Advancements of wave energy converters based on power take off (PTO) systems: A review

R Ahamed, K McKee, I Howard - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Ocean waves contain one of the world's largest untapped and predictable renewable energy
sources that can be used to fulfil the energy demand in the present energy crises situation …

Dynamics and control of ocean wave energy converters

J Xie, L Zuo - International Journal of Dynamics and Control, 2013 - Springer
Ocean wave technology is one of the most exciting areas due to vast but untapped energy
potential worldwide. Technologies on ocean wave harvesting energy have been explored …

[HTML][HTML] Near wake hydrodynamics and structural design of a single foil cycloidal rotor in regular waves

A Arredondo-Galeana, G Olbert, W Shi, F Brennan - Renewable energy, 2023 - Elsevier
We present a hydrodynamic and structural model to design a single foil wave cycloidal rotor
in regular waves. The hydrodynamic part considers potential flow and represents the foil as …

Rotors for wave energy conversion—practice and possibilities

A Ermakov, JV Ringwood - IET Renewable Power Generation, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review studies some of the existing ideas which create a fundamentally new direction
for wave energy converter (WEC) development, obtaining energy from the elliptical motion of …

Numerical benchmarking study of a cycloidal wave energy converter

SG Siegel - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
A lift based Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter (CycWEC) was investigated using numerical
simulations to estimate its mean annual power absorption. Based on the power absorption …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal control of wave cycloidal rotors with passively morphing foils: An analytical and numerical study

A Arredondo-Galeana, A Ermakov, W Shi… - Marine Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper we perform an analytical and numerical study of the performance of a wave
cycloidal rotor in irregular waves, with passively morphing foils and variable rotational …

A control-orientated analytical model for a cyclorotor wave energy device with N hydrofoils

A Ermakov, JV Ringwood - Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine …, 2021 - Springer
We present a new analytical model from which a model-based controller can be derived for
a cyclorotor-based wave energy converter (WEC). Few cyclorotor-based WEC concepts and …

A methodology for the structural design of LiftWEC: A wave-bladed cyclorotor

A Arredondo-Galeana, W Shi, G Olbert… - The 14th European …, 2021 - pureportal.strath.ac.uk
Novel wave energy convertors (WECs) need to be designed to ensure both longevity and
hydrodynamic efficiency. Hence there is a need to develop methodologies that tackle both …

Integrated production and renewable energy generation in the presence of hydrogen energy storage

Y Feng, MBC Menezes - Production and Operations …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, we propose an inventory model that considers dual sources with energy
storage to address the energy efficiency of an effective make‐to‐stock production facility that …

Development of an analytical model for a cyclorotor wave energy device

A Ermakov, J Ringwood - Proceedings of the 14th …, 2021 - mural.maynoothuniversity.ie
We present a new analytical model for a horizontal axis cyclorotor-based wave energy
converter (WEC). A number of cyclorotor-based WEC concepts and models, with different …