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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A Densely Packed Array of Vertically Oriented Linear Faraday Electrical Generators Used as Point Absorbing Wave Energy Converters to Transform Ocean Surface Wave Kinetic Energy into Electrical Power Energystics Report Wave, Point Absorber Array Effects
Designing a point-absorber wave energy converter for the Mediterranean Sea Archetti, R., Miquel, A., Antonini, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
A Vertically Oriented Linear Faraday Electrical Generator Used as Point Absorbing Wave Energy Converters to Transform Ocean Surface Wave Kinetic Energy into Electrical Power Energystics Report Wave, Point Absorber Structural
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
Wave energy conversion with high capture width by the three-float line absorber M4 Maggi, A., Moreno, E., Stansby, P. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Structural
Systematic Design of A Heaving Buoy Wave Energy Device Shi, H., Wang, D., Song, J. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Mooring, Performance, Structural
Reduction of the Non-Causal Horizon of the Optimal Wave Energy Converter Control Genest, R., Clément, A. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control
Optimal control of an array of non-linear wave energy point converters Nielsen, S., Zhou, Q. , Basu, B. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Control, Power Take Off
Nonlinear time-domain performance model for a wave energy converter in three dimensions Coe, R., Bull, D. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
Model Predictive Control of Sea Wave Energy Converters - Part I: A Convex Approach for the Case of a Single Device Li, G., Belmont, R. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects
Constrained optimal stochastic control of non-linear wave energy point absorbers Sichani, M., Chen, J., Kramer, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control
Model Predictive Control of Sea Wave Energy Converters - Part II: The Case of an Array of Devices Li, G., Belmont, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects
Laboratory Observation of Waves in the Vicinity of WEC-Arrays Haller, M., Porter, A., Lenee-Bluhm, P. Report Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Scale Device Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Design and analysis of buoy geometries for a wave energy converter Beirão, P., Malça, C. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Structural
An Intelligent Fuzzy Logic Controller for Maximum Power Capture of Point Absorbers Jama, M., Wahyudie, A., Assi, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Ocean Power Technologies PowerBuoy: System-level Design, Development and Validation Methodology Mekhiche, M., Edwards, K., Bretl, J. Presentation Wave, Point Absorber Power Take Off, Structural
Measurements of Extreme Forces on a Wave Energy Converter of Point Absorber Type and Estimation of Added Mass of Cylindrical Buoy Gravrakmo, H., Strömstedt, E., Savin, A. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling
Preliminary Verification and Validation of WEC-Sim, an Open-Source Wave Energy Converter Design Tool Ruehl, K., Michelen, C., Kanner, S. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Full Scale Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance, Power Take Off
Optimisation and control of a hydraulic power take-off unit for a wave energy converter in irregular waves Cargo, C., Hillis, A., Plummer, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Maximizing output power of linear generators for wave energy conversion de la Villa Jaén, A., Garcia-Santana, A., El Montoya-Andrade, D. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control
On the Optimization of Point Absorber Buoys Sjökvist, L., Krishna, R., Rahm, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Modeling and Control of a Wave Energy Farm Including Energy Storage for Power Quality Enhancement: the Bimep Case Study Tedeschi, E., Santos-Mugica, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Control, Grid Integration
Development of a novel point absorber in heave for wave energy conversion Truong, D., Ahn, K. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Performance
Power Absorption Modeling and Optimization of a Point Absorbing Wave Energy Converter Using Numerical Method Pastor, J. , Liu, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
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
Validation of Theoretical Performance Results using Wave Tank Testing of Heaving Point Absorber Wave Energy Conversion Device working against a Subsea Reaction Plate Previsic, M., Shoele, K., Epler, J. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Review of Methods for Modeling Wave Energy Converter Survival in Extreme Sea States Coe, R., Neary, V. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Full Scale Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Development and demonstration of the WEC-Sim wave energy converter simulation tool Yu, Y., Lawson, M., Ruehl, K. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Research on a permanent magnet tubular linear generator for direct drive wave energy conversion Liu, C., Yu, H., Hu, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Performance, Structural
Design of a hydraulic power take-off system for the wave energy device with an inverse pendulum Zhang, D., Li, W., Zhao, H. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Full Scale Power Take Off, Structural
Multistable chain for ocean wave vibration energy harvesting Harne, R., Schoemaker, M., Wang, K. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Structural
Methodology for Design and Economic Analysis of Marine Energy Conversion (MEC) Technologies Neary, V., Previsic, M., Jepsen, R. Report Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal, Ocean Current, Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Lab Data, Full Scale, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance
Power optimisation of a point absorber wave energy converter by means of linear model predictive control Richter, M., Magana, M., Sawodny, O. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Control, Performance
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