A synthesis of numerical methods for modeling wave energy converter-point absorbers

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 4352-4364

  Li, Ye ^a   Yu, Yi Hsiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Numerical modeling; Point absorber; Wave energy converter; Wave theory; Wave body interaction

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODELING; POINT ABSORBER; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS; WAVE THEORY; WAVE-BODY INTERACTION;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TECHNOLOGY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

WAVE POWER;

EID: 84861802080     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.11.008     Document Type: Review

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