There are more than thousands of concepts for harvesting wave energy, and wave energy
converters (WECs) are diverse in operating principles, design geometries and deployment …

Due to swift innovations in mechanical energy harvesting (MEH) during recent years, the
findings of MEH research are prolific. The objective of the recent study is to visualise the …

In this paper, we first design a frequency tuning device that enables the piezoelectric
cantilever to operate under extremely low-frequency (below 2 Hz) excitations. Our design is …

Beneficial nonlinearities have been intentionally introduced to improve energy harvesting
performance. However, few results are reported on the issues of exploiting bistable and …

In this work, a mechanical power take-off system (PTO) is proposed to be installed in a small-
scale wave energy converter (WEC) to transfer wave power to electricity. Two pairs of one …

Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) are increasingly used in environmental protection, safe
search, rescue, and maritime investigations. These USVs are generally battery or diesel …

It is promising and interesting to supply unmanned marine devices (UMDs) such as data
buoys, unmanned surface vessels, and unmanned underwater vehicles with sustainable …

This paper reviews the state-of-the-art on Hardware-In-The-Loop simulation methodologies
and technologies applied in the research field of wave energy converters. It reveals …

A novel floating two-body wave energy converter (WEC) is tested in regular waves. The
WEC consists of a streamlined conical outer buoy that surrounds an elongated inner buoy …

As the two-body heaving wave energy converter (TBH-WEC) moves toward more
commercial and large-scale applications, it usually has to be deployed in the form of arrays …