The Wavestar Wave Energy Converter (WEC) is a multiple absorber concept, consisting of
20 hemisphere shaped floats attached to a single platform. The heart of the Wavestar WEC …

An hybrid floating platform concept, combining a wind turbine with wave energy converter
devices, has been proposed. This paper conducts a further exploration of these synergies …

A generic oil-hydraulic based power take-off concept applicable to different Wave Energy
Converters is presented. This power take-off is developed to have well-adapted …

Numerical modelling has become commonplace in the development of offshore structures,
however for dynamic systems such as Wave Energy Convertors (WECs) conventional …

In this paper, the effect of non-ideal actuators on the performance of reactive control for a
heaving wave energy converter is studied. The concept of the control is to cancel all or part …

Abstract Most active Wave Energy Converter (WEC) concepts are based on harvesting
energy from ocean waves by placing buoyant bodies in the sea. As the bodies are forced to …

The variable displacement oil-hydraulic pumps for the Power Take-Off (PTO) of wave energy
converters must work above 80% of maximum displacement in order to have an overall …

The highest efficiency of wave energy capture by point absorbers is attained under
conditions close to resonance. In most cases, the natural frequency of resonance is higher …

This paper presents the main design tradeoffs that should be handled when developing oil-
hydraulic Power Take-Off devices aiming at the maximization of energy extraction from …

Large-scale experiments were carried out using a hemispherical shaped point absorber with
a diameter of one meter, equivalent to scale 1: 5 of the Wavestar North Sea prototype. The …