Statistical investigation of expected wave energy and its reliability

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 13-14, 2004, Pages 2173-2185

  Özger, Mehmet ^a   Altunkaynak, Abdüsselam ^a   Şen, Zekai ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Perturbation; Power take off; Risk analysis; Significant wave height; Wave power

Indexed keywords

CHEBYSHEV APPROXIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

POWER TAKE-OFF; RISK ANALYSIS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT;

WAVE POWER;

EID: 1642386803     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2003.10.015     Document Type: Article

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