Electric power generation by ‘Surfing’ water waves

Ben D. Hazlett, Ion I. Inculet and Diana R. Inculet

Renewable Energy, 2009, vol. 34, issue 11, 2510-2514

Abstract: A novel method of generating electrical power from water waves utilizing a ‘Surfing’ motion was studied. Several system configurations were tested to evaluate the key aspects on which the power capture was dependent; it was found that the system power capture efficiency was primarily dependent on the wave steepness. It was found that the current system embodiment was able to absorb a maximum of approximately 14% of the available wave power.

Keywords: Ocean wave power; Wave energy conversion; Renewable energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.01.005

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