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Creator:: Casey, Sean (Sean Michael)
Abstract:: Hydraulic power take-off (PTO) systems have been implemented in several wave energy converter (WEC) designs in recent years. Two popular hydraulic PTO configurations coupled to a point absorber hydrodynamic model are simulated in waves representative of an energetic sea state likely to be found in deep waters off the coast...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Power Take-off Systems for Wave Energy Conversion AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sean Casey for the

Creator:: Ruehl, Kelley
Abstract:: Wave energy conversion is still in its infancy, and in order for it to become a commercially viable technology, developers, investors and utilities need to estimate a Wave Energy Converter's (WEC's) performance for the wave climate of a potential installation site. With the goal of estimating a design's power output...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Modeling of Heaving Point Absorber Wave Energy Converters, Including Power Take-Off and Mooring Abstract

Creator:: Hovland, Justin
Abstract:: Ocean Wave Energy Converters (WECs) operating on the water surface are subject to storms and other extreme events. In particular, high and steep waves, especially breaking waves, are likely the most dangerous to WECs. A method for quantifying the breaking severity of waves is presented and applied to wave data...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : _________________________________________________________ Robert K. Paasch Ocean Wave Energy Converters (WECs) operating on the water surface are

Creator:: Brown, Adam
Abstract:: The reliability and survivability of a wave energy converter (WEC) is highly dependent on the variability and non-linearity of the ocean itself. Ocean variability occurs on many time scales. Climate variability occurs decade-to-decade, and year-to-year in the number and intensity of winter storms. Seasonal variation of wave height and period...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Ocean Variability and Breaking Waves on Wave Energy Converter Reliability and Survivability

Creator:: Brown, Adam C.
Abstract:: Ocean wave energy is a new and developing field of renewable energy with great potential. The energy contained in one meter of an average wave off the coast of Newport Oregon could supply dozens of homes with electricity. However, ocean waves are usually quite irregular which leads to large bursts...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Recently, designs have been proposed by Pelamis Wave Power, Archimedes Wave Swing, Wave Dragon, Ocean

Creator:: Stillinger, Chad J.
Abstract:: Renewable energy is a topic of significant interest and importance in the world today. Ocean wave energy, particularly in areas such as the Oregon Coast, has considerable potential as a renewable resource. However, to rightly evaluate the overall cost of energy for wave energy converters, survivability and maintenance issues must...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: interest and importance in the world today. Ocean wave energy, particularly in areas such as the Oregon

Creator:: Meicke, Stephen A.
Abstract:: This thesis investigates the applicability of the finite element method to model wave energy converter (WEC) hydroelasticity using LS-DYNA. The proposed methodology uses the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian formulation to model Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) between the WEC and the fluid elements. This formulation allows for time-domain modeling of higher order effects such...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Lagrangian-Eulerian Finite Element Method in LS-DYNA 1. Introduction Ocean wave energy is a new and

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