Experimental Investigation of the Power Generation Performance of Floating-Point Absorber Wave Energy Systems: Preprint
The extraction of energy from ocean waves has gained interest in recent years. The floating-point absorber (FPA) is one of the most promising devices among a wide variety of wave energy conversion technologies. Early theoretical studies mainly focused on understanding the hydrodynamics of the system and on predicting the maximum power that could be extracted by a heaving body. These studiesevolve from the investigation of floating-body interactions in offshore engineering and naval architecture disciplines. To our best knowledge, no systematic study has been reported about the investigation of the power generation performance of an FPA with a close-to-commercial design. A series of experimental tests was conducted to investigate the power extraction performance of an FPA system.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1040938
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5000-54572; TRN: US201211%%270
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: To be presented at the 27th International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, 22-25 April 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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