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Experimental Update of the Overtopping Model Used for the Wave Dragon Wave Energy Converter

Parmeggiani, Stefano; Kofoed, Jens Peter; Friis-Madsen, Erik - In: Energies 6 (2013) 4, pp. 1961-1992

An overtopping model specifically suited for Wave Dragon is needed in order to improve the reliability of its … wave steepness, the 3D geometry of Wave Dragon, the wing reflectors, the device motions and the non-rigid connection … fitting coefficients, this approach allows a broader applicability of the model beyond the Wave Dragon case, to any …

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Experimental Study Related to the Mooring Design for the 1.5 MW Wave Dragon WEC Demonstrator at DanWEC

Parmeggiani, Stefano; Kofoed, Jens Peter; Friis-Madsen, Erik - In: Energies 6 (2013) 4, pp. 1863-1886

The paper presents the results of an experimental study identifying the response of a 1.5 MW Wave Dragon to extreme …

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A methodology for production and cost assessment of a farm of wave energy converters

Beels, Charlotte; Troch, Peter; Kofoed, Jens Peter; … - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 12, pp. 3402-3416

To generate a substantial amount of power, Wave Energy Converters (WECs) are arranged in several rows or in a ‘farm’. Both the power production and cost of a farm are lay-out dependent.

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Application of the time-dependent mild-slope equations for the simulation of wake effects in the lee of a farm of Wave Dragon wave energy converters

Beels, Charlotte; Troch, Peter; De Visch, Kenneth; … - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 8, pp. 1644-1661

sponge layers. In this paper the developed WEC implementation is applied to a single Wave Dragon WEC and multiple Wave Dragon … WECs. The Wave Dragon WEC is a floating offshore converter of the overtopping type. Two wave reflectors focus the incident … reflection, respectively absorption characteristics as obtained for the prototype Wave Dragon WEC. The wake effects behind a …

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Measurements of overtopping flow time series on the Wave Dragon, wave energy converter

Tedd, James; Peter Kofoed, Jens - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 3, pp. 711-717

A study of overtopping flow series on the Wave Dragon prototype, a low crested device designed to maximise flow, in a … algorithm is tested. Measured data is shown from a storm build up in October 2006, from the Wave Dragon prototype situated in an …

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Prototype testing of the wave energy converter wave dragon

Kofoed, Jens Peter; Frigaard, Peter; Friis-Madsen, Erik; … - In: Renewable Energy 31 (2006) 2, pp. 181-189

The Wave Dragon is an offshore wave energy converter of the overtopping type. It consists of two wave reflectors …

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