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A preliminary study on the optimal formation of an array of wave power devices.

Conference Paper

Title: A preliminary study on the optimal formation of an array of wave power devices.
Author:
Fitzgerald, C.; Thomas, G.
Publication Date:
Event Name:
7th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2007)
Event Location:
Porto, Portugal
Pages:
9
Publisher:
European Tidal and Wave Energy Conference
Affiliation:
Loughborough University, University College Cork
Technology:
Wave
Collection Method:
Modeling
Engineering:
Array Effects, Performance
Language:
English

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Fitzgerald, C.; Thomas, G. (2007). A preliminary study on the optimal formation of an array of wave power devices.. Paper presented at 7th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2007), Porto, Portugal.
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pages = {9},
address = {Porto, Portugal},
publisher = {European Tidal and Wave Energy Conference},
url = {https://ewtec.org/proceedings/},
keywords = {Wave, Modeling, Array Effects, Performance},
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TY - CONF
TI - A preliminary study on the optimal formation of an array of wave power devices.
AU - Fitzgerald, C
AU - Thomas, G
T2 - 7th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2007)
C1 - Porto, Portugal
AB - This paper describes a preliminary study into the optimal formation of an array of heaving semi-submerged spheres. A small body approximation is employed and an important new consistency condition for the interaction factor q is presented. With attention directed towards a five-member array, the results from a numerical optimisation study are presented and identify optimal behaviour in both symmetric and non-symmetric configurations.
DA - 2007/09//
PY - 2007
SP - 9
PB - European Tidal and Wave Energy Conference
UR - https://ewtec.org/proceedings/
LA - English
KW - Wave
KW - Modeling
KW - Array Effects
KW - Performance
ER -
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Abstract

This paper describes a preliminary study into the optimal formation of an array of heaving semi-submerged spheres. A small body approximation is employed and an important new consistency condition for the interaction factor q is presented. With attention directed towards a five-member array, the results from a numerical optimisation study are presented and identify optimal behaviour in both symmetric and non-symmetric configurations.