Hybrid floating breakwater-WEC system: A review

XL Zhao, DZ Ning, QP Zou, DS Qiao, SQ Cai - Ocean engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Ocean wave energy is attractive for its large reserves, exploitability and low emissions.
Although many Wave Energy Converter (WEC) concepts have been proposed, high …

Review of recent research and developments on floating breakwaters

J Dai, CM Wang, T Utsunomiya, W Duan - Ocean Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Floating breakwaters are an effective solution for protecting fragile beaches from being
washed away, coastlines from erosion, floating structures, marinas and ports from strong …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and numerical investigation of WEC-type floating breakwaters: A single-pontoon oscillating buoy and a dual-pontoon oscillating water column

Y Cheng, L Fu, S Dai, M Collu, C Ji, Z Yuan… - Coastal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Wave energy converters (WECs) integrated into floating breakwaters or, more generally,
their designs also used as wave absorbers can provide a space-and cost-sharing solution to …

An experimental study of a floating breakwater with asymmetric pneumatic chambers for wave energy extraction

F He, Z Huang, AWK Law - Applied energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Integrating oscillating-water-column type converters (pneumatic chambers) with slack-
moored floating breakwaters can be a viable option for cost-sharing between wave energy …

Hydrodynamic characteristics of a hybrid oscillating water column-oscillating buoy wave energy converter integrated into a π-type floating breakwater

Y Cheng, W Du, S Dai, C Ji, M Collu, M Cocard… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Combining multiple-types of Wave Energy Converters (WECs) and integrating them into in-
development or pre-existing marine platforms can reduce the total Levelised Cost of Energy …

Hydrodynamic performance of pile-supported OWC-type structures as breakwaters: an experimental study

F He, Z Huang - Ocean Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
Oscillating water column (OWC) is one of the mechanisms for extracting wave energy from
ocean waves. In this study, we experimentally investigated the hydrodynamic performance …

Hydrodynamic performance of a rectangular floating breakwater with and without pneumatic chambers: An experimental study

F He, Z Huang, AWK Law - Ocean Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigated experimentally the hydrodynamic performance of floating
breakwaters with and without pneumatic chambers. The experimental results showed that …

[HTML][HTML] Wave energy conversion by an array of oscillating water columns deployed along a long-flexible floating breakwater

Y Cheng, W Du, S Dai, Z Yuan, A Incecik - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2024 - Elsevier
Large-scale spatial configurations combining Wave Energy Converters (WECs) and coastal
attenuating-wave facilities have the potential to exploit marine renewable energy …

Study on the impact of the perforated floating breakwater on coastal bridge with box-girder superstructure under two-dimensional focused waves

L Li, B Huang, S Qian, Z Yang, J Zhou, Q Ren, B Zhu - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The advantages of Floating Breakwater encompass its adaptability to varying water
depths and tidal ranges, as well as its economic viability, mobility, and ease of installation …

Low-frequency energy capture and water wave attenuation of a hybrid WEC-breakwater with nonlinear stiffness

H Jin, H Zhang, D Xu, D Jun, S Ze - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Wave energy is attractive for its generous, sustainable and clean, the combination of floating
breakwater (FB) and wave energy converter (WEC) is an economical approach to capture …