Evaluation of various technologies for wave energy conversion in the portuguese nearshore

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1344-1364

  Silva, Dina ^a   Rusu, Eugen ^a   Soares, Carlos Guedes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Portuguese nearshore; Wave energy; Wave modeling; Wec; WEC power diagram

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; ENERGY CONVERSION; OCEAN CURRENTS;

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; BIVARIATE DISTRIBUTION; PORTUGUESE NEARSHORE; POWER DIAGRAMS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS; WAVE MODELING;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 84876430754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6031344     Document Type: Article

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