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Optimal Sizing of Battery Storage Systems for Industrial Applications when Uncertainties Exist

Carpinelli, Guido; Fazio, Anna Rita di; Khormali, Shahab; … - In: Energies 7 (2014) 1, pp. 130-149

storage systems (BESSs). When this option is used, an optimal sizing of BESSs is desirable, because the investment costs can … be significant. This paper deals with the optimal sizing of a BESS installed in an industrial facility to reduce … electricity costs. A four-step procedure, based on Decision Theory, was used to obtain a good solution for the sizing problem …

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Nearshore Tests of the Tidal Compensation System for Point-Absorbing Wave Energy Converters

Castellucci, Valeria; Abrahamsson, Johan; Kamf, Tobias; … - In: Energies 8 (2015) 4, pp. 3272-3291

The power production of the linear generator wave energy converter developed at Uppsala University is affected by variations of mean sea level. The reason is that these variations change the distance between the point absorber located on the surface and the linear generator located on the...

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Evaluation of Various Technologies for Wave Energy Conversion in the Portuguese Nearshore

Silva, Dina; Rusu, Eugen; Soares, Carlos Guedes - In: Energies 6 (2013) 3, pp. 1344-1364

The objective of the present work is to perform an evaluation of the performance provided by various technologies for wave energy conversion in the Portuguese continental coastal environment. The wave climate in the target area is first analyzed using the results from three years of simulations...

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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 performance estimates. The model shall be comprehensive of all relevant physical processes that affect overtopping and flexible to adapt to any local conditions and device configuration....

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Exploring the Potential for Increased Production from the Wave Energy Converter Lifesaver by Reactive Control

Sjolte, Jonas; Sandvik, Christian McLisky; Tedeschi, … - In: Energies 6 (2013) 8, pp. 3706-3733

Fred Olsen is currently testing their latest wave energy converter (WEC), Lifesaver, outside of Falmouth Bay in England, preparing it for commercial operation at the Wavehub test site. Previous studies, mostly focusing on hydrodynamics and peak to average power reduction, have shown that this...

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Discrete Displacement Hydraulic Power Take-Off System for the Wavestar Wave Energy Converter

Hansen, Rico H.; Kramer, Morten M.; Vidal, Enrique - In: Energies 6 (2013) 8, pp. 4001-4044

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 is the Power Take-Off (PTO) system, converting the wave induced motion of the floats into a steady power output to the...

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Comparison of the Experimental and Numerical Results of Modelling a 32-Oscillating Water Column (OWC), V-Shaped Floating Wave Energy Converter

Kelly, Thomas; Dooley, Thomas; Campbell, John; … - In: Energies 6 (2013) 8, pp. 4045-4077

Combining offshore wind and wave energy converting apparatuses presents a number of potentially advantageous synergies. To facilitate the development of a proposed floating platform combining these two technologies, proof of concept scale model testing on the wave energy converting component of...

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Reliability-Based Structural Optimization of Wave Energy Converters

Ambühl, Simon; Kramer, Morten; Sørensen, John Dalsgaard - In: Energies 7 (2014) 12, pp. 8178-8200

methodology to optimize thestructural design of WECs based on a reliability-based optimization problem and the intentto maximize … gravity-based foundation of the Wavestar deviceis performed showing how structural design can be optimized taking target …

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Design Specifications for the Hanstholm WEPTOS Wave Energy Converter

Pecher, Arthur; Kofoed, Jens Peter; Larsen, Tommy - In: Energies 5 (2012) 4, pp. 1001-1017

The WEPTOS wave energy converter (WEC) is a novel device that combines an established and efficient wave energy absorbing mechanism with a smart structure, which can regulate the amount of incoming wave energy and reduce loads in extreme wave conditions. This adjustable A-shaped slack-moored and...

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Wave Basin Experiments with Large Wave Energy Converter Arrays to Study Interactions between the Converters and Effects on Other Users in the Sea and the Coastal Area

Stratigaki, Vasiliki; Troch, Peter; Stallard, Tim; … - In: Energies 7 (2014) 2, pp. 701-734

Experiments have been performed in the Shallow Water Wave Basin of DHI (Hørsholm, Denmark), on large arrays of up to 25 heaving point absorber type Wave Energy Converters (WECs), for a range of geometric layout configurations and wave conditions. WEC response and modifications of the wave field...

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