Preliminary study on a kinetic energy recovery system for sailing yachts

Giuseppe Leo Guizzi, Michele Manno, Guido Manzi, Marco Salvatori and Domenico Serpella

Renewable Energy, 2014, vol. 62, issue C, 216-225

Abstract: This paper presents the preliminary theoretical results obtained on a model of a kinetic energy recovery system for sailing yachts, based on the conversion of wave-induced boat oscillations (heave, pitch and roll) into electric energy by means of a linear generator.

Keywords: Wave energy recovery; Linear generator; Sail yacht; Kinetic energy recovery system; SEAKERS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.06.051

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