1. Introduction 2. Observation techniques 3. Description of ocean waves 4. Statistics 5. Linear wave theory (oceanic waters) 6. Waves in oceanic waters 7. Linear wave theory (coastal waters) 8. Waves in coastal waters 9. The SWAN wave model Appendices References Index.

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Waves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters

Oscillating-water-column wave energy converters and air turbines: A review

https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01145109/document

Numerical benchmarking study of a selection of wave energy converters

With the recent sharp increases in the price of oil, issues of security of supply, and pressure to honor greenhouse gas emission limits (e.g., the Kyoto protocol), much attention has turned to renewable energy sources to fulfill future increasing energy needs. Wind energy, now a mature technology, has had considerable proliferation, with other sources, such as biomass, solar, and tidal, enjoying somewhat less deployment. Waves provide previously untapped energy potential, and wave energy has been shown to have some favorable variability properties (a perennial issue with many renewables, especially wind), especially when combined with wind energy [1].

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Energy-Maximizing Control of Wave-Energy Converters: The Development of Control System Technology to Optimize Their Operation

Nowadays, harvesting energy from vibration is one of the most promising technologies. However, the majority of current researches obtain 10 µW to 100 mW power, which has only limited applications in self-powered wireless sensors and low-power electronics. In fact, the vibrations in some situations can be very large, for example, the vibrations of tall buildings, long bridges, vehicle systems, railroads, ocean waves, and even human motions. With the global concern on energy and environmental issues, energy harvesting from large-scale vibrations is more attractive and becomes a research frontier. This article is to provide a timely and comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art on the large-scale vibration energy harvesting, ranging from 1 W to 100 kW or more. Subtopics include energy assessment from large vibrations, piezoelectric materials and electromagnetic transducers, motion transmission and magnification mechanisms, power electronics, and vibration control. The relevant applications discussed in th...

Large-scale vibration energy harvesting

http://www.nt.ntnu.no/users/skoge/prost/proceedings/ifac11-proceedings/data/html/papers/3255.pdf

Maximisation of Energy Capture by a Wave-Energy Point Absorber using Model Predictive Control

3D hydrodynamic modelling of fixed oscillating water column wave power plant by a boundary element methods

On improving wave energy conversion, part I: Optimal and control technologies

In developing a wave energy converter (WEC), assessing and rating the device is a difficult, but important issue. Conventionally, a large scaled device (maybe large enough for accommodating a power takeoff (PTO) system) or prototype device is needed to be tested in wave tanks or in seas in different wave conditions so that a power matrix for the device can be defined using scaling or interpolation/extrapolation methods. Alternatively, a pure numerical simulation in time-domain may be used for assessing the power capture capacities of wave energy devices. For the former, it is convincing, but can be especially difficult in the early stages of development, when small scaled models are normally used; and for the latter, the pure numerical simulation may not be very reliable and convincing, especially when the dynamic problem is very complicated. In this paper, a method for assessing the captured wave power for a device from its power capture response is presented. In the proposed method, a measured or calculated linear power capture response of the device is combined with wave spectrum to compute the average captured power function. Once the average captured power function is obtained, the overall average captured power corresponding to the wave state can be easily calculated. If a linear power capture response is obtained from a model test, the power assessment based on this proposed method can be very convincing and reliable. To illustrate the application of the proposed method, an example of a fully linear dynamic system, including the linear hydrodynamics of the floating structure and a linear power takeoff, is considered. For such a system, the frequency-domain analysis can be employed to obtain the performance of the floating device under waves and the power takeoff system. The hydrodynamic performance of the wave energy converter is then used to define the power capture response and to calculate the average captured power functions in different sea states. Then, the captured power of the device in different sea states, i.e, the power matrix, can be calculated, and accordingly, the device can be assessed and rated. To validate the proposed method, a time-domain analysis is also performed for a cross-check. In the time-domain analysis, the hydrodynamic coefficients and responses are first assessed in frequency-domain, and then transformed into the relevant terms by means of impulse response functions for establishing the time-domain (TD) equation. By comparing the results from frequency-domain and time-domain analyses of irregular waves, it can be concluded that the proposed wave energy capture assessment method can be used in assessing or rating the device.

Assessment of Wave Energy Extraction From Seas: Numerical Validation

This paper presents an investigation on air compressibility in the air chamber and its effects on the power conversion of oscillating water column (OWC) devices. As it is well known that for practical OWC plants, their air chambers may be large enough for accommodating significant air compressibility, the “spring effect,” an effect that is frequently and simply regarded to store and release energy during the reciprocating process of a wave cycle. Its insight effects on the device's performance and power conversion, however, have not been studied in detail. This research will investigate the phenomena with a special focus on the effects of air compressibility on wave energy conversion. Air compressibility itself is a complicated nonlinear process in nature, but it can be linearised for numerical simulations under certain assumptions for frequency domain analysis. In this research work, air compressibility in the OWC devices is first linearised and further coupled with the hydrodynamics of the OWC. It is ab...

Wave energy conversion of oscillating water column devices including air compressibility

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