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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Affiliated Marine Energy Engineering Documents

Total results: 829
Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Wake Effect Assessment in Long-and Short-Crested Seas of Heaving-Point Absorber and Oscillating Wave Surge WEC Arrays Verao Fernandez, G., Stratigaki, V., Vasarmidis, P. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
An efficient hybrid integral-equation method for point-absorber wave energy converters with a vertical axis of symmetry Wang, L., Yeung, R. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Control, Hydrodynamics, Structural
Numerical and experimental study on a hemispheric point-absorber-type wave energy converter with a hydraulic power take-off system Kim, S., Koo, W., Shin, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Power Take Off
A methodology for design and fatigue analysis of power cables for wave energy converters Kuznecovs, A., Ringsberg, J., Yang, S. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Structural
Performance optimization of a coaxial-cylinder wave energy converter Jin, P., Zhou, B., Göteman, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Shore-line Wave Energy Converter with Mechanical Gear Motion Rectifier Pendar, M., Sarjan, H. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Field Data, Modeling, Scale Device Performance, Power Take Off
A Flower Pollination Method Based Global Maximum Power Point Tracking Strategy for Point-Absorbing Type Wave Energy Converters Zhao, A., Wu, W., Sun, Z. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Power Take Off
Wave Force Prediction Effect on the Energy Absorption of a Wave Energy Converter With Real-Time Control Li, L., Yuan, Z., Gao, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Peak forces on a point absorbing wave energy converter impacted by tsunami waves Sjökvist, L., Göteman, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling
Comparison of wave-body interaction modelling methods for the study of reactively controlled point absorber wave energy converter Ding, B., Wuillaume, P., Meng, F. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Hydrodynamics
The 6-float wave energy converter M4: Ocean basin tests giving capture width, response and energy yield for several sites Moreno, E., Stansby, P. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Mooring, Power Take Off
Design and investigation of a novel point absorber on performance optimization mechanism for wave energy converter in heave mode Dang, T. , Phan, C. , Ahn, K. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Control, Power Take Off
On the Development of an Efficient Surrogate Model for Predicting Long-Term Extreme Loads on a Wave Energy Converter Nguyen, P., Manuel, L., Coe, R. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
Hydrodynamics of periodic wave energy converter arrays Tokić, G., Yue, D. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
A Study of the Hydrodynamic Performance of a Pitch-type Wave Energy Converter–Rotor Poguluri, S., Cho, I., Bae, H. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Hydrodynamic Performance Study of Wave Energy–Type Floating Breakwaters Zhang, H., Ding, X., Zhou, B. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Modelling of operation and optimum design of a wave power take-off system with energy storage Bonovas, M. , Anagnostopoulos, I. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Model-Predictive Control Strategy for an Array of Wave-Energy Converters Zhong, Q., Yeung, R. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Control, Performance, Power Take Off
Interference Model for an Array of Wave-Energy-Absorbing Flexible Structures Nové-Josserand, C., Godoy-Diana, R., Thiria, B. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Structural
Control of small two-body heaving wave energy converters for ocean measurement applications Abdelkhalik, O., Zou, S. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
Oscillation and Conversion Performance of Double-Float Wave Energy Converter Zhang, L., Jin, P., Zhou, B. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Shape optimization of wave energy converters for broadband directional incident waves Esmaeilzadeh, S., Alam, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off, Structural
Study on force and wave energy conversion efficiency of buoys in low wave energy density seas Chen, F., Duan, D., Han, Q. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Irregular Wave Validation of a Coupling Methodology for Numerical Modelling of Near and Far Field Effects of Wave Energy Converter Arrays Fernandez, G., Stratigaki, V., Troch, P. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off, Structural
Experimental and numerical comparisons of self-reacting point absorber wave energy converters in irregular waves Beatty, S., Bocking, B., Bubbar, K. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, 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
A risk-based approach to layout implementation of WEC array by addressing accidental constraints McCarthy, R., Arzaghi, E., Abaei, M. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects
A parameter study and optimization of two body wave energy converters Shami, E., Wang, X., Zhang, R. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Structural
The impact of energy extraction of wave energy converter arrays on wave climate under multi-directional seas Tay, Z., Venugopal, V. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Power-to-load balancing for heaving asymmetric wave-energy converters with nonideal power take-off Tom, N., Mahdi, F., Yeung, R. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data Performance, Power Take Off
Buoy Analysis in a Point-Absorber Wave Energy Converter Ruezga, A., Cañedo, J. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Power Take Off
A numerical tool for the frequency domain simulation of large arrays of identical floating bodies in waves Fàbregas Flavià, F., McNatt, C., Rongère, F. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Hydrodynamic performance and power absorption of a multi-freedom buoy wave energy device Shi, H., Huang, S., Cao, F. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Optimization of modular raft WEC-type attachment to VLFS and module connections for maximum reduction in hydroelastic response and wave energy production Nguyen, H., Wang, C., Pedroso, D. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Performance, Power Take Off
Experimental investigation on hydrodynamic performance of a breakwater-integrated WEC system Zhao, X., Ning, D., Liang, D. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Modal analysis of a submerged spherical point absorber with asymmetric mass distribution Meng, F., Ding, B., Cazzolato, B. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance
The application of modal analysis to the design of multi-mode point absorber wave energy converters Ding, B., Sergiienko, N., Meng, F. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Performance
Closed Loop Energy Maximizing Control of a Wave Energy Converter Using an Estimated Linear Model That Approximates the Nonlinear Froude-Krylov Force Yaqzan, Y. Thesis Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Performance, Power Take Off
Learning a Predictionless Resonating Controller for Wave Energy Converters Shi, S., Patton, R., Abdelrahman, M. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Performance
Linearisation-based nonlinearity measures for wave-to-wire models in wave energy Penalba, M., Ringwood, J. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Control, Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
Stress Analysis of a Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter Gupta, T. Thesis Current, Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Full Scale Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Wave-body interactions among energy absorbers in a wave farm Zhong, Q., Yeung, R. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Point Absorber Wave Energy Harvesters: A Review of Recent Developments Al Shami, E., Zhang, R., Wang, X. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Field Data, Lab Data, Modeling Power Take Off
Maximization of energy absorption for a wave energy converter using the deep machine learning Li, L., Yuan, Z., Gao, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control
Analyzing the Near-Field Effects and the Power Production of an Array of Heaving Cylindrical WECs and OSWECs Using a Coupled Hydrodynamic-PTO Model Balitsky, P., Quartier, N., Verao Fernandez, G. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling Array Effects, Hybrid Devices, Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
Energy-Maximizing Control for Ocean Energy Converter Orekan, T., Zhang, P. Book Chapter Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Power Take Off
Design and Modeling of a Smart Wave Energy Converter Orekan, T., Zhang, P. Book Chapter Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Structural
Study and Analysis of Underwater Wireless Power Transfer Orekan, T., Zhang, P. Book Chapter Wave, Point Absorber Materials, Performance
Economic aspects of latching control for a wave energy converter with a direct drive linear generator power take-off Temiz, I., Leijon, J., Ekergård, B. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Power Take Off
Maximizing the Absorbed Power of A Point Absorber Using An FA-Based Optimized Model Predictive Control Rahimi, N., Moghaddam, R. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Control, Performance
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