This paper presents a summary of recent progress towards the development and upscaling
of an emerging class of electrostatic power take-off (PTO) systems for wave energy …

Power generation using dielectric elastomer (DE) artificial muscle is attracting attention
because of its light weight, low cost, and high-efficiency. Since this method is a system that …

Abstract The U-Oscillating Water Column (U-OWC) is a wave energy harvester exploiting the
working principle of oscillating water columns for capturing and converting energy from sea …

This paper introduces a theoretical and experimental study of a wave energy converter
(WEC) that combines the two innovative concepts of U-oscillating water column (U-OWC) …

The present work is aimed to the formulation of empirical relationships useful for the design
of a U-OWC type marine energy conversion device, with particular reference to the …

Hydrodynamic performance of a fixed U-shaped oscillating water column (U-OWC) wave
energy converter is numerically investigated. Based on the time-domain higher-order …

Dielectric Elastomers (DE) can be excellent transducers for actuators, sensors and
generators. Therefore, a lot of research on DE applications has been done. Actuators …

A new loading method with laterally-constrained configuration was proposed to study the
energy conversion behavior of dielectric elastomer generator (DEG) based on experimental …

The recent developments in dielectric elastomers (DE) are spectacular. Currently, a DE as
an actuator, 0.15 g of acrylic sandwiching SWCNT electrodes, is capable of lifting a weight of …

In recent years, much research has been conducted on how to utilize dielectric elastomer
(DE) transducers in order to build a sustainable social infrastructure in an energy recycling …