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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
Adaptive damping power take-off control for a three-body wave energy converter Zhang, Z., Brekken, T., Rhinefrank, K. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Control, Power Take Off
Technological Cost-Reduction Pathways for Point Absorber Wave Energy Converters in the Marine Hydrokinetic Environment Ochs, M., Bull, D., Laird, D. Report Wave, Point Absorber
Experimental investigation and ANN modeling on improved performance of an innovative method of using heave response of a non-floating object for ocean wave energy conversion Srinivasan, C., Arunachalam, A. , Karuppan, S. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Discrete Displacement Hydraulic Power Take-Off System for the Wavestar Wave Energy Converter Hansen, R., Kramer, M., Vidal, E. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Power Take Off
On the Design, Modeling, and Testing of Ocean Wave Energy Converters Bosma, B. Thesis Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Performance, Structural
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
Harnessing Magnetostriction Nair, B., Shendure, Rahul Magazine Article Wave, Point Absorber Power Take Off
Modeling of a Point Absorber for Energy Conversion in Italian Seas Bozzi, S., Miquel, A., Antonini, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
Empirical demonstration of acausal control strategies for wave energy converters Eder, J. , Bretl, J. , Edwards, K. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Scale Device Control, Power Take Off
Wave energy production in Italian offshore: Preliminary design of a point absorber with tubular linear generator Bozzi, S., Miquel, A., Scarpa, F. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
Point absorber design for a combined wind and wave energy converter on a tension-leg support structure Bachynski, E., Moan, T. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Hybrid Devices, Structural
Efficient Dynamic Analysis of Floating Bodies Nonlinear Behavior in Wave Energy Conversion Spanos, P., Richichi, A., Arena, F. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling
Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis of Two Hydraulic Power Take-Off Systems for Wave Energy Conversion Casey, S. Thesis Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Power Collection from Wave Energy Farms Sjolte, J., Tjensvoll, G., Molinas, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Experimental study on a pendulum wave energy converter Qiu, S. , Ye, J., Wang, D. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
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
Ocean Testing of a Wave-Capturing Power Buoy Edwards, K., Mekhiche, M. Presentation Wave, Point Absorber Full Scale Performance
Optimal constant DC link voltage operation of a wave energy converter Kurupath, V. , Ekström, R. , Leijon, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Scale Device Performance
Optimal Active Control and Optimization of a Wave Energy Converter Abraham, E., Kerrigan, E. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control
Predictability of the power output of three wave energy technologies in the Danish North Sea Fernandez-Chozas, J., Jensen, N., Sorensen, H. Journal Article Wave, Overtopping, Point Absorber, Attenuator Field Data Grid Integration, Performance
Influence of control strategy on the global efficiency of a Direct Wave Energy Converter with electric Power Take-Off Kovaltchouk, T., Multon, B., Ahmed, H. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Power Take Off
Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes simulation of the heave performance of a two-body floating-point absorber wave energy system Yu, Y., Li, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Tidal effect compensation system for point absorbing wave energy converters Castellucci, V., Waters, R., Eriksson, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Nonlinear dynamics of a tightly moored point-absorber wave energy converter Vicente, P., Falcao, A., Justino, P. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Mooring, Power Take Off
Numerical analysis and performance optimization of a submerged wave energy point absorber Guanche, R., Gomes, V., Vidal, C. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
SeaRay Experiment A Sealed Prototype Wave Energy Converter Deployment in the Puget Sound Thomson, J., Mackay, E., Polagye, B. Report Wave, Point Absorber Field Data, Modeling, Scale Device Acoustics, Materials, Mooring, Performance, Substructure
Effect of the generator sizing on a wave energy converter considering different control strategies Alberti, L., Tedeschi, E., Bianchi, N. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Control, Performance
Laboratory experiment on using non-floating body to generate electrical energy from water waves Amarkarthik, A., Chandrasekaran, S., Sivakumar, K. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Full Scale Performance, Power Take Off
Numerical study on design for wave energy generation of a floater for energy absorption Li, K., Parthasarathy, N., Choi, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Power calculations for a passively tuned point absorber wave energy converter on the Oregon coast Oskamp, J., Tuba Ozkan-Haller, H. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
On the annual wave energy absorption by two-body heaving WECs with latching control Henriques, J., Lopes, M., Gomes, R. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control
A synthesis of numerical methods for modeling wave energy converter-point absorbers Li, Y., Yu, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling
Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of a Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter Richter, M., Magana, M., Sawodny, O. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Performance
Comparison of Physical Model Tests With a Time Domain Simulation Model of a Wave Energy Converter Nicoll, R., Wood, C., Roy, A. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling
Analysis of the Power Extraction Capability for the Wave Energy Converter BOLT Ulvin, J., Molinas, M., Sjolte, J. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Performance, Power Take Off
Development of a Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter: Realisation of Power Take-off, Optimisation of Geometry and Installation of Techniques Van de Sijpe, A. Thesis Cross Flow Turbine, Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
A simple and effective real-time controller for wave energy converters Fusco, F. , Ringwood, J. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control
Impeller Wheel Wave Energy Generator CFD Analysis Wang, S., Zhang, F., Wang, Z. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling
Numerical Benchmarking Study of a Selection of Wave Energy Converters Babarit, A., Hal, J., Muliawan, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Power Take Off
Maximum Power Point Tracking for Ocean Wave Energy Conversion Amon, E., Brekken, T., Schacher, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Control
Design Specifications for the Hanstholm WEPTOS Wave Energy Converter Pecher, A., Kofoed, J., Larsen, T. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
WindWaveFloat (WWF): Final Scientific Report Weinstein, A., Roddier, D., Banister, K. Report Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Hybrid Devices
Determination of optimal parameters for a hydraulic power take-off unit of a wave energy converter in regular waves Cargo, C., Plummer, A., Hillis, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Impact of wave interactions effects on energy absorption in large arrays of wave energy converters Borgarino, B., Babarit, A., Ferrant, P. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
Influence of a quadratic power take-off on the behaviour of a self-contained inertial referenced wave energy converter Bailey, H., Bryden, I. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Heaving buoys, point absorbers and arrays Falnes, J., Hals, J. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Wave energy extraction by coupled resonant absorbers Evans, D., Porter, R. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hybrid Devices, Performance
Characteristics of a Pitching Wave Absorber with Rotatable flap Kurniawan, A., Moan, T. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Structural
Increasing power capture of a wave energy device by inertia adjustment Flocard, F., Finnigan, T. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data Performance
A resonant two body system for a point absorbing wave energy converter with direct-driven linear generator Engström, J., Kurupath, V. , Isberg, J. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics
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