analysis of these systems is required to design a mooring configuration that ensures stat...
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Jonas Bjerg Thomsen, Francesco Ferri and Jens Peter Kofoed
Mooring of floating wave energy converters is an important topic in renewable research since it highly influences the overall cost of the wave energy converter and thereby the cost of energy. In addition, several wave energy converter failures have been ...
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Jonas Bjerg Thomsen, Francesco Ferri and Jens Peter Kofoed
Mooring of floating wave energy converters is an important topic in renewable research since it highly influences the overall cost of the wave energy converter and thereby the cost of energy. In addition, several wave energy converter failures have been ...
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Jonas Bjerg Thomsen, Francesco Ferri and Jens Peter Kofoed
Mooring of floating wave energy converters is an important topic in renewable research since it highly influences the overall cost of the wave energy converter and thereby the cost of energy. In addition, several wave energy converter failures have been ...
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Chan Roh
In this study, a hydraulic system generator power converter was modeled to verify the performance of a hydraulic-based power take-off (PTO) system. Moreover, the characteristics and output performance of the PTO system were analyzed with various load con...
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Giuseppe Giorgi, Rui P. F. Gomes, Giovanni Bracco and Giuliana Mattiazzo
Although it is widely accepted that accurate modeling of wave energy converters is essential for effective and reliable design, it is often challenging to define an accurate model which is also fast enough to investigate the design space or to perform ex...
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Bruno Paduano, Giuseppe Giorgi, Rui P. F. Gomes, Edoardo Pasta, João C. C. Henriques, Luís M. C. Gato and Giuliana Mattiazzo
The mooring system of floating wave energy converters (WECs) has a crucial impact on power generation efficiency, cost of delivered energy, proper operation, reliability and survivability. An effective design, addressing such competing objectives, requir...
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Luca Martinelli and Barbara Zanuttigh
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Silvia Bozzi, Adrià Moreno Miquel, Alessandro Antonini, Giuseppe Passoni and Renata Archetti
In the present paper, we investigate the feasibility of wave electricity production in Italian seas by the deployment of the Seabased wave energy converter (WEC). A numerical model of the coupled buoy-generator system is presented, which simulates the be...
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Thomas Kelly, Thomas Dooley, John Campbell and John V. Ringwood
Combining offshore wind and wave energy converting apparatuses presents a number of potentially advantageous synergies. To facilitate the development of a proposed floating platform combining these two technologies, proof of concept scale model testing o...
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Luca Martinelli, Paolo Pezzutto and Piero Ruol
This note presents the Seabreath wave energy converter, basically a multi-chamber floating oscillating water column device, and the lumped model used to size its chambers, the ducts and the turbine. The model is based on extensive testing carried out in...
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Dan Yu, Keyi Wang, Yeqing Jin, Fankai Kong, Hailong Chen and Can Yang
In this work, the hydrodynamic performance of a novel wave energy converter (WEC) configuration which combines a moonpool platform and a javelin floating buoy, called the moonpool?javelin wave energy converter (MJWEC), was studied by semianalytical, comp...
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Domenico Curto, Alessia Viola, Vincenzo Franzitta, Marco Trapanese and Fabio Cardona
The paper investigates an innovative ironless linear generator, installable inside a wave energy converter, in order to produce electricity from sea waves. This energy source is considered strategic for the future, especially in small islands; however, t...
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R. Gayathri, Jen-Yi Chang, Chia-Cheng Tsai and Tai-Wen Hsu
An oscillating water column (OWC) is designed for the extraction and conversion of wave energy into usable electrical power, rather than being a standalone renewable energy source. This review paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the mathematical m...
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Jinghui Li, Wei Shi, Lixian Zhang, Constantine Michailides and Xin Li
There is a huge energy demand from offshore renewable energy resources. To maximize the use of various renewable energy sources, a combined floating energy system consisting of different types of energy devices is an ideal option to reduce the levelized ...
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Arthur Pecher, Jens Peter Kofoed and Tommy Larsen
The WEPTOS wave energy converter (WEC) is a novel device that combines an established and efficient wave energy absorbing mechanism with a smart structure, which can regulate the amount of incoming wave energy and reduce loads in extreme wave conditions....
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