By-pass air-valve control of an OWC wave power plant

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-210

  Falcao, A F de O ^a   Vieira, L C ^a   Justino, P A P ^b   Andre J M C S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b Inst Nac Engenharia e Tecnologia   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; TURBULENCE; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

AIR-VALVE CONTROL;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

ENERGY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; VALVE; WAVE POWER;

ENERGY RESOURCE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; WAVE POWER;

EID: 0042824002     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1576815     Document Type: Article

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