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Wave energy potential along the Death Coast (Spain)

Iglesias, G.; Carballo, R. - In: Energy 34 (2009) 11, pp. 1963-1975

The newly available SIMAR-44 data set, covering a 44-year period, is used together with wave buoy data to assess the wave energy resource along the Death Coast, the craggy stretch from Cape Finisterre to the Sisarga Isles. Its location at the north-western corner of the Iberian Peninsula and its...

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Offshore and inshore wave energy assessment: Asturias (N Spain)

Iglesias, G.; Carballo, R. - In: Energy 35 (2010) 5, pp. 1964-1972

The offshore and inshore wave energy resource in Asturias (N Spain) is studied using wave buoy data and a hindcast dataset spanning 44 years (1958–2001). Offshore average wave power and annual wave energy values are found to exceed 30 kW/m and 250 MWh/m, respectively, at 7 of the 11 study...

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Investigation of hydrodynamic performance of an OWC (oscillating water column) wave energy device using a fully nonlinear HOBEM (higher-order boundary element method)

Ning, De-Zhi; Shi, Jin; Zou, Qing-Ping; Teng, Bin - In: Energy 83 (2015) C, pp. 177-188

(numerical wave flume) is developed to investigate the hydrodynamic performance of a fixed OWC (oscillating water column) wave … same frequency as the maximum surface -elevation. For a fixed submerged depth of the OWC back wall, the peak efficiency …

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Numerical simulation of a heave-only floating OWC (oscillating water column) device

Luo, Yongyao; Wang, Zhengwei; Peng, Guangjie; Xiao, Yexiang - In: Energy 76 (2014) C, pp. 799-806

with dynamic mesh to analyze the performance of a heave-only floating OWC (oscillating water column) device. The model was … significant effect on the power capture efficiency. The heave-free floating OWC device has two resonance frequencies: natural … frequency of OWC and natural frequency of chamber. The frequency band width of high efficiency can be adjusted by turbine …

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Wave energy and hot spots in Anzali port

Hadadpour, Sanaz; Etemad-Shahidi, Amir; Jabbari, Ebrahim; … - In: Energy 74 (2014) C, pp. 529-536

Providing energy without unfavorable impacts on the environment is an important issue for many countries. Wave energy is one of the renewable resources with high potential and low impact on the environment, especially in coastal regions. The estimation of the wave characteristics is essential...

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Hydrodynamic performance of an oscillating water column wave energy converter by means of particle imaging velocimetry

López, I.; Castro, A.; Iglesias, G. - In: Energy 83 (2015) C, pp. 89-103

In an OWC (oscillating water column) wave energy converter the damping exerted by the turbine on the movements of the … the relevance of the different factors—damping, tidal level and wave conditions—to the hydrodynamic performance of the OWC … the chamber and thereby determines the amount of energy that the OWC is able to capture. In addition, the lip is found to …

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A versatile system for offshore energy conversion including diversified storage

Fiaschi, D.; Manfrida, G.; Secchi, R.; Tempesti, D. - In: Energy 48 (2012) 1, pp. 566-576

Offshore applications allow to exploit different renewable energy sources (wave, wind, solar) that are complementary each other, due to their statistical yearly distributions.

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Analytical investigation and experimental validation of an inverted cup float used for wave energy conversion

Ramadan, A.; Mohamed, M.H.; Abdien, S.M.; Marzouk, S.Y.; … - In: Energy 70 (2014) C, pp. 539-546

World energy demand is increasing at an alarming rate and producing electricity from alternative or renewable energy sources is becoming necessary. There are many technologies to extract electric energy from sea waves such as: the oscillating water column, the point absorber, the overtopping...

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Multi-point aerodynamic optimization of the rotor blade sections of an axial-flow impulse air turbine for wave energy conversion

Gomes, R.P.F.; Henriques, J.C.C.; Gato, L.M.C.; … - In: Energy 45 (2012) 1, pp. 570-580

The oscillating water column (OWC) equipped with an air turbine is one of the most actively studied devices for wave … an axial-flow impulse air turbine for OWC wave energy converters. Firstly, an inverse design method imposes an almost …

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Wave energy pattern around the Madeira Islands

Rusu, Eugen; Guedes Soares, C. - In: Energy 45 (2012) 1, pp. 771-785

The objective of the present work is to evaluate the patterns of wave power resources around the Madeira Islands. An analysis of the wave climate in the target area is first carried out based on satellite, buoy and hindcast wave data. As a further step, a SWAN based wave prediction system is...

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