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Sanghwan Heo, Weoncheol Koo and Moo-Hyun Kim
A Wavestar-type Wave Energy Converter (WEC) on an elastic foundation structure was investigated using an author-developed coupled dynamic analysis computer program. The program included an elastic foundation structure composed of beam elements, a multi-b...
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Shufang Qin, Jun Fan, Haiming Zhang, Junwei Su and Yi Wang
Oscillating buoy device, also known as point absorber, is an important wave energy converter (WEC) for wave energy development and utilization. The previous work primarily focused on the optimization of mechanical design, buoy?s array configuration and t...
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Jinming Wu
The objective of this work is to identify the maximum absorbed power and optimal buoy geometry of a heaving axisymmetric point absorber for a given cost in different sea states. The cost of the wave energy converter is estimated as proportional to the di...
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Changqing Jiang, Ould el Moctar and Thomas E. Schellin
The hydrodynamic damping of a buoy stationed with three different mooring configurations was estimated using a Navier-Stokes (NS) equations solver coupled with a dynamic mooring model. The mooring configurations comprised a catenary system, a catenary sy...
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Yuan Hu, Shaohui Yang, Hongzhou He and Hu Chen
The influence of the central platform on hydrodynamic performance of a wave energy converter (WEC) has remained elusive. To approach this dearth of relevant theoretical research, this paper presents a semi-submerged multi-buoy WEC and the results of the ...
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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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Jianan Xu, Yansong Yang, Yantao Hu, Tao Xu and Yong Zhan
Wave energy is a renewable energy source that is green, clean and has huge reserves. In order to develop wave energy resources, an oscillating buoy Wave Energy Converter (WEC) device based on the artificial breakwater is presented in this paper. In order...
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Mohd Nasir Ayob, Valeria Castellucci, Malin Göteman, Joakim Widén, Johan Abrahamsson, Jens Engström and Rafael Waters
This paper presents two wave energy concepts for small-scale electricity generation. In the presented case, these concepts are installed on the buoy of a heaving, point-absorbing wave energy converter (WEC) for large scale electricity production. In the ...
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De Zhi Ning, Xuan Lie Zhao, Li Fen Chen and Ming Zhao
The cost of wave energy converters (WECs) can be reduced significantly by integrating WECs into other marine facilities, especially in sea areas with a mild wave climate. To reduce the cost and increase the efficiency, a hybrid WEC system, comprising a l...
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