... www.isope.org Numerical investigation on dynamic performance of a fixed OWC wave energy device under solitary wave Di Mu, Dezhi Ning, Rongquan Wang State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China; Dalian Key Laboratory of Offshore Renewable Energy, Dalian...

... ABSTRACT In order to study energy conversion performance of the triplet Backward Bend Duct Buoy (BBDB) wave energy device, which is made up of three parallel connection novel BBDB devices, a single BBDB device and a triplet BBDB device in parallel are tested under regular waves in a wave-making...

... ABSTRACT The objective of this study is to discuss the hydrodynamic performance of a wave energy converter using floating panels. A scale model was built in the laboratory at Hohai University, and then was employed to investigate the performance of developed wave energy device. In the physical...

... as they experience a reduced likelihood of being damaged under extreme weather. Meanwhile, shoreline wave energy devices also have disadvantages: the modification of coastal orography, the damage of possible locations of marine species, less available wave energy in shoreline installations than in offshore locations...

... development rectangular cylinder circular cylinder maximum horizontal wave force vertical wave force wave energy device vertical force phase difference total horizontal Experimental Studies on Wave Forces Acting on Caisson Foundations of Wave Energy Devices Yu Xu, Yong Liu, Hongda Shi Shandong...

... information different water depth model uncertainty wave energy device mean zero-crossing wave period modeling & simulation different wave model sustainability scatter index artificial intelligence engineering wave period Determination of Wave Model Uncertainties used for Probabilistic...

... and renewable energy becomes a hot spot of research field gradually. Since early 1970s the wave energy has been studied. Wave energy devices are based on a whole range of different technologies such as: oscillating buoy device, oscillating water column and overtopping device and so on. Some of those marine...

... to an isolated float. Power output measurements relate to a non-linear drivetrain representative of the Manchester Bobber wave energy device in which each float and counterweight is supported from a pulley which drives a flywheel and generator. Net power amplification relative to an equal number of isolated...

...CFD Modeling of Wave Loads on Offshore Wave Energy Devices Derek Causon, Ling Qian, Zheng-Zheng Hu and Clive Mingham Department of Computing and Mathematics The Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester, United Kingdom ABSTRACT Numerical method based on a two fluid free surface capturing...

... We present analysis of a wave energy device that consists of a bottom-pivoted array of vertically-oriented cylinders. The device is studied in moderate water depth and is comprised of three cylinders of equal size and spacing. A limited parametric study is presented to assess the influence...

... water column within the scope of the linear wave theory. A series of model tests has been conducted in order to verify the motion responses in regular waves at the ocean engineering basin, MOERI/KORDI. The pneumatic damping through an orifice-type duct for the BBDB wave energy device are deduced from...

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... ABSTRACT A compliant mooring system designed for a floating OWC type wave energy device in shallow water depth is studied experimentally. The compliant buoy mooring system consists of four mooring systems, each of which has a buoy connected to horizontal and vertical mooring lines. A series...

... of a Single Mode Wave Energy Device U.A. Korde, M.P. Schoen and F. Lin Indiana Institute of Technology Fort Wayne, IN, USA Abstract This paper presents results of ongoing work on t ime-domain con- trol of a wave energy converter in smal l -ampl i tude irregular waves. Two cases with control are investigated...

... ABSTRACT A novel wave energy device (the 'Wave Rotor') is driven by the action of the Magnus effect on two parallel counter-rotating cylinders. This paper presents the results of experimental investigations of a model wave rotor both driven in still water and absorbing energy from incident...

.... Calculations indicate that with proper weighting of the constraint terms the oscillations of the interacting masses and the required control forces could be restricted to realistic amplitudes, in exchange for some loss in the absorbed power. Introduction Of the large number of wave energy devices that have...

.... Introduction JAMSTEC has been engaged in development of ocean-wave energy extraction technology for many years now. In particular, work began in 1987 on "Mighty Whale", which is a floating wave energy device based on the oscillating water column (OWC) principle. It converts wave energy into electric energy...

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