Wave energy conversion and hydrodynamics modelling technologies: A review

Wanan Sheng

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019, vol. 109, issue C, 482-498

Abstract: It has been well accepted that wave energy may have the potential to significantly contribute to the future renewable energy mix but so far it remains as the largest untapped renewable resources since the current wave energy technologies are technically immature for reliable and economic energy production. The greatest challenges would be how the performance of wave energy converters can be reliably assessed and how the wave energy conversion efficiency can be improved. These two challenges are strongly linked, with the former producing the required tools for the latter, which is a critical part for reducing the overall cost of wave energy production. For understanding the issues involved in wave energy conversion, the relevant energy conversion technologies are discussed, with a focus on hydrodynamics modelling for the wave energy converters.

Keywords: Wave energy converter; Wave-structure interaction; Potential flow theory; Frequency domain analysis; Time-domain analysis; Power take-off optimisation; Control technology; End-stop (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2019.04.030

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