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
Station-keeping Simulation of a Non-moored WEC Rusch, C., Polagye, B., Joslin, J. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Mooring, Performance
Phase-resolved heave plate dynamics for wave energy converters Brown, A., Thomson, J. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Field Data Hydrodynamics, Structural
Tool for distributed pressure time-histories of marine structures: Verification and Case Study with a WEC Michelen, C., Coe, R., Wang, Q. Conference Paper Point Absorber Structural
On the short-term uncertainty in performance of a point absorber wave energy converter Manuel, L., Canning, J., Coe, R. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
Characterization of loads on a hemispherical point absorber wave energy converter Jakobsen, M., Beatty, S., Iglesias, G. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural
Investigation on modeling of non-buoyant body typed point absorbing wave energy converter using Adaptive Network-based Fuzzy Inference System Amarkarthik, A., Sivakumar, K. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Performance
Energy efficiency of pneumatic power take-off for wave energy converter Liermann, M., Samhoury, O., Atshan, S. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Model tests of Sigma wave energy converter: The lessons learned Dragić, M., Hofman, M., Tomin, V. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Test Center, Scale Device Performance, Power Take Off
A new optimization procedure of heaving point absorber hydrodynamic performances Piscopo, V., Benassai, G., Cozzolino, L. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Wave energy conversion through a point pivoted absorber: Numerical and experimental tests on a scaled model Coiro, D., Troise, G., Calise, G. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Scale Device
Parametric study of two-body floating-point wave absorber Amiri, A. , Panahi, R., Radfar, S. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
Analysis, design and experiment investigation of a novel wave energy converter Binh, P. , Tri, N. , Dung, D. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Theoretical study on the power take-off estimation of heaving buoy wave energy converter Shi, H., Cao, F., Liu, Z. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Performance assessment of wave measurements of wave buoys Liu, Q., Lewis, T., Zhang, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Test Center, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Numerical calculation method for the optimum wave energy absorption configuration based on the variation of Kochin function Kawabe, H., Michima, P., Shinohara, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Numerical models for the motion and forces of point-absorbing wave energy converters in extreme waves Sjökvist, L., Wu, J., Ransley, E. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics
MPPT strategy based on speed control for AWS-based wave energy conversion system Marei, M., Mokhtar, M., El-Sattar, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Grid Integration
Sea-state modification and heaving float interaction factors from physical modelling of arrays of wave energy converters Stratigaki, V., Troch, P., Stallard, T. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data Array Effects
Enhancing the performance of heaving wave energy converters using model-free control approach Jama, M., Noura, H., Wahyudie, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control
Numerical hydrodynamic modelling of a pitching wave energy converter Bhinder, M., Rahmati, M., Mingham, C. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural
Sensitivity of a Wave Energy Converter Dynamics Model to Nonlinear Hydrostatic Models Coe, R., Bull, D. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control
A review on front end conversion in ocean wave energy converters Santhosh, N., Baskaran, V., Amarkarthik, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Power Take Off
Robust and low computational cost controller for improving captured power in heaving wave energy converters Wahyudie, A., Jama, M., Saeed, O. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Control, Performance
Application of an Arbitrary Mesh Interface for CFD Simulation of an Oscillating Wave Energy Converter Mishra, V., Beatty, S., Buckham, B. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics
Modelling mooring line non-linearities (material and geometric effects) for a wave energy converter using AQWA, SIMA and Orcaflex Bhinder, M., Karimirad, M., Weller, S. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Mooring
A case study on the matrix approach to WEC performance characterization Hiles, C., de Andres, A., Beatty, S. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Wave tank experiments on the power capture of a multi-axis wave energy converter Zhang, D., George, A., Wang, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Performance analysis and optimization of a box-hull wave energy converter concept Bódai, T., Srinil, N. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Control of rapid phase oscillations in the modelling of large wave energy arrays Isberg, J., Engström, J., Eriksson, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Constrained optimal control of a point absorber wave energy converter with linear generator Wang, L., Engström, J., Göteman, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control
Wave Loads on a Point-Absorbing Wave Energy Device in Extreme Waves Göteman, M., Engström, J., Eriksson, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Scale Device Power Take Off
Capture width of the three-float multi-mode multi-resonance broadband wave energy line absorber M4 from laboratory studies with irregular waves of different spectral shape and directional spread Stansby, P., Moreno, E., Stallard, T. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Experimental and numerical comparisons of self-reacting point absorber wave energy converters in regular waves Beatty, S., Hall, M., Buckham, B. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Effect of non-ideal power take-off efficiency on performance of single- and two-body reactively controlled wave energy converters Falcao, A., Henriques, J. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
Surrogate Based Design of a Mooring System for a Self-reacting Point Absorber Ortiz, J., Bailey, H., Buckham, B. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Hydrodynamics, Mooring
Performance Improvement of a Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter by Application of an Observer-Based Control: Results From Wave Tank Testing Kracht, P., Perez-Becker, S., Richard, J. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Scale Device Control, Performance
Survivability of Wave Energy Converter and Mooring Coupled System using CFD Ransley, E. Thesis Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Scale Device Mooring
Comparison among passive and active rectifier for seawave energy production Gruosso, G., Zhou, Q. , Bizzozero, F. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Optimizing wave energy parks with over 1000 interacting point-absorbers using an approximate analytical method Göteman, M., Engström, J., Eriksson, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
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
Three-float broad-band resonant line absorber with surge for wave energy conversion Stansby, P., Moreno, E., Stallard, T. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Performance
Potential time domain model with viscous correction and CFD analysis of a generic surging floating wave energy converter Bhinder, M., Babarit, A., Gentaz, L. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Acoustic emission health monitoring of marine renewables: Illustration with a wave energy converter in Falmouth Bay (UK) Walsh, J., Bashir, I., Thies, P. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Field Data, Full Scale Acoustics
Wave energy resource assessment and recoverable wave energy in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands García, C., Canals, M. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Field Data, Modeling Performance
Assessment of the performances of various wave energy converters along the European continental coasts Rusu, L., Onea, F. Journal Article Wave, Overtopping, Point Absorber, Attenuator Modeling Performance
A Linear Quadratic Gaussian Approach for Power Transfer Maximization of a Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter Kassem, A., Besheer, A., Abdelaziz, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
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
Heave Plate Dynamics for a Point Absorbing Wave Energy Converter Brown, A., Thomson, J. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Hydrodynamics, Structural
Effects of hydrodynamic interactions and control within a point absorber array on electrical output Nambiar, A., Forehand, D., Kramer, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Control, Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
A Design Outline for Floating Point Absorber Wave Energy Converters Faizal, M., Ahmad, M., Lee, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Structural
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