[HTML][HTML] Geometric optimisation of wave energy conversion devices: A survey

B Guo, JV Ringwood - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Unlike more established renewable energy conversion technologies, such as wind turbines,
wave power systems have reached neither commercial maturity, nor technological …

Review of WEC-Sim development and applications

D Ogden, K Ruehl, YH Yu, A Keester, D Forbush… - … Marine Energy Journal, 2022 - osti.gov
WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter Simulator) is an open-source code for simulating wave
energy converters, which has been actively developed and applied to simulate a wide …

Characterization and verification of a two-body wave energy converter with a novel power take-off

X Li, D Martin, C Liang, CA Chen, RG Parker, L Zuo - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The lack of high efficient, predictable, and reliable power take-off (PTO) systems limits
developments of ocean wave energy technology. In this paper, a two-body self-reacting …

Numerical analysis and wave tank validation on the optimal design of a two-body wave energy converter

D Martin, X Li, CA Chen, K Thiagarajan, K Ngo… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
To improve the performance of a 'point absorber'type wave energy converter (WEC), an
additional submerged body can be deployed. The submerged body can be used to increase …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and numerical study of a novel unidirectional mechanical power take-off system for two-body wave energy converters

S Rezaei, A Rahimi, J Parvizian… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents the numerical and experimental evaluations of a new power take-off
system to be used in two body point absorber wave energy converters. The proposed power …

Parameter optimization of a floating two-buoy wave energy converter

D Li, AGL Borthwick, C Jiang, S Sharma, X Dong, Y Li… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
A geometric optimization methodology of a floating two-buoy wave energy converter is
proposed based on a combination of the design of experiment method for sensitivity …

Modeling of hydrodynamics and mechanical aspects of a Wave Energy Converter (WEC) to understand the main principles

F Delmiglio, L Frosini, N Anglani - … International Symposium on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work aims at illustrating a first-approach modeling of an all-purpose wave energy
converter (WEC), and reproducing its allegedly behavior, once there is a need to forecast its …