Design specifications for the hanstholm WEPTOS wave energy converter

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1001-1017

  Pecher, Arthur ^a   Kofoed, Jens Peter ^a   Larsen, Tommy ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WEPTOS A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Generator capacity; Marine structure; Mooring force; Ocean technology; Structural forces; Wave energy; WEPTOS

Indexed keywords

MOORING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; POWER TAKEOFFS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

GENERATOR CAPACITY; MOORING FORCE; OCEAN TECHNOLOGY; STRUCTURAL FORCES; WAVE ENERGY; WEPTOS;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 84860872064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5041001     Document Type: Article

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