Point Absorber

Device that absorbs energy from the relative motion between a wave-activated, moving body and a fixed structure.

Point absorbers extract energy through the relative motion between a body that moves in response to wave forcing and fixed or immobile structures. The moving body may be on the surface or submerged, and the 'fixed' body may be the seabed or another structure less affected by wave action. Their principal dimension is small relative to the length of waves they are absorbing energy from. Electricity may be produced using a linear or rotary generator, or a fluid may be pumped using mechanical force and motion directly.

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Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Experimental Modeling of an Isolated WECfarm Real-Time Controllable Heaving Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter Vervaet, T., Stratigaki, V., Ferri, F. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Array Effects, Performance, Power Take Off
Experimental Modelling of an Isolated WECfarm Real-Time Controllable Heaving Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter Vervaet, T., Stratigaki, V., Ferri, F. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Array Effects, Control, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Experimental Modelling of Point-Absorber Wave Energy Converter Arrays: A Comprehensive Review, Identification of Research Gaps and Design of the WECfarm Setup Vervaet, T., Stratigaki, V., Backer, B. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data Array Effects, Control, Hydrodynamics, Structural
Experimental passive and reactive control of a Laboratory Scale WEC Point Absorber Bosma, B., Beringer, C., Robertson, B. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Control, Grid Integration, Power Take Off
Experimental Performance Analysis of a Hybrid Wave Energy Harvesting System Combining E-Motions with Triboelectric Nanogenerators Clemente, D., Rodrigues, C., Esteves, R. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hybrid Devices, Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Experimental results from sea trials of an offshore wave energy system Waters, R., Stålberg, M., Danielsson, O. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Field Data, Full Scale Performance, Structural
Experimental results of force measurements from a scaled point absorbing wave energy converter subjected to extreme waves Shahroozi, Z., Göteman, M., Engström, J. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Scale Device Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Experimental results on power absorption from a wave energy converter at the Lysekil wave energy research site Lejerskog, E., Boström, C., Hai, L. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Field Data, Test Center Performance
Experimental study for evaluating the response of the power take off of a point absorber wave energy generation system using a hydraulic wave simulator Al-Habaibeh, A., Hamadeh, L., McCague, J. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Experimental study on a pendulum wave energy converter Qiu, S. , Ye, J., Wang, D. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
Experimental study on hydrodynamic performance of a wave energy converter within multi‐heaving‐buoys Liu, Z., Qu, N., Shi, H. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Experimental Study on the Effect of Arm Design on the Performance of a Flap-Float Horizontal Ocean Wave Energy Converter Madi, M., Mukhtasor, Prastianto, R. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Field Data, Scale Device Performance, Structural
Experimental Study on the Hydrodynamic Performance of a Heaving Buoy Assembled on a Net Cage Platform Shi, H., Dong, X., Feng, L. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Hydrodynamics, Performance
Experimental study on the performance of a floating array-point-raft wave energy converter under random wave conditions Yang, S., He, H., Chen, H. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Field Data, Full Scale Array Effects, Performance, Structural
Experimental Study On Wave Slamming Characteristics Of An Oscillating Buoy Of Wave Energy Converter Under Different Wave Conditions Luo, X. , Qin, J., Liu, Y. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data Hydrodynamics
Experimental validation of rollout-based model predictive control for wave energy converters on a two-body, taut-moored point absorber prototype Lin, Z., Huang, X., Xiao, X. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Test Center Control, Mooring
Experimental Wave Tank Test for Reference Model 3 Floating Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter Project Yu, Y., Lawson, M., Li, Y. Report Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Full Scale, Scale Device Performance
Extreme Ocean Wave Conditions for Northern California Wave Energy Conversion Device Berg, J. Report Wave, Point Absorber Field Data
Farm size comparison with analytical model of linear generator wave energy converters Thorburn, K. , Leijon, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
Fast and Effective Optimisation of Arrays of Submerged Wave Energy Converters Wu, J., Shekh, S., Sergiienko, N. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Array Effects, Performance
Fast time-domain model for an array of interactive point-absorbers Stavropoulou, C., Goude, A. , Engström, J. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Fatigue analysis of a point-absorber wave energy converter based on augmented data from a WEC-Sim model calibrated with experimental data Shahroozi, Z., Göteman, M., Engström, J. Book Chapter Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device
Fatigue Analysis of a Wave Energy Converter Taking Into Account Different Control Strategies Zurkinden, A., Lambertsen, S., Damkilde, L. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Control
Fatigue reliability and calibration of fatigue design factors of wave energy converters Ambühl, S., Ferri, F., Kofoed, J. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Field Data, Modeling Control, Structural
Feedback Resonating Control for a Wave Energy Converter Nevarez, V., Bacelli, G., Coe, R. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Scale Device Control, Performance
Finite depth effects on the wave energy resource and the energy captured by a point absorber Fernandes, A., Fonseca, N. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Flexible multibody dynamics modelling of point-absorber wave energy converters Wang, L., Kolios, A., Cui, L. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Structural
Float Response within an Array: Numerical and Experimental Comparison Thomas, S., Weller, S., Stallard, T. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Array Effects
Force Prediction and Estimation for Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter Shahroozi, Z. Thesis Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Performance
Frequency and time domain modeling and power output for a heaving point absorber wave energy converter Pastor, J. , Liu, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
Frequency Domain Modeling of a Halbach PM Linear Generator Based Two-Body Point Absorber for Wave Energy Conversion Tan, Y., Liu, N., Lin, K. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Frequency/time domain modeling of a direct drive point absorber wave energy converter Cheng, Z., Yang, J. , Hu, Z. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off, Structural
Freshwater production from the motion of ocean waves – A review Leijon, J., Boström, C. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Performance
Friction for a floating body heaving along a fixed vertical guiding strut. Bjarte-Larsson, T. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling
Full long-term design response analysis of a wave energy converter Coe, R., Michelen, C., Eckert-Gallup, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling
Generation of Electricity using Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter and its Prospect in Bangladesh Hossain, M., Kamal, M., Adan, J. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber
Genetic based optimisation of the design parameters for an array-on-device orbital motion wave energy converter Faraggiana, E., Chapman, J., Williams, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Structural
Geometrical Evaluation on the Viscous Effect of Point-Absorber Wave-Energy Converters Chen, Z., Zhou, B., Zhang, L. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics
Grid Connection of Wave Power Farm Using an N-Level Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter Ekström, R. , Leijon, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Grid Integration
Gyroscopic wave energy converter with a self-accelerating rotor in WEC-glider Zhang, Y., Wen, Y., Han, X. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Structural
Hardware-in-the-loop development of a heaving point absorber wave energy converter using inertia emulation Berriel, R., Shadman, M., Wu, Z. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device
Harnessing wave power in open seas II: very large arrays of wave-energy converters for 2D sea states Xu, D., Stuhlmeier, R., Stiassnie, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Heave Plate Dynamics for a Point Absorbing Wave Energy Converter Brown, A., Thomson, J. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Hydrodynamics, Structural
Heaving buoys, point absorbers and arrays Falnes, J., Hals, J. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Heaving Point Absorbers Reacting against an Internal Mass French, M., Bracewell, R. Book Chapter Wave, Point Absorber Performance, Structural
High-performance and robust bistable point absorber wave energy converter Xi, R., Zhang, H., Xu, D. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
Hybrid floating breakwater-WEC system: A review Zhao, X., Ning, D., Zou, Q. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Hybrid Devices, Performance, Power Take Off
Hydraulic on-shore system recovering energy from sea waves Barbarelli, S., Amelio, M., Castiglione, T. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off, Structural
Hydrodynamic Analysis and Power Conversion for Point Absorber WEC with Two Degrees of Freedom Using CFD Guo, W., Zhou, Y., Zhang, W. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Hydrodynamics, 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
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