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Power Take Off

Component of a device that converts absorbed energy into a usable form.

The power take off (PTO) system of a device is the mechanism with which the absorbed energy by the primary converter is transformed into usable energy. Most PTO systems incorporate a mechanical or hydraulic drive train, power generator, and an electrical control system. The design of a marine renewable energy device’s PTO directly affects the device’s overall structural design, performance, maintenance requirements, and levelized cost of energy.

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Marine Energy Documents Related to Power Take Off

Tethys Engineering is a knowledge hub that contains documents and resources about the technical aspects of marine energy development. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Engineering Knowledge Base associated with Power Take Off.

Total: 1027

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Review of Hydraulic Transmission Technologies for Wave Power Generation Lin, Y., Bao, J., Liu, H. Journal Article Wave Power Take Off, Structural
Numerical study on the dynamics of a two-raft wave energy conversion device Zheng, S., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y. Journal Article Wave, Attenuator Modeling Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
A case study on the matrix approach to WEC performance characterization Hiles, C., de Andres, A., Beatty, S. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Performance analysis and optimization of a box-hull wave energy converter concept Bódai, T., Srinil, N. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Wave Loads on a Point-Absorbing Wave Energy Device in Extreme Waves Göteman, M., Engström, J., Eriksson, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Scale Device Power Take Off
Development and experiment of a 60 kW horizontal-axis marine current power system Xu, Q., Liu, H., Lin, Y. Journal Article Current, Tidal Field Data Power Take Off, Structural
Wave energy conversion by controlled floating and submerged cylindrical buoys Korde, U., Ertekin, R. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Control, Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
Effect of non-ideal power take-off efficiency on performance of single- and two-body reactively controlled wave energy converters Falcao, A., Henriques, J. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
Power capture performance of an oscillating-body WEC with nonlinear snap through PTO systems in irregular waves Zhang, X., Yang, J. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling Power Take Off
Experimental and numerical comparisons of self-reacting point absorber wave energy converters in regular waves Beatty, S., Hall, M., Buckham, B. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Creating a Dynamometer for Experimental Validation of Power Take-Off Forces on a Wave Energy Converter Simmons, A., Brekken, T., Lomonaco, P. Conference Paper Wave Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Power Take Off
PTO-Sim: Development of a Power Take Off Modeling Tool for Ocean Wave Energy Conversion So, R., Casey, S., Kanner, S. Conference Paper Wave Modeling Power Take Off
Numerical and experimental studies on the PTO system of a novel floating wave energy converter Kim, B., Zullah, M., Ahmed, M. Journal Article Wave Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Power Take Off
Comparison among passive and active rectifier for seawave energy production Gruosso, G., Zhou, Q., Bizzozero, F. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
An experimental study on a trapezoidal pendulum wave energy converter in regular waves Wang, D., Qiu, S., Ye, J. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Control, Performance, Power Take Off
Numerical modeling of power take-off damping in an Oscillating Water Column device Kamath, A., Bihs, H., Arntsen, Ø. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Development of PTO-Sim: A Power Performance Module for the Open-Source Wave Energy Converter Code WEC-SIM So, R., Simmons, A., Brekken, T. Conference Paper Wave Modeling Power Take Off
A Linear Quadratic Gaussian Approach for Power Transfer Maximization of a Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter Kassem, A., Besheer, A., Abdelaziz, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Effects of hydrodynamic interactions and control within a point absorber array on electrical output Nambiar, A., Forehand, D., Kramer, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Control, Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Multi-objective optimum design of a buoy for the resonant-type wave energy converter Koh, H., Ruy, W., Cho, I. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Control, Power Take Off, Structural
Real time hybrid modeling for ocean wave energy converters Borner, T., Alam, M. Journal Article Wave, Pressure Differential Modeling Power Take Off
Piezoelectric devices for ocean energy: a brief survey Jbaily, A., Yeung, R. Journal Article Current, Wave Modeling Materials, Power Take Off
Ocean Wave Energy Harvester With a Novel Power Takeoff Mechanism Ai, J., Lee, H., Liang, C. Conference Paper Wave Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Nonlinear control of flap-type wave energy converter with a non-ideal power take-off system Bacelli, G., Genest, R., Ringwood, J. Journal Article Wave Control, Power Take Off
A Power Take Off System for Use in Vertical Linear Electric Generator Wave Energy Converter Systems Energystics Report Wave Power Take Off
Wave energy devices with compressible volumes Kurniawan, A., Greaves, D., Chaplin, J. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Power Take Off, Structural
Optimisation of a clutch-rectified power take off system for a heaving wave energy device in irregular waves with experimental comparison Lok, K., Stallard, T., Jenkins, N. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling, Scale Device Control, Performance, Power Take Off
A review of power take-off systems employed in wave energy converters Erselcan, I., Kükner, A. Journal Article Wave, Overtopping, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter, Attenuator Power Take Off
Shape optimisation of floating wave energy converters for a specified wave energy spectrum Goggins, J., Finnegan, W. Journal Article Wave Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off, Structural
Effect of non-ideal power take-off on the energy absorption of a reactively controlled one degree of freedom wave energy converter Genest, R., Bonnefoy, F., Clément, A. Journal Article Wave Modeling Control, Performance, Power Take Off
A Study on Load Characteristics of Floating Type Pendulum Wave Energy Converter Murakami, T., Imai, Y., Nagata, S. Journal Article Wave Lab Data Performance, Power Take Off
Optimal control of an array of non-linear wave energy point converters Nielsen, S., Zhou, Q., Basu, B. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Control, Power Take Off
Experimental Confirmation of Water Column Natural Resonance Migration in a BBDB Device Bull, D., Gunawan, B., Holmes, B. Report Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Hydrodynamic and energetic properties of a finite array of fixed oscillating water column wave energy converters Nader, J., Zhu, S., Cooper, P. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
Marine renewable energy conversion: Grid and off-grid modeling, design and operation Sjolte, J. Thesis Wave Modeling Grid Integration, Performance, Power Take Off
An Intelligent Fuzzy Logic Controller for Maximum Power Capture of Point Absorbers Jama, M., Wahyudie, A., Assi, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Ocean Power Technologies PowerBuoy: System-level Design, Development and Validation Methodology Mekhiche, M., Edwards, K., Bretl, J. Presentation Wave, Point Absorber Power Take Off, Structural
Energy storage inherent in large tidal turbine farms Vennell, R., Adcock, T. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
Preliminary Verification and Validation of WEC-Sim, an Open-Source Wave Energy Converter Design Tool Ruehl, K., Michelen, C., Kanner, S. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Full Scale Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance, Power Take Off
The "Berkeley Wedge": an asymmetrical energy-capturing floating breakwater of high performance Madhi, F., Sinclair, M., Yeung, R. Journal Article Wave, Attenuator Modeling Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Small-scale model tests of a rubber-tube wave energy converter with pneumatic power take-off Mendes, A., Paredes, L., Gil, F. Conference Paper Wave, Pressure Differential Lab Data, Scale Device Power Take Off
The method of imbedded Lagrangian element to estimate wave power absorption by some submerged devices Nihous, G. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
Optimisation and control of a hydraulic power take-off unit for a wave energy converter in irregular waves Cargo, C., Hillis, A., Plummer, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Hydraulic Impacts of Hydrokinetic Devices Kartezhnikova, M., Ravens, T. Journal Article Current, Riverine Modeling Power Take Off
Modeling of an Oscillating Wave Surge Converter With Dielectric Elastomer Power Take-Off Moretti, G., Forehand, D., Vertechy, R. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling Power Take Off
On the Optimization of Point Absorber Buoys Sjökvist, L., Krishna, R., Rahm, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Power Absorption Modeling and Optimization of a Point Absorbing Wave Energy Converter Using Numerical Method Pastor, J., Liu, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Nonlinear 2D analysis of the efficiency of fixed Oscillating Water Column wave energy converters Luo, Y., Nader, J., Cooper, P. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Design of a hydraulic power take-off system for the wave energy device with an inverse pendulum Zhang, D., Li, W., Zhao, H. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Full Scale Power Take Off, Structural
Non-linear numerical modeling and experimental testing of a point absorber wave energy converter Zurkinden, A., Ferri, F., Beatty, S. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
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