Abstract
A point absorber type device, damped by a single-acting hydraulic cylinder, has been tested in the laboratory and modeled mathematically. The system’s efficiency was found to be equal that of systems with double-acting pumps. Response and efficiency curves are presented from both the physical and mathematical models for the case of monochromatic wave forcing.
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