Efficiency of OWC wave energy converters: A virtual laboratory

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-70

  Lopez I ^a   Iglesias, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Artificial neural network; Oscillating water column; OWC; Turbine chamber coupling; Wave energy converter

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DAMPING COEFFICIENTS; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN; OWC; PHYSICAL MODEL TEST; VIRTUAL LABORATORIES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DAMPING; EFFICIENCY; LABORATORIES; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NEURAL NETWORKS; PNEUMATICS; TIDE GAGES; TURBINES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

WAVE POWER;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DAMPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; TURBINE; WATER COLUMN; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 84888778687     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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