Research on Wave Energy Converters

Jijian Lian, Xiaowei Wang, Xiaoqun Wang () and Dongke Wu
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Jijian Lian: School of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, China
Xiaowei Wang: School of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, China
Xiaoqun Wang: School of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, China
Dongke Wu: Baoding Water Conservancy Design Institute, No. 97 Sunshine South Street, Jingxiu District, Baoding 071052, China

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-23

Abstract: With the acceleration of the global warming process, the clean energy crisis is becoming serious; conventional energy is unlikely to solve the current crisis, so people pay attention to new energy. As wave energy is widely distributed, renewable, and clean, hundreds of wave energy converters emerge. In order to understand the research progress of wave energy converters better, this paper divides wave energy converters into overtopping type, oscillating water column type, and oscillating body type according to the working principle and divides the oscillating body type into oscillating float type and oscillating pendulum type by different ways of energy capture. Based on the classification, various types of engineering cases, physical tests and digital simulation, and other academic research results are summarized, especially the generation power and energy conversion efficiency of various devices, and some shortcomings and suggestions are put forward, hoping to provide help for readers to study wave energy generation converters.

Keywords: wave energy converter; overtopping; oscillating water column; oscillating body; captured energy efficiency; conversion efficiency; power generation efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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