An investigation into power from pitch-surge point-absorber wave energy converters

2007 International Conference on Clean Electrical Power, ICCEP '07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 520-525

  Chaplin, Robert V ^a   Aggidis, George A ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme wave; Pitching surge; Point absorber; Wave energy converter

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PILOT PLANTS; PLANT LAYOUT; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EXTREME WAVES; MARINE ENERGY; PILOT DESIGNS; PITCH SURGE POINT ABSORBERS; PITCHING SURGES; POINT ABSORBERS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 35348859037     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCEP.2007.384264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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