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Performance optimization of a U-Oscillating-Water-Column wave energy harvester

Federica Maria Strati, Giovanni Malara and Felice Arena

Renewable Energy, 2016, vol. 99, issue C, 1019-1028

Abstract: This paper deals with the problem of optimizing the performance of a U-Oscillating Water Column (U-OWC) wave energy converter equipped with a Wells turbine by controlling the turbine dynamics in a variety of incident wave conditions.

Keywords: U-OWC; Control; Optimizations; Wells turbine; Wave energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.07.080

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