Rotational speed control of an owc wave power plant

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 65-70

  Justino, P A P ^a   de, A F ^b   Falao O ^b  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); POWER CONTROL; SPEED CONTROL; TORQUE; TURBINES; VARIABLE SPEED TRANSMISSIONS; WAVE POWER;

OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN (OCW) WAVE POWER PLANT; ROTATIONAL SPEED CONTROL;

OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS;

SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM; WATER COLUMN; WAVE POWER;

EID: 0033134080     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: 1528896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2830079     Document Type: Article

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