Wave Energy Potential, Behavior and Extraction

• Main Author: Li, Hua (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: efficiency improvement; pontoon; hydrodynamic optimization; time domain; power take-off; hybrid system; short-crested waves; parks; eigen-function expansion; optimization; linear potential flow theory; capture width ratio; wave energy converter; potential flow theory; OpenFOAM; raft-type wave energy converter (WEC); survival; wave energy converter (WEC); power take-off (PTO); oscillating water column; multiple scattering; wind power; offshore oil platforms; wave power; wave energy converters (WEC); air chamber; arrays; Geographic Information Systems; wave energy converters; challenges; power fluctuations; frequency domain; tsunami; surrogate model; design; levelised cost of energy; Gulf of Mexico; extreme conditions; Mediterranean Sea; cost; wave diffraction; WaveWatch III; meta-model; wave energy; friction; station keeping; extreme waves; peak forces; power capture ability; point absorber; linear damping; multidirectional; mooring
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Wave energy has a higher potential than most of the available ocean energy resources; however, it fluctuates dramatically depending on geographical and temporal baselines. The complexity of wave energy is only exacerbated by that fact that the cycle of creation, transport, and disappearance of wave...