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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Wave Energy Harvesting"”.
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Feasibility Study of a Linear Generator Wave Energy Converter With Adaptive Bistable Control
Oceanic wave energy harvesting is a promising source of renewable energy that involves the conversion of oscillatory motion into electrical energy. However, the majority of traditional wave energy converters rely on intermediary mechanisms that increase complexity and can incur energy losses. …
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Time-Optimal Path Planning in the Portugal-Azores-Madeira Ocean Region
… ocean cleanup, conservation, and solar-wind-wave energy harvesting, among others. Our computational approach uses our MSEAS time-optimal path planning theory and schemes based on exact Hamilton–Jacobi PDE and Level Set methods to predict time-optimal trajectories. This approach allows for …
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Advanced controls for floating wind turbines
… spearhead the rapid growth of the offshore wind energy sector and allow the exploration of vast high quality wind resources over coastal and offshore areas with intermediate and large water depths. This generates the need for a new generation of Wind Turbine control systems that take into account …
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Numerical Study of Metamaterial-Inspired Water Wave Control Technologies
Ocean waves serve as both a coastal hazard and a renewable energy resource. On one hand, they drive erosion and flooding, posing significant risks to coastal communities. On the other, they offer a vast but largely untapped source of sustainable energy. Addressing these challenges requires …
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Implementation and Demonstration of a Time Domain Modeling Tool for Floating Oscillating Water Columns
Renewable energy is a critical component in combating climate change. Ocean wave energy is a source of renewable energy that can be harvested using Wave Energy Converters (WECs). One such WEC is the floating Oscillating Water Column (OWC), which has been successfully field tested and warrants …
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Design, Analysis and Testing of a Self-reactive Wave Energy Point Absorber with Mechanical Power Take-off
Ocean wave as a renewable energy source possesses great potential for solving the world energy crisis and benefit human beings. The total theoretical potential wave power on the ocean-facing coastlines of the world is around 30,000 TWh, although cannot all be adopted for generating electricity, the …
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Implementation of the phase field method with the Immersed Boundary Method for application to wave energy converters
Consider a bottom-hinged Oscillating Wave Surge Converter (OWSC): This device oscillates due to the hydrodynamic forces applied on it by the action of ocean waves. The focus of this thesis is to build upon the in-house multi-block generalized coordinate finite volume solver GenIDLEST using a …
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Hydrodynamic Design Optimization and Wave Tank Testing of Self-Reacting Two-Body Wave Energy Converter
As worldwide energy consumption continues to increase, so does the demand for renewable energy sources. The total available wave energy resource for the United States alone is 2,640 TWh/yr; nearly two thirds of the 4,000 TWh of electricity used in the United States each year. It is estimated that …