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Title Author Date Content type Technology Collection Method Application
Wave energy capture by an omnidirectional point sink oscillating water column system Mayon, R.; Ning, D.; Zhang, C.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Design optimization of a novel vertical augmentation channel housing a cross-flow turbine and performance evaluation as a wave energy converter Weerakoon, A.; Kim, B-H.; Cho, Y-J.; et al. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Numerical investigation of scaling effect in two-dimensional oscillating water column wave energy devices for harvesting wave energy Mia, M.; Zhao, M.; Wu, H.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling, Full Scale, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Mathematical modeling of breakwater-integrated oscillating water column wave energy converter devices under irregular incident waves Trivedi, K.; Koley, S. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance
Efficient response of an onshore Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter using a one-phase SPH model coupled with a multiphysics library Quartier, N.; Crespo, A.; Dominguez, J.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
Improved MPPT Control for a Dynamic Oscillating Water Column System Seo, S.; Kim, J.; Muljadi, E.; et al. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Control, Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Analysis and comparison of power generation from regular waves for floaters with different geometries Paludo, R.; Miguel, M.; Rocha, G.; et al. Conference Paper Wave, Overtopping, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Experimental characterization of the chamber turbine coupling damping of Mutriku breakwater power plant at 1:36 scale model Bidaguren, I.; Esteban, G.; Albaina, I.; et al. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Bragg reflection by a floating breakwater-WEC system Zhao, X.; Geng, J.; Göteman, M.; et al. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance
Expected Impacts of the WETS Deployment of the OE35 Oscillating Water Column Kelly, J.; Lewis, T.; McCarthy, J. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Power Take Off
Investigation of the hydrodynamic performance of an oscillating water column wave energy device using a smoothed particle hydrodynamics model Zhu, G.; Hughes, J.; Zheng, S.; et al. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Effect of moorings on the efficiency of a floating Oscillating Water Column Device Konispoliatis, D.; Mavrakos, A.; Mavrakos, S.; et al. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Mooring, Performance
Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter with Deep Water Reactance Alexander, W. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Study on hydrodynamic characteristics and efficiency of a prototype wave energy converter Saeidtehrani, S. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Data-based hydrodynamic modelling of a fixed OWC wave energy converter Rosati, M.; Kelly, T.; Violini, D.; et al. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
Numerical modelling validation for an array of floating OWC wave-energy-converters with shared moorings in regular waves Oikonomou, C.; Gomes, R.; Gato, L.; et al. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Power Take Off
Acoustic performance comparison between biradial and Wells turbines for OWC devices Henriques, J.; La Sala, V.; Carrelhas, A.; et al. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Acoustics, Performance, Structural
Stochastic modelling via statistical linearization of a Wave Energy Converter Sirigu, S.; Bonfanti, M.; Carapellese, F.; et al. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
Performance predictions of one-way energy capture by an oscillating water column device in Faroese waters. Joensen, B.; Bingham, H.; Read, R.; et al. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Code-to-Code Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Modelling Verification for Wave Energy Converters: WEC-Sim vs. NLFK4ALL Giorgi, G.; Penalba, M.; Gomes, R. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance
Impact of sloping porous seabed on the efficiency of an OWC against oblique waves Khan, M.; Behera, H. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance
Semi-analytical study on the wave power extraction of a bottom-seated oscillating water column device with a pitching front lip-wall Wang, C.; Zhang, Y.; Deng, Z. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Model testing of a floating wave energy converter with an internal U-shaped oscillating water column Silva, S.; Gomes, R.; Lopes, B.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling, Test Center, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Latching control of a raft-type wave energy converter with a hydraulic power take-off system Liu, C.; Hu, M.; Zhao, Z.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling Control, Materials, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural, Substructure
Uncertainty in Wave Basin Testing of a Fixed Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter Judge, F.; Lyden, E.; O'Shea, M.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance
Nonlinear hydrodynamic analysis of an offshore oscillating water column wave energy converter Zhou, Y.; Ning, D.; Liang, D.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Productivity analysis of different design for OWC nearshore in breakwater in Pantelleria Laface, G. Thesis Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance, Structural
Efficiency Properties of a Wave Energy Converter Placed in Front of a Vertical Breakwater Konispoliatis, D.; Mavrakos, A.; Mavrakos, S. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Materials, Performance
The Possibility of a High-Efficiency Wave Power Generation System Using Dielectric Elastomers Chiba, S.; Waki, M.; Jiang, C.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Power Take Off
The power flow and the wave energy flux at an operational wave farm: Findings from Mutriku, Bay of Biscay Ibarra-Berastegi, G.; Ulazia, A.; Sáenz, J.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Design and optimization investigation on hydraulic transmission and energy storage system for a floating-array-buoys wave energy converter Sun, P.; Li, Q.; He, H.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Array Effects, Performance
Overall performance of a model OWC system under the free-spinning mode: An experimental study Liu, Z.; Xu, C.; Kim, K. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Performance
Surrogate based optimization of a Bi-Directional impulse turbine for OWC-WEC: Effect of guide vane lean and stagger angle for pseudo-sinusoidal wave conditions Ezhilsabareesh, K.; Suchithra, R.; Thandayutham, K.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Electrical control strategy for an ocean energy conversion system Noman, M.; Li, G.; Wang, K.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Control, Performance
Performance of an U-Shaped Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter Device under Oblique Incident Waves Trivedi, K.; Koley, S.; Panduranga, K. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Second Order Sliding Mode Control of Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converters for Power Improvement Gaebele, D.; Magana, M.; Brekken, T.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Array Effects, Power Take Off
A methodology for architecture agnostic and time flexible representations of wave energy converter performance Robertson, B.; Bailey, H.; Leary, M.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling Performance
Ocean Energy Systems Wave Energy Modeling Task 10.4: Numerical Modeling of a Fixed Oscillating Water Column Bingham, H.; Yu, Y.; Nielsen, K.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Effects of blade parameters on the hydrodynamic performance of an impulse turbine of oscillation water column wave energy Wang, X.; Yan, Y.; Wang, W. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
A Numerical Study on Hydrodynamic Energy Conversions of OWC-WEC with the Linear Decomposition Method under Irregular Waves Kim, J.; Kim, K.; Park, J.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Study on an Oscillating Water Column Wave Power Converter Installed in an Offshore Jacket Foundation for Wind-Turbine System Part I: Open Sea Wave Energy Converting Efficiency Lee, H.; Chen, G.; Hsieh, H. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hybrid Devices, Performance
Wave power extraction analysis for an oscillating water column device with various surging lip-walls Wang, C.; Zhang, Y. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
A RANS-VoF Numerical Model to Analyze the Output Power of An OWC-WEC Equipped with Wells and Impulse Turbines in A Hypothetical Sea-State Teixeira, P.; Gonçalves, R.; Didier, E. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Materials, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Investigation on the hydrodynamic scaling effect of an OWC type wave energy device using experiment and CFD simulation Dai, S.; Day, S.; Yuan, Z.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Optimization based higher order sliding mode controller for efficiency improvement of a wave energy converter Suchithra, R.; Ezhilsabareesh, K.; Samad, A. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Control, Performance
Hydrodynamic performance of an offshore-stationary OWC device with a horizontal bottom plate: Experimental and numerical study Deng, Z.; Wang, C.; Wang, P.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Wave power extraction from multiple oscillating water columns along a straight coast Zheng, S.; Antonini, A.; Zhang, Y.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Wave-to-Wire Model Development and Validation for Two OWC Type Wave Energy Converters Benreguig, P.; Kelly, J.; Pakrashi, V.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Combining random forests and physics-based models to forecast the electricity generated by ocean waves: A case study of the Mutriku wave farm Serras, P.; Ibarra-Berastegi, G.; Sáenz, J.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance
CFD modeling of a ducted Savonius wind turbine for the evaluation of the blockage effects on rotor performance Mauro, S.; Brusca, S.; Lanzafame, A.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance, Structural

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