Numerical modeling of the effects of wave energy converter characteristics on nearshore wave conditions

Renewable Energy

Volumn 89, Issue , 2016, Pages 636-648

  Chang, G ^a   Ruehl, K ^b   Jones, C A ^a   Roberts, J ^b   Chartrand, C ^b  

^a Integrative Medical Consulting   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Model sensitivity; Nearshore wave propagation; Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN); Wave energy converter (WEC); Wave modeling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES; WAVE POWER; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS; MEAN WAVE DIRECTIONS; MODEL PARAMETERIZATION; MODEL SENSITIVITY; NEARSHORES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS; WAVE HEIGHT VARIATIONS; WAVE MODELING;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84951123728     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.12.048     Document Type: Article

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