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Kawaguchi, Takashi, Kunio Nakano, Shogo Miyajima, and Taro Arikawa. "WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER WITH WAVE ABSORBING CONTROL." Coastal Engineering Proceedings, no. 36 (December 30, 2018): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.9753/icce.v36.papers.61.

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The wave absorbing control using wave sensors was theorized and developed by the authors, about 30 years ago. It was originally for absorbing wavemakers for tank tests in laboratories. This control enables wavemakers to generate the desired incident waves while absorbing undesirable reflected waves from the tank wall. When waves are absorbed by the wavemaker, the energy of the waves are also absorbed, that is, the energy is regenerated to electric power with the wavemaker drivemotor. According to this theory, in case that certain waves are generated by an oscillating body, these waves can be absorbed by the same body. Therefore, we can design a wave energy converter as a kind of absorbing wavemaker.
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KONNO, Toshio, Yoshihiro NAGATA, Manabu TAKAO, and Toshiaki SETOGUCHI. "C107 RADIAL TURBINE WITH AIRFLOW RECTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION(Solar, Wind and Wave Energy-2)." Proceedings of the International Conference on Power Engineering (ICOPE) 2009.1 (2009): _1–167_—_1–171_. http://dx.doi.org/10.1299/jsmeicope.2009.1._1-167_.

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Troch, Peter, Charlotte Beels, Julien De Rouck, and Griet De Backer. "WAKE EFFECTS BEHIND A FARM OF WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS FOR IRREGULAR LONG-CRESTED AND SHORT-CRESTED WAVES." Coastal Engineering Proceedings 1, no. 32 (February 1, 2011): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.9753/icce.v32.waves.53.

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The contribution of wave energy to the renewable energy supply is rising. To extract a considerable amount of wave power, Wave Energy Converters (WECs) are arranged in several rows or in a ’farm’. WECs in a farm are interacting (e.g. the presence of other WECs influence the operational behaviour of a single WEC) and the overall power absorption is affected. In this paper wake effects in the lee of a single WEC and multiple WECs of the overtopping type, where the water volume of overtopped waves is first captured in a basin above mean sea level and then drains back to the sea through hydro turbines, are studied using the time-dependent mild-slope equation model MILDwave. The wake behind a single WEC is investigated for long-crested and short-crested incident waves. The wake becomes wider for larger wave peak periods. An increasing directional spreading results in a faster wave regeneration and a shorter wake behind the WEC. The wake in the lee of multiple WECs is calculated for two different farm lay-outs, i.e. an aligned grid and a staggered grid, with varying lateral and longitudinal spacing. The wave power redistribution in and behind each farm lay-out is studied in detail using MILDwave. In general, the staggered grid results in the highest overall wave power absorption.
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Nian, Ting Kai, Bo Liu, and Ping Yin. "Seafloor Slope Stability under Adverse Conditions Using Energy Approach." Applied Mechanics and Materials 405-408 (September 2013): 1445–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.405-408.1445.

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The effects of ocean waves on the stability of seafloor slopes are of great importance in marine environment. The stability of a seafloor slope considering wave-induced pressure is analyzed using the kinematic approach of limit analysis combined with a strength reduction technique. A seafloor slope without waves is considered first. Furthermore, waved-induced pressure is considered to act on the surface of slope as an external load to analyze the effects on the stability of slope by waves. The results show that the adverse effect of waves on slope stability increases with an increase of the wave height as well as a decrease of the water depth.
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Smith, Warren R. "Wave–structure interactions for the distensible tube wave energy converter." Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 472, no. 2192 (August 2016): 20160160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2016.0160.

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A comprehensive linear mathematical model is constructed to address the open problem of the radiated wave for the distensible tube wave energy converter. This device, full of sea water and located just below the surface of the sea, undergoes a complex interaction with the waves running along its length. The result is a bulge wave in the tube which, providing certain criteria are met, grows in amplitude and captures the wave energy through the power take-off mechanism. Successful optimization of the device means capturing the energy from a much larger width of the sea waves (capture width). To achieve this, the complex interaction between the incident gravity waves, radiated waves and bulge waves is investigated. The new results establish the dependence of the capture width on absorption of the incident wave, energy loss owing to work done on the tube, imperfect tuning and the radiated wave. The new results reveal also that the wave–structure interactions govern the amplitude, phase, attenuation and wavenumber of the transient bulge wave. These predictions compare well with experimental observations.
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Gonzalez C., Rodolfo S. "Teoría de Gravedad "Energy-Wave": el origen." ALTAmira Revista Académica 2, no. 5 (June 1, 2014): 50–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.15418/altamira5001.

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Shao, Cheng, and Xao Yu Yuan. "Exploiting of Ocean Wave Energy." Advanced Materials Research 622-623 (December 2012): 1143–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.622-623.1143.

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Sea waves are a very promising energy carrier among renewable power sources, and so many devices to convert wave energy into electrical energy have been invented. This paper discussed the fundamentals of ocean wave energy, summarized the wave energy research being conducted. And the purpose is to take refers to scientists and engineers in this area.
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Perfect, B., N. Kumar, and J. J. Riley. "Energetics of Seamount Wakes. Part II: Wave Fluxes." Journal of Physical Oceanography 50, no. 5 (May 2020): 1383–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-19-0104.1.

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AbstractSeamounts are thought to facilitate ocean mixing through unsteady wake processes, and through the generation of internal waves, which propagate away from the seamount and later break. The relative importance of these processes is examined for idealized, isolated seamounts (with characteristic width D and height H) in uniform barotropic flow U. A range of Coriolis parameters f and buoyancy frequencies N are used such that a broad parameter space of low Froude numbers (U/NH) and low Rossby numbers (U/fD) is considered. Results indicate that eddy processes energetically dominate the internal wave energy flux in this range of parameter space. The internal wave field is specifically examined and partitioned into steady lee waves and unsteady, wake-generated waves. It is found that the lee wave energy flux cannot be explained by existing analytical theories. A lee wave model by Smith is then extended into the low-Froude-number regime and the effect of rotation is included. While strongly stratified experiments have previously indicated that only the top U/N of an obstacle generates internal waves, the effect of rotation appears to modify this wavemaking height. Once the U/N height is revised to account for rotation, the lee wave energy flux can be reasonably accurately reproduced by the extended Smith model.
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Verao Fernandez, Gael, Vasiliki Stratigaki, Panagiotis Vasarmidis, Philip Balitsky, and Peter Troch. "Wake Effect Assessment in Long- and Short-Crested Seas of Heaving-Point Absorber and Oscillating Wave Surge WEC Arrays." Water 11, no. 6 (May 29, 2019): 1126. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11061126.

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In the recent years, the potential impact of wave energy converter (WEC) arrays on the surrounding wave field has been studied using both phase-averaging and phase-resolving wave propagation models. Obtaining understanding of this impact is important because it may affect other users in the sea or on the coastline. However, in these models a parametrization of the WEC power absorption is often adopted. This may lead to an overestimation or underestimation of the overall WEC array power absorption, and thus to an unrealistic estimation of the potential WEC array impact. WEC array power absorption is a result of energy extraction from the incoming waves, and thus wave height decrease is generally observed downwave at large distances (the so-called “wake” or “far-field” effects). Moreover, the power absorption depends on the mutual interactions between the WECs of an array (the so-called “near field” effects). To deal with the limitations posed by wave propagation models, coupled models of recent years, which are nesting wave-structure interaction solvers into wave propagation models, have been used. Wave-structure interaction solvers can generally provide detailed hydrodynamic information around the WECs and a more realistic representation of wave power absorption. Coupled models have shown a lower WEC array impact in terms of wake effects compared to wave propagation models. However, all studies to date in which coupled models are employed have been performed using idealized long-crested waves. Ocean waves propagate with a certain directional spreading that affects the redistribution of wave energy in the lee of WEC arrays, and thus gaining insight wake effect for irregular short-crested sea states is crucial. In our research, a new methodology is introduced for the assessment of WEC array wake effects for realistic sea states. A coupled model is developed between the wave-structure interaction solver NEMOH and the wave propagation model MILDwave. A parametric study is performed showing a comparison between WEC array wake effects for regular, long-crested irregular, and short-crested irregular waves. For this investigation, a nine heaving-point absorber array is used for which the wave height reduction is found to be up to 8% lower at 1.0 km downwave the WEC array when changing from long-crested to short-crested irregular waves. Also, an oscillating wave surge WEC array is simulated and the overestimation of the wake effects in this case is up to 5%. These differences in wake effects between different wave types indicates the need to consider short-crested irregular waves to avoid overestimating the WEC array potential impacts. The MILDwave-NEMOH coupled model has proven to be a reliable numerical tool, with an efficient computational effort for simulating the wake effects of two different WEC arrays under the action of a range of different sea states.
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Gao, Hong, and Zhiheng Wang. "Hydrodynamic Response Analysis and Wave Energy Absorption of Wave Energy Converters in Regular Waves." Marine Technology Society Journal 51, no. 1 (January 1, 2017): 64–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.51.1.7.

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AbstractThe hydrodynamic response and the energy capture analysis of wave energy converters (WECs) with three degrees of freedom are conducted using a frequency domain approach. Considering the coupled hydrodynamic coefficients between surge and pitch, motion responses in surge, heave, and pitch are solved for the WECs. The power take-off (PTO) damping is taken as a linear function of the velocity. The power absorption and the absorption efficiency in surge, heave, and pitch are analyzed and compared. The effects of the geometry, diameter, draft, center of gravity position, and PTO damping on the hydrodynamic response, the power absorption, and the absorption efficiency of WECs are investigated. A cylinder, a halfsphere cylinder, and a cone cylinder are examined. From the total power absorption and the efficiency, the cone is the optimum geometry. For the cylinder, the power absorption in heave increases obviously with the increase of the diameter or the draft in a certain range. For the cone, the effect of diameter and draft on the power absorption in heave is relatively small. The cone has a better ability to absorb power in surge and pitch with an intermediate draft and diameter, and the power absorption peak in pitch decreases as Zg increases. The center of gravity position has no effect on the hydrodynamic response and the power absorption in heave. For a cylinder, the optimal PTO damping in heave is higher than that in pitch and surge. The optimum frequency in heave is lower than that in pitch and surge.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Wave energy"

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Rahm, Magnus. "Ocean Wave Energy : Underwater Substation System for Wave Energy Converters." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Elektricitetslära, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-112915.

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This thesis deals with a system for operation of directly driven offshore wave energy converters. The work that has been carried out includes laboratory testing of a permanent magnet linear generator, wave energy converter mechanical design and offshore testing, and finally design, implementation, and offshore testing of an underwater collector substation. Long-term testing of a single point absorber, which was installed in March 2006, has been performed in real ocean waves in linear and in non-linear damping mode. The two different damping modes were realized by, first, a resistive load, and second, a rectifier with voltage smoothing capacitors and a resistive load in the DC-link. The loads are placed on land about 2 km east of the Lysekil wave energy research site, where the offshore experiments have been conducted. In the spring of 2009, another two wave energy converter prototypes were installed. Records of array operation were taken with two and three devices in the array. With two units, non-linear damping was used, and with three units, linear damping was employed. The point absorbers in the array are connected to the underwater substation, which is based on a 3 m3 pressure vessel standing on the seabed. In the substation, rectification of the frequency and amplitude modulated voltages from the linear generators is made. The DC voltage is smoothened by capacitors and inverted to 50 Hz electrical frequency, transformed and finally transmitted to the on-shore measuring station. Results show that the absorption is heavily dependent on the damping. It has also been shown that by increasing the damping, the standard deviation of electrical power can be reduced. The standard deviation of electrical power is reduced by array operation compared to single unit operation. Ongoing and future work include the construction and installation of a second underwater substation, which will connect the first substation and seven new WECs.
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Guerrero, Felipe Martinez. "Development of a wave energy basin to maximize wave energy conversion." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20241.

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O'Boyle, Louise. "Wave fields around wave energy converter arrays." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602715.

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Wave energy converters, by their nature, extract large amounts of energy from incident waves. If the industry is to progress such that wave energy becomes a significant provider of power in the future, large wave farms will be required. Presently, consenting for these sites is a long and problematic process, mainly due to a lack of knowledge of the potential environmental impacts. Accurate numerical modelling of the effect of wave energy extraction on the wave field and subsequent evaluation of changes to coastal processes is therefore required. Modelling the wave field impact is also necessary to allow optimum wave farm configurations to be determined. This thesis addresses the need for more accurate representation of wave energy converters in numerical models so that the effect on the wave field, and subsequently the coastal processes, may be evaluated. Using a hybrid of physical and numerical modelling (MIKE21 BW and SW models) the effect of energy extraction and operation of a WEC array on the local wave climate has been determined. The main outcomes of the thesis are: an improved wave basin facility, in terms of wave climate homogeneity, reducing the standard deviation of wave amplitude by up to 50%; experimental measurement of the wave field around WEC arrays, showing that radiated waves account for a significant proportion of the wave disturbance; a new representation method of WECs for use with standard numerical modelling tools, validated against experimental results. The methodology and procedures developed here allow subsequent evaluation of changes to coastal processes and sediment transport due to WEC arrays.
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Sun, Haili. "Ray-tracing internal wave/wave interactions and spectral energy transfer /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10973.

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Mackay, Edward B. L. "Wave energy resource assessment." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2009. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/79448/.

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The use of satellite altimeter data for spatial mapping of the wave resource is examined. A new algorithm for estimating wave period from altimeter data is developed and validated, which enables estimates of wave energy converter (WEC) power to be derived. Maps of the long-term mean WEC power from altimeter data are of a higher spatial resolution than is available from global wave model data. They can be used for identifying promising wave energy locations along particular stretches of coastline, before a detailed study using nearshore models is undertaken. The accuracy of estimates of WEC power from wave model data is considered. Without calibration estimates of the mean WEC power from model data can be biased of the order of 10-20%. The calibration of wave model data is complicated by non-linear dependence of model parameters on multiple factors, and seasonal and interannual changes in biases. After calibration the accuracy in the estimate of the historic power production at a site is of the order of 5%, but the changing biases make it difficult to specify the accuracy more precisely. The accuracy of predictions of the future energy yield from a WEC is limited by the accuracy of the historic data and the variability in the resource. The variability in 5, 10 and 20 year mean power levels is studied for an area in the north of Scotland, and shown to be greater than if annual power anomalies were uncorrelated noise. The sensitivity of WEC power production to climate change is also examined, and it is shown that the change in wave climate over the life time of a wave farm is likely to be small in comparison to the natural level of variability. It is shown that despite the uncertainty related to variability in the wave climate, improvements in the accuracy of historic data will improve the accuracy of predictions of future WEC yield. The topic of extreme wave analysis is also considered. A comparison of estimators for the generalised Pareto distribution (GPD) is presented. It is recommended that the Likelihood-Moment estimator should be used in preference to other estimators for the GPD. The use of seasonal models for extremes is also considered. In contrast to assertions made in previous studies, it is demonstrated that non-seasonal models have a lower bias and variance than models which analyse the data in separate seasons.
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Nikonov, M. "Energy resources: wave power." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/62834.

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The topic of renewable energy is an evergreen subject, especially, in a world dominated by fossil fuels. Renewable energy is widely discussed in the contemporary world because it is unlimited, which means it’s sustainable and does not emit greenhouse gasses that are harmful to the environment and human life. A classic example of renewable energy is wave energy.
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Larsson, Petter, and Gustaf Rudbeck. "Wave Energy Concept Benchmarking." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298841.

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Denna rapport ämnar undersöka de vanligast förekommande typerna av teknologier för vågkraftverk (eng. Wave Energy Converter, WEC) teknologier för att jämföra de olika konceptens förmåga att absorbera vågenergi. Koncept som undersöks är punktabsorbatorer och oscillerande vattenkolumner. I denna rapport används de vanligt använda engelska översättningarna point absorber och oscillating water column (OWC). Beräkningar görs för de olika koncepten i liknande vågförhållanden för att kunna jämföra den energi som kan utvinnas. I rapporten sker beräkningar under optimala vågförhållanden. Vågorna antas vara linjära och vågkraftverken antas vara i fas med vågens svängningsrörelse. Den vågdata som använts är uppmätt utanför Belmullet i Irland. Beräkningar görs på vågor med en signifikant våghöjd på 1,25 m och en periodtid på 7,5 s. Det görs även beräkningar på den största uppmätta förekommande vågen. I huvudsak används effektberäkningar enligt en modell som Kjell Budal. Syftet är att grafiskt och numeriskt jämföra den teoretiska och faktiska maxeffekt som kan utvinnas ur respektive våg. Resultatet från undersökningen visar att den största bidragande faktorn till en hög energiutvinning beror på bojens volym. Volymen måste anpassas för de vågförhållanden som finns där bojen ska placeras.Vid beräkningar av en OWC med tvärsnittsarea på 19 m2 visar det sig att den effekt som kan utvinnas av en luftkammare med tillhörande turbin är ungefär 10 kW, 1/30 av de 300kW som kan utvinnas av en point absorber. En OWC består dock sällan utav en ensam luftkammare utan ofta i en array med ett flertal luftkammare med separata turbiner för att öka effekten.
This report intends to examine the most common types of wave energy converter technologies to compare the different concepts' ability to absorb wave energy. Concepts being investigated are point absorbers and oscillating water columns (OWC). Calculations are made for the different concepts in the same wave conditions to be able to compare the energy that can be extracted. In the report, calculations are made under optimal wave conditions. The waves are assumed to be linear and the wave energy converter is assumed to be in phase with the oscillating motion of the wave. The wave data used is measured outside Belmullet in Ireland. Calculations are made on waves with a significant wave height of 1.25 m and a period time of 7.5 s. Calculations are also made on the largest measured wave present. In essence, power calculations are used according to a model developed by Kjell Budal and with the help of this be able to graphically and numerically compare the theoretical and actual maximum power that can be extracted from each scale. The results from the survey show that the largest contributing factor to high energy recovery is due to the volume of the buoy. The volume must be adapted to the wave conditions that exist where the buoy is to be placed.When calculating an OWC with a cross sectional area of 19 m2, it turns out that the power that can be extracted from an air chamber with an associated turbine is approximately 10 kW, 1/30 of the 300 kW that can be extracted by one point absorber. However, an OWC rarely consists of a single air chamber but often in a construction with several air chambers with separate turbines to increase the power.
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Waters, Rafael. "Energy from Ocean Waves : Full Scale Experimental Verification of a Wave Energy Converter." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Elektricitetslära, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-9404.

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A wave energy converter has been constructed and its function and operational characteristics have been thoroughly investigated and published. The wave energy converter was installed in March of 2006 approximately two kilometers off the Swedish west coast in the proximity of the town Lysekil. Since then the converter has been submerged at the research site for over two and a half years and in operation during three time periods for a total of 12 months, the latest being during five months of 2008. Throughout this time the generated electricity has been transmitted to shore and operational data has been recorded. The wave energy converter and its connected electrical system has been continually upgraded and each of the three operational periods have investigated more advanced stages in the progression toward grid connection. The wave energy system has faced the challenges of the ocean and initial results and insights have been reached, most important being that the overall wave energy concept has been verified. Experiments have shown that slowly varying power generation from ocean waves is possible. Apart from the wave energy converter, three shorter studies have been performed. A sensor was designed for measuring the air gap width of the linear generator used in the wave energy converter. The sensor consists of an etched coil, a search coil, that functions passively through induction. Theory and experiment showed good agreement. The Swedish west coast wave climate has been studied in detail. The study used eight years of wave data from 13 sites in the Skagerrak and Kattegatt, and data from a wave measurement buoy located at the wave energy research site. The study resulted in scatter diagrams, hundred year extreme wave estimations, and a mapping of the energy flux in the area. The average energy flux was found to be approximately 5.2 kW/m in the offshore Skagerrak, 2.8 kW/m in the near shore Skagerrak, and 2.4 kW/m in the Kattegat. A method for evaluating renewable energy technologies in terms of economy and engineering solutions has been investigated. The match between the technologies and the fundamental physics of renewable energy sources can be given in terms of the technology’s utilization. It is argued that engineers should strive for a high utilization if competitive technologies are to be developed.
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Lavidas, George. "Wave energy resource modelling and energy pattern identification using a spectral wave model." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25506.

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The benefits of the Oceans and Seas have been exploited by societies for many centuries; the marine offshore and naval sectors have been the predominant users of the waters. It has been overlooked until recently, that significant amounts of energy can be harnessed by waves, providing an additional abundant resource for renewable energy generation. The increasing energy needs of current societies have led to the consideration of waves as an exploitable renewable resource. During the past decades, advancements have been made towards commercialising wave energy converters (WECs), though significant knowledge gap exists on the accurate estimation of the potential energy that can be harnessed. In order, to enhance our understanding of opportunities within wave energy highly resolved long-term resource assessment of potential sites are necessary, which will allow for not only a detailed energy estimation methodology but also information on extreme waves that are expected to affect the survivability and reliability of future wave energy converters. This research work aims to contribute the necessary knowledge to the estimation of wave energy resources from both highly energetic and milder sea environment, exhibiting the opportunities that lay within these environments. A numerical model SWAN (Simulating WAves Nearshore), based on spectral wave formulation has been utilised for wave hindcasting which was driven by high resolution temporal and spatially varying wind data. The capabilities of the model, allow a detailed representation of several coastal areas, which are not usually accurately resolved by larger ocean models. The outcome of this research provides long-term data and characterisation of the wave environment and its extremes for the Scottish region. Moreover, investigation on the applicability of wave energy in the Mediterranean Sea, an area which was often overlooked, showed that wave energy is more versatile than expected. The outcomes provide robust estimations of extreme wave values for coastal waters, alongside valuable information about the usage of numerical modelling and WECs to establish energy pattern production. Several key tuning factors and inputs such as boundary wind conditions and computational domain parameters are tested. This was done in a systematic way in order to establish a customized solution and detect parameters that may hinder the process and lead to erroneous results. The uncertainty of power production by WECs is reduced by the introduction of utilization rates based on the long-term data, which include annual and seasonal variability. This will assist to minimize assumptions for energy estimates and financial returns in business plans. Finally, the importance of continuous improvements in resource assessment is stressed in order to enhance our understanding of the wave environment.
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Gotthardsson, Björn. "Analysis and Evaluation of the Wavebox Wave Energy Converter." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Elektricitetslära, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-149364.

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Increasing attention to climate change in combination with ever-growing energy consumption worldwide has boosted the demand for new green energy sources. Wave power is developing in many different branches to become part of the new era of electricity production. This thesis deals with a wave power system in its primary stages of development. The system was investigated in order to estimate its potential to produce electric power from sea waves. It is a system consisting of a moored buoy to which the energy is transferred when the wave tilts the buoy in the pitch direction. Due to the increased pitch angle, an amount of liquid contained inside the buoy is allowed to flow via ramps to an upper container, from where it flows down through a hydroelectric turbine. A computer program was used to calculate the properties of the buoy in sea waves. Another program was written in MATLAB to simulate the movements in sea waves and from a set of given parameters calculate the power output. A brief economic study was made to determine if the power output was large enough for the concept to be of financial interest to any future investors. The results show that the wave power system produced 0.9 kW in a wave climate equal to that off the coast of Hanstholm, Denmark, and 1.6 kW in a wave climate off the coast of San Diego, USA. The economic study shows that the power output needed to be improved by a factor of at least five to have a chance of being economically viable. A number of enhancements were suggested to increase the power output of the system, and further investigation could be of use to improve the concept. The created computer simulation model, as well as the results in this thesis could be valuable in any future research on the concept.
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Books on the topic "Wave energy"

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Atwater, Mary. Wave energy. New York: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Pub. Co., 1995.

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Cruz, Joao, ed. Ocean Wave Energy. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74895-3.

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Samad, Abdus, S. A. Sannasiraj, V. Sundar, and Paresh Halder, eds. Ocean Wave Energy Systems. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78716-5.

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Greaves, Deborah, and Gregorio Iglesias, eds. Wave and Tidal Energy. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119014492.

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Farrok, Omar, and Md Rabiul Islam, eds. Oceanic Wave Energy Conversion. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9814-2.

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Harnessing wave and tidal energy. New York: PowerKids Press, 2017.

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Pecher, Arthur, and Jens Peter Kofoed, eds. Handbook of Ocean Wave Energy. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39889-1.

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Zohuri, Bahman. Scalar Wave Driven Energy Applications. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91023-9.

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Lewis, T. Wave energy: Evaluation for C.E.C. London: Graham and Trotman, 1985.

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Tony, Lewis. Wave energy: Evaluation for C.E.C. London: Published by Graham & Trotman for the Commission of the European Communities, 1985.

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Capareda, Sergio C. "Wave Energy." In Introduction to Renewable Energy Conversions, 265–96. First edition. | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.: CRC Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429199103-10.

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Andrews, Steven S. "Wave Energy." In Light and Waves, 75–100. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24097-3_4.

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Twidell, John. "Wave power." In Renewable Energy Resources, 377–412. 4th ed. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429452161-11.

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Sundar, V. "Ocean Wave Energy." In Ocean Wave Mechanics, 201–14. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119241652.ch8.

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Karimirad, Madjid. "Wave Energy Converters." In Offshore Energy Structures, 77–104. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12175-8_5.

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Aubry, Judicaël, Hamid Ben Ahmed, Bernard Multon, Aurélien Babarit, and Alain Clément. "Wave Energy Converters." In Marine Renewable Energy Handbook, 323–66. Hoboken, NJ USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118603185.ch11.

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Sheng, Wanan. "Wave Energy Converters." In Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering, 1–9. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_187-1.

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Greaves, Deborah. "Wave Energy Technology." In Wave and Tidal Energy, 52–104. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119014492.ch3.

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Sheng, Wanan. "Wave Energy Converters." In Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering, 2121–28. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6946-8_187.

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Sundar, V., and S. A. Sannasiraj. "Wave Energy Potential." In Ocean Wave Energy Systems, 1–17. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78716-5_1.

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Conference papers on the topic "Wave energy"

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Poor, C. J., Rachel Anderson, and H. E. Dillon. "Evaluation of Wave Energy on the Willamette River." In ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2021-71796.

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Abstract The trend of using larger boats for wake surfing in river systems has caused concern for dock stability, bank erosion, safety of other boaters, and natural resource conservation. This study evaluates the wave energy due to boat traffic in the Newberg Pool of the Willamette River using budget conscious equipment and involving community stakeholders. Low-cost motion activated game cameras were used to record videos of waves when boats passed. The video processing was completed using image analysis in the computational tool Matlab. For each image a high-contrast point of reference was used for the tracking, often tape on a dock piling. As the wave or dock moved, the reference point in the image was tracked in Matlab using the maximum or minimum grayscale pixel in a specific part of the image. This calculation allowed the research team to approximate the change in vertical direction in pixels. A computational analysis tool was used at 4 sites, 2 in wake surfing zones, 1 in a wake zone, and 1 in a no wake zone, to quantify wave height and period. A total of 8567 videos were collected from the four sites, and 1227 were analyzed. For the wake surfing zone, the average and maximum wave heights were 0.026 m and 0.149 m, respectively, and average and maximum wave energies were 0.905 W/m and 19.2 W/m, respectively. In the wake zone, the average and maximum wave heights were 0.031 m and 0.137 m, respectively, and average and maximum wave energies were 1.405 W/m and 5.74 W/m, respectively. The average wave energy was higher in the wake zone, however, the maximum wave height and the number of boat-caused waves recorded were higher (2984 in the wake surfing zone compared to 1117 in the wake zone) in the wake surfing zone. Cameras were attached to dock pilings which may have resulted in lower values due to the dampening of the dock. Wake surfing was also observed in wake zones, where it is not allowed. This study indicates that the large boats used for wake surfing create larger waves that can potentially cause damage to property along the river and natural resources. The processes and procedures used within this research would not have been possible without citizen involvement. The citizens partaking in the research allowed for their property to be used as a heavily monitored site or a self-monitored site. The self-monitored sites were a useful tool in collecting more data.
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Prakash, S. S., K. A. Mamun, F. R. Islam, R. Mudliar, C. Pau'u, M. Kolivuso, and S. Cadralala. "Wave Energy Converter: A Review of Wave Energy Conversion Technology." In 2016 3rd Asia-Pacific World Congress on Computer Science and Engineering (APWC on CSE). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/apwc-on-cse.2016.023.

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Siegel, Stefan G., Tiger Jeans, and Thomas McLaughlin. "Intermediate Ocean Wave Termination Using a Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter." In ASME 2010 29th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2010-20030.

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We investigate a lift based wave energy converter (WEC), namely, a cycloidal turbine, as a wave termination device. A cycloidal turbine employs the same geometry as the well established Cycloidal or Voith-Schneider Propeller. The interaction of intermediate water waves with the Cycloidal WEC is presented in this paper. The cycloidal WEC consists of a shaft and one or more hydrofoils that are attached eccentrically to the main shaft and can be adjusted in pitch angle as the Cycloidal WEC rotates. The main shaft is aligned parallel to the wave crests and fully submerged at a fixed depth. We show that the geometry of the Cycloidal WEC is suitable for wave termination of straight crested waves. Two-dimensional potential flow simulations are presented where the hydrofoils are modeled as point vortices. The operation of the Cycloidal WEC both as a wave generator as well as a wave energy converter interacting with a linear Airy wave is demonstrated. The influence that the design parameters radius and submergence depth on the performance of the WEC have is shown. For optimal parameter choices, we demonstrate inviscid energy conversion efficiencies of up to 95% of the incoming wave energy to shaft energy. This is achieved by using feedback control to synchronize the rotational rate and phase of the Cycloidal WEC to the incoming wave. While we show complete termination of the incoming wave, the remainder of the energy is lost to harmonic waves travelling in the upwave and downwave direction.
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Siegel, Stefan G., Casey Fagley, Marcus Römer, and Thomas McLaughlin. "Experimental Investigation of Irregular Wave Cancellation Using a Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter." In ASME 2012 31st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2012-83388.

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The ability of a Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter (CycWEC) to cancel irregular deep ocean waves is investigated in a 1:300 scale wave tunnel experiment. A CycWEC consists of one or more hydrofoils attached equidistant to a shaft that is aligned parallel to the incoming waves. The entire device is fully submerged in operation. Wave cancellation requires synchronization of the rotation of the CycWEC with the incoming waves, as well as adjustment of the pitch angle of the blades in proportion to the wave height. The performance of a state estimator and controller that achieve this objective were investigated, using the signal from a resistive wave gage located up-wave of the CycWEC as input. The CycWEC model used for the present investigations features two blades that are adjustable in pitch in real time. The performance of the CycWEC for both a superposition of two harmonic waves, as well as irregular waves following a Bretschneider spectrum is shown. Wave cancellation efficiencies as determined by wave measurements of about 80% for the majority of the cases are achieved, with wave periods varying from 0.4s to 0.75s and significant wave heights of Hs ≈ 20mm. This demonstrates that the CycWEC can efficiently interact with irregular waves, which is in good agreement with earlier results obtained from numerical simulations.
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Siegel, Stefan G., Marcus Ro¨mer, John Imamura, Casey Fagley, and Thomas McLaughlin. "Experimental Wave Generation and Cancellation With a Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter." In ASME 2011 30th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2011-49212.

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We investigate a lift based wave energy converter (WEC), namely, a cycloidal turbine, as a wave termination device. A cycloidal turbine employs the same geometry as the well established Cycloidal or Voith-Schneider Propeller. The main shaft is aligned parallel to the wave crests and fully submerged at a fixed depth. We show that the geometry of the Cycloidal WEC is suitable for single sided wave generation as well as wave termination of straight crested waves using feedback control.The cycloidal WEC consists of a shaft and one or more hydrofoils that are attached eccentrically to the main shaft. An experimental investigation into the wave generation capabilities of the WEC are presented in this paper, along with initial wave cancellation results for deep water waves. The experiments are conducted in a small 2D wave flume equipped with a flap type wave maker as well as a 1:4 sloped beach. The operation of the Cycloidal WEC both as a wave generator as well as a wave energy converter interacting with a linear Airy wave is demonstrated. The influence that design parameters radius and submergence depth on the performance of the WEC have is shown. For wave cancellation, the incoming wave is reduced in amplitude by ≈ 80% in these experiments. In this case wave termination efficiencies of up to 95% of the incoming wave energy with neglegible harmonic waves generated are achieved by synchronizing the rotational rate and phase of the Cycloidal WEC to the incoming wave.
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Falnes, Johannes. "Wave-Energy Conversion Avoiding Destructive Wave Interference." In ASME 2017 36th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2017-62617.

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Many of the various proposed wave-energy converter (WEC) units are immersed oscillating bodies, which, in the primary conversion stage, collect input power as the product of two oscillating factors, a velocity and wave-induced force. The latter factor is vulnerable to destructive wave interference, unless the extension of each WEC unit is sufficiently small. Two simple, elementary-mathematical, inequalities express two kinds of upper bounds for the wave power that may be absorbed by an oscillating immersed body. The first upper bound, published in the mid 1970s, is well-known, in contrast to the second one, Budal’s upper bound, which was derived a few years later, and which takes the WEC’s hull volume into consideration. Combining the two different upper bounds and considering also a typical wave climate, we may conclude that for a WEC array plant deployed in the North Atlantic, each point-absorber WEC unit volume should typically be about 300 cubic metre, and its primary-converted power take-off (PTO) capacity should be in the range of 50 to 300 kW. These heaving WEC units, being monopole wave radiators, may have a much higher PTO-capacity-to-immersed-hull-wet-surface ratio than any other type of WEC unit, such as those using dipole-mode (e.g. surge- or pitch-mode) radiation. For large-scale utilization of wave energy, arrays of WEC units are required.
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Martinelli, Luca. "Wave Energy Converters under mild wave climates." In OCEANS 2011. IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/oceans.2011.6107322.

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Kalogirou, A., and O. Bokhove. "Mathematical and Numerical Modelling of Wave Impact on Wave-Energy Buoys." In ASME 2016 35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2016-54937.

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We report on the mathematical and numerical modelling of amplified rogue waves driving a wave-energy device in a contraction. This wave-energy device consists of a floating buoy attached to an AC-induction motor and constrained to move upward only in a contraction, for which we have realised a working scale-model. A coupled Hamiltonian system is derived for the dynamics of water waves and moving wave-energy buoys. This nonlinear model consists of the classical water wave equations for the free surface deviation and velocity potential, coupled to a set of equations describing the dynamics of a wave-energy buoy. As a stepping stone, the model is solved numerically for the case of linear shallow water waves causing the motion of a simple buoy structure with V-shaped cross-sections, using a variational (dis)continuous Galerkin finite element method.
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Guo, B., S. Pan, J. Meng, and D. Ning. "Numerical Wave Flume with Lattice Boltzmann Method for Wave Energy Converters." In Cardiff University Engineering Research Conference 2023. Cardiff University Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.18573/conf1.al.

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Based on Lattice Boltzmann Method, a free interface tracking model using volume of fraction (VOF) technique is built to explore the interaction of Oscillating Water Column (OWC) type of Wave Energy Converters (WECs) with waves. In the numerical wave flume, the momentum source is applied to generate incident waves and absorb reflected waves. After validation, one stationary OWC in the absence of Power take-off system (PTO) is then placed in the numerical wave flume to examine the performance of the numerical scheme. The simulation results show that the numerical stability is well achieved with the wave-structure interaction included and there is a strong vortex shedding at wall corner and nonlinearity with smaller amplitude in the present viscous flow model, compared with the linear potential flow solution.
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Beels, Charlotte, Peter Troch, Julien De Rouck, Tom Versluys, and Griet De Backer. "Numerical Simulation of Wake Effects in the Lee of a Farm of Wave Energy Converters." In ASME 2009 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2009-79714.

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The contribution of wave energy to the renewable energy supply is rising. To extract a considerable amount of wave power, Wave Energy Converters (WECs) are arranged in several rows or in a ‘farm’. WECs in a farm are interacting (e.g. The presence of other WECs influence the operational behaviour of a single WEC) and the overall power absorption is affected. In this paper wake effects in the lee of a single WEC and multiple WECs of the overtopping type, where the water volume of overtopped waves is first captured in a basin above mean sea level and then drains back to the sea through hydro turbines, are studied in a time-dependent mild-slope equation model. The wake behind a single WEC is investigated for uni- and multi-directional incident waves. The wake becomes wider for larger wave peak periods. An increasing directional spreading results in a faster wave regeneration and a shorter wake behind the WEC. The wake in the lee of multiple WECs is calculated for two different farm lay-outs, i.e. an aligned grid and a staggered grid, with varying lateral and longitudinal spacing. In general, the staggered grid results in the highest overall wave power absorption.
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Reports on the topic "Wave energy"

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Stefan G Siegel, Ph D. Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), November 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1061484.

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Rhinefrank, Kenneth E., Pukha Lenee-Bluhm, Joseph H. Prudell, Alphonse A. Schacher, Erik J. Hammagren, and Zhe Zhang. Direct Drive Wave Energy Buoy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), July 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1088831.

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Rhinefrank, Kenneth, Bradford Lamb, Joseph Prudell, Erik Hammagren, and Pukha Lenee-Bluhm. Direct Drive Wave Energy Buoy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), August 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1307881.

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Cheung, Jeffrey T., and Earl F. Childress III. Ocean Wave Energy Harvesting Devices. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, January 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada476763.

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Berg, Jonathan Charles. Extreme Ocean Wave Conditions for Northern California Wave Energy Conversion Device. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1113856.

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Bacelli, Giorgio, and Ryan Geoffrey Coe. State estimation for wave energy converters. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), April 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1365524.

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Mirko Previsic. Deployment Effects of Marine Renewable Energy Technologies: Wave Energy Scenarios. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), June 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1013426.

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Batten, Belinda. Wave Energy Research, Testing and Demonstration Center. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), September 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1237844.

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Nemat-Nasser, Sia, and Alireza Vakil-Amirkhizi. Microstructural Design for Stress Wave Energy Management. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, April 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada583412.

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Smithe, D. N. Local full-wave energy in nonuniform plasmas. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), October 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/6793307.

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