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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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Marine Energy Documents Related to Point Absorber

Tethys Engineering is a knowledge hub that contains documents and resources about the technical aspects of marine energy development. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Engineering Knowledge Base associated with Point Absorber.

Total: 1042

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
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
A review of power take-off systems employed in wave energy converters Erselcan, I., Kükner, A. Journal Article Wave, Overtopping, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter, Attenuator Power Take Off
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
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, Modeling Performance
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
Spatial variability of waves within a marine energy site using in-situ measurements and a high resolution spectral wave model Ashton, I., Van-Nieuwkoop-McCall, J., Smith, H. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Non-linear numerical modeling and experimental testing of a point absorber wave energy converter Zurkinden, A., Ferri, F., Beatty, S. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Circular-slide wave energy converter in random waves Chen, H., DelBalzo, D. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Structural
Wave Energy Extraction Maximization in Irregular Ocean Waves Using Pseudospectral Methods Herber, D., Allison, J. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
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
Wave Basin Experiments with Large Wave Energy Converter Arrays to Study Interactions between the Converters and Effects on Other Users in the Sea and the Coastal Area Stratigaki, V., Troch, P., Stallard, T. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data Array Effects
A renewable energy source for powering offshore oil and gas applications Mekhiche, M., Edwards, K. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber
Considering linear generator copper losses on model predictive control for a point absorber wave energy converter Andrade, D., de la Villa Jaén, A., Santana, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control
A Novel Simulation Toolbox for Wave Energy Converters Previsic, M., Shoele, K. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
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
Hydrodynamic Investigation of Wave Power Buoys Ásgeirsson, G. Thesis Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Scale Device Power Take Off, Structural
Numerical Analysis and Scaled High Resolution Tank Testing of a Novel Wave Energy Converter Rhinefrank, K., Schacher, A., Prudell, J. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Mooring, Performance
Experimental investigation of floating wave energy converters for coastal protection purpose Zanuttigh, B., Angelelli, E. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Array Effects, Performance
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