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Title Author Date Content type Technology Collection Method Application
Design, dynamic modeling and wave basin verification of a Hybrid Wave–Current Energy Converter Chen, S.; Jiang, B. ; Li, X.; et al. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Hybrid Devices, Performance, Power Take Off
Effects of mooring configurations on the hydrodynamic performance of a floating offshore oscillating water column wave energy converter Gubesch, E.; Abdussamie, N.; Penesis, I.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance
A coupled numerical framework for hybrid floating offshore wind turbine and oscillating water column wave energy converters Zhang, D.; Chen, Z.; Liu, X.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling, Scale Device Control, Hybrid Devices, Performance, Power Take Off
Transient aerodynamic performance of bidirectional impulse turbine in reciprocating airflows for hydrokinetic energy conversion systems Wang, X.; Yan, Y.; Wang, W-Q. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Effects of mooring configurations on the hydrodynamic performance of a floating offshore oscillating water column wave energy converter Gubesch, E.; Abdussamie, N.; Penesis, I.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Structural
Hydrodynamic Analysis of a Novel Modular Floating Structure System Integrated with Floating Artificial Reefs and Wave Energy Converters Li, Y.; Ren, N.; Li, X.; et al. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance, Power Take Off, Substructure
Coupled Dynamic Analysis of a Bottom-Fixed Elastic Platform with Wave Energy Converters in Random Waves Heo, S.; Koo, W.; Kim, M-H. Journal Article Wave, Attenuator Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off, Substructure
Temporal complementarity of marine renewables with wind and solar generation: Implications for GB system benefits Pennock, S.; Coles, D.; Angeloudis, A.; et al. Journal Article Current, Wave Modeling Grid Integration
Maximizing tidal energy conversion by adopting hydraulic transformation and LMI based robust control Yin, X.; Pan, L.; Lei, M. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Control, Power Take Off, Structural
A novel Geno-fuzzy based model for hydrodynamic efficiency prediction of a land-fixed oscillating water column for various front wall openings, power take-off dampings and incident wave steepnesses Altunkaynak, A.; Çelik, A. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Materials, Power Take Off, Structural
Digital Twin for the Prediction of Extreme Loads on a Wave Energy Conversion System Katsidoniotaki, E.; Psarommatis, F.; Göteman, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Mooring, Performance, Power Take Off
Sizing of generation and storage capacities for tidal stream energy systems in view of the temporal pattern of tidal stream power Beyer, H.; Simonsen, K. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Grid Integration, Performance
Application of integrated wave-to-wire modelling for the preliminary design of oscillating water column systems for installations in moderate wave climates Ciappi, L.; Simonetti, I.; Bianchini, A.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Performance, Power Take Off, Structural, Substructure
Self-tuning, load-mitigating feedback control of a 3-DOF point absorber Forbush, D.; Bacelli, G.; Coe, R. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Power Take Off
The application of the spectral domain modeling to the power take-off sizing of heaving wave energy converters Tan, J.; Polinder, H.; Laguna, A.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Maximum Power Control Algorithm for Power Take-Off System Based on Hydraulic System for Floating Wave Energy Converters Roh, C. Journal Article Wave Modeling Control, Performance, Power Take Off
Design Optimization of a Direct-Drive Electrically Excited Synchronous Generator for Tidal Wave Energy Samb, S.; Bernard, N.; Benkhoris, M.; et al. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Design and Dynamic Stability Analysis of a Submersible Ocean Current Generator Platform Mooring System under Typhoon Irregular Wave Lin, S-M.; Liauh, C-T.; Utama, D-W. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Mooring
A novel discrete control for wave energy converters with a hydraulic power take-off system Liu, C.; Zhao, Z.; Gao, W.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Attenuator Modeling Control, Performance, Power Take Off
Hydrodynamic Analysis of a Breakwater-Integrated Heaving-Buoy-Type Wave Energy Converter with an Optimal Artificial Damping Scheme Jeong, H-J.; Kim, S-J.; Koo, W. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Low-Cost Heaving Single-Buoy Wave-Energy Point Absorber Optimization for Sardinia West Coast Rava, M.; Dafnakis, P.; Martini, V.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Materials, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Wave energy extraction from a floating flexible circular plate Michele, S.; Zheng, S.; Greaves, D. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Level-Shift PWM Control of a Single-Phase Full H-Bridge Inverter for Grid Interconnection, Applied to Ocean Current Power Generation Garcia-Reyes, L.; Beltran-Telles, A.; Banuelos-Ruedas, F.; et al. Journal Article Current Lab Data, Modeling Grid Integration
Storage Minimization of Marine Energy Grids Using Polyphase Power Husain, S.; Parker, G.; Weaver, W. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Grid Integration
Direct-drive ocean wave-powered batch reverse osmosis Brodersen, k.; Bywater, E.; Lanter, A.; et al. Journal Article Wave Modeling Power Take Off
Size matters: Scale effects of an OWC wave energy converter Orphin, J.; Nader, J.; Penesis, I. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Energy conversion and hydrodynamic analysis of multi-degree-of-freedom wave energy converters integrated into a semi-submersible platform Cheng, Y.; Dai, S.; Dai, S.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Lab Data, Modeling Hybrid Devices, Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
A high-precise model for the hydraulic power take-off of a raft-type wave energy converter Liu, C.; Hu, M.; Gao, W.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Attenuator Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Morphing blades for tidal turbines: A theoretical study Pisetta, G.; Mestre, R.; Viola, I. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Optimal design of an axisymmetric two-body wave energy converter with translational hydraulic power take-off system Kamarlouei, M.; Gaspar, J.; Soares, C. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
The influence of oblique waves on the hydrodynamic efficiency of an onshore OWC wave energy converter Rodriguez, A.; Casarin, R.; Ilzarbe, J. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Wave power extraction for an oscillating water column device consisting of a surging front and back lip-wall: An analytical study Wang, C.; Zhang, Y.; Deng, Z. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Medium-term variability of the UK's combined tidal energy resource for a net-zero carbon grid Todeschini, G.; Coles, D.; Lewis, M.; et al. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Grid Integration
Energy from the Waves: Integration of a HESS to a Wave Energy Converter in a DC Bus Electrical Architecture to Enhance Grid Power Quality Barelli, L.; Cardelli, E.; Pelosi, D.; et al. Journal Article Wave Modeling Control, Grid Integration
Numerical study of a point absorber wave energy converter with different power take-off systems Tao, J.; Hann, M.; Greaves, J.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Dynamic Stability of the Coupled Pontoon-Ocean Turbine-Floater Platform-Rope System under Harmonic Wave Excitation and Steady Ocean Current Lin, S-M.; Chen, Y-Y.; Liauh, C-T. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring
Dynamic self-adjusting classification for global wave energy resources under different requirements Zheng, C. Journal Article Wave Modeling, Test Center Performance, Power Take Off
Performance analysis of Helical Savonius Hydrokinetic turbines arranged in array Nag, A.; Sarkar, S. Journal Article Current Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
EMR modelling of tidal turbines integrated into Orkney grid Al Ameri, A.; Koita, A.; Payman, A.; et al. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Grid Integration
Influence of helical triangle blade on the performance of vertical axis marine current turbine Zhu, G.; Feng, J.; Wang, X.; et al. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Numerical Performance Model for Tensioned Mooring Tidal Turbine Operating in Combined Wave-Current Sea States Fu, S.; Johnstone, C. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Mooring, Performance
A Design Procedure for Anchors of Floating Ocean Current Turbines on Weak Rock Bañuelos-García, F.; Ring, M.; Mendoza, E.; et al. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Field Data, Modeling Materials, Mooring, Structural
Study of a novel rotational speed amplified dual turbine wheel wave energy converter Xiao, H.; Liu, Z.; Zhang, R.; et al. Journal Article Wave Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Optimal power extraction of a two-stage tidal turbine system based on backstepping disturbance rejection control Yin, X.; Zhao, X. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Effects of power take-off parameters and harvester shape on wave energy extraction and output of a hydraulic conversion system Gao, H.; Xiao, J. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
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
Comparative Study of Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter Performance: A Case Study for Southern Coasts of the Caspian Sea Amini, E.; Asadi, R.; Golbaz, D.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Materials, Performance, Power Take Off
Simulated and experimental investigation of a floating-array-buoys wave energy converter with single-point mooring Sun, P.; Liu, S.; He, H.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Mooring, Performance
Timing value of marine renewable energy resources for potential grid applications Bhattacharya, S.; Pennock, S.; Robertson, B.; et al. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current, Tidal, Wave Modeling Grid Integration
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

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