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  • Testing of wave energy converters using the Ocean Sentinel Instrumentation Buoy

    Creator:
    Lettenmaier, Terrance
    Abstract:
    Ocean testing of Wave Energy Converter (WEC) prototypes is necessary to facilitate commercial WEC development. The Ocean Sentinel Instrumentation Buoy, completed in August 2012, provides a stand-alone load for WEC prototypes during ocean testing. The first part of this work was to develop the power conversion and data acquisition equipment...
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    Dissertation
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    Testing of Wave Energy Converters using the Ocean Sentinel

  • Development of adaptive damping power take-off control for a three-body wave energy converter with numerical modeling and validation

    Creator:
    Zhang, Zhe
    Abstract:
    The performance of the power take-off (PTO) system for a wave energy converter (WEC) depends largely on its control algorithm. This paper presents an adaptive damping control algorithm that improves power capture across a range of sea states. Validation for the numerical model was performed using data from two sources;...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ]. Meanwhile, ocean wave energy has a disadvantage similar to other renewable energy sources such as wind and

  • The effects of ocean variability and breaking waves on wave energy converter reliability and survivability

    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...
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    Dissertation
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    of Ocean Variability and Breaking Waves on Wave Energy Converter Reliability and Survivability

  • On the design, modeling, and testing of ocean wave energy converters

    Creator:
    Bosma, Bret
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    Ocean wave energy converter technology continues to advance and new developers continue to emerge, leading to the need for a general design, modeling, and testing methodology. This work presents a development of the process of taking a wave energy converter from a concept to the prototype stage. A two body...
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    Dissertation
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    On the Design, Modeling, and Testing of Ocean Wave Energy

  • Micro in-lab grid integration of a wave energy converter

    Creator:
    Okuda, Jeremy S.
    Abstract:
    Ocean wave energy has great potential to develop into a strong and reliable form of renewable energy. As the technology develops, more wave energy converters will be grid interconnected and the variable nature of the ocean will begin to influence the stability of the electrical grid system. There are many...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : _______________________________________________________________________ Annette R. von Jouanne Ocean wave energy has great potential to develop into a strong

  • A frequency-domain approach to simulating wave energy converter hydrodynamics

    Creator:
    Simmons, Asher
    Abstract:
    Wave energy converter (WEC) devices are complicated systems containing hydrodynamic, mechanical, and electrical elements. WEC design efforts are primarily focused in the time-domain, using frequency-based energy analyses and numerical problem solving approaches that are staples in hydrodynamic design efforts to form the basic information set used in these time-domain development...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ............................................................................................8 2 Ocean Wave Energy – Concepts Behind Development .............................. 11 2.1 The

  • Hardware and software methods to improve and accelerate the development cycle of wave energy converters

    Creator:
    Tavakoli, Mike
    Abstract:
    With the ever-increasing demand and competition for global energy resources among nations, it is essential to explore and tap into various energy sources to reduce dependency on global markets. Renewable energy sources offer a significant opportunity to create localized and stable energy supplies. Ocean wave energy can be a promising...
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    Masters Thesis
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    and stable energy supplies. Ocean wave energy can be a promising contributor to the renewable