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On the Design, Modeling, and Testing of Ocean Wave Energy Converters

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Title: On the Design, Modeling, and Testing of Ocean Wave Energy Converters
Author:
Bosma, B.
Publication Date:
Thesis Type:
Doctoral Dissertation
Academic Department:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pages:
87
Affiliation:
Oregon State University (OSU)
Technology:
Wave, Point Absorber
Collection Method:
Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device
Engineering:
Performance, Structural
Language:
English

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Bosma, B. (2013). On the Design, Modeling, and Testing of Ocean Wave Energy Converters (Doctoral Dissertation). Oregon State University (OSU).
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TY - THES
TI - On the Design, Modeling, and Testing of Ocean Wave Energy Converters
AU - Bosma, B
AB - Ocean wave energy converter technology continues to advance and new developers continue to emerge, leading to the need for a general design, modeling, and testing methodology. This work presents a development of the process of taking a wave energy converter from a concept to the prototype stage. A two body heaving point absorber representing a generic popular design was chosen and a general procedure is presented showing the process to model a wave energy converter in the frequency and time domains. A scaled prototype of an autonomous small scale wave energy converter was designed, built, and tested and provided data for model validation. The result is a guide that new developers can adapt to their particular design and wave conditions, which will provide a path toward a cost of energy estimate. This will serve the industry by providing sound methodology to accelerate the continued development of wave energy converters.
DA - 2013/07//
PY - 2013
SP - 87
PB - Oregon State University (OSU)
LA - English
M3 - PhD Thesis
KW - Wave
KW - Point Absorber
KW - Lab Data
KW - Modeling
KW - Scale Device
KW - Performance
KW - Structural
ER -
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Abstract

Ocean wave energy converter technology continues to advance and new developers continue to emerge, leading to the need for a general design, modeling, and testing methodology. This work presents a development of the process of taking a wave energy converter from a concept to the prototype stage. A two body heaving point absorber representing a generic popular design was chosen and a general procedure is presented showing the process to model a wave energy converter in the frequency and time domains. A scaled prototype of an autonomous small scale wave energy converter was designed, built, and tested and provided data for model validation. The result is a guide that new developers can adapt to their particular design and wave conditions, which will provide a path toward a cost of energy estimate. This will serve the industry by providing sound methodology to accelerate the continued development of wave energy converters.