Power calculations for a passively tuned point absorber wave energy converter on the Oregon coast

Renewable Energy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-77

  Oskamp, Jeffrey A ^a   Ozkan Haller, H Tuba ^a,b  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual power prediction; Optimal damping; Tuning; WAMIT; Wave energy converter array

Indexed keywords

DEVICE RESPONSE; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; HYDRODYNAMIC RESPONSE; OPTIMAL DAMPING; OREGON COAST; POINT ABSORBER; POTENTIAL FLOW MODEL; POWER CALCULATION; POWER OUT PUT; POWER PREDICTIONS; TIME-SCALES; TUNING SYSTEM; WAMIT; WAVE CONDITIONS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER ARRAY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DAMPING; ESTIMATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; TUNING; WATER WAVES;

WAVE POWER;

ABSORPTION; ARRAY; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONE; FLOW MODELING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; WAVE ENERGY;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859572507     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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