For the research and development (R&D) of wave energy converters (WECs), numerical
wave tanks (NWTs) provide an excellent numerical tool, enabling a cost-effective testbed for …

The wave energy sector has made and is still doing a great effort in order to open up a niche
in the energy market, working on several and diverse concepts and making advances in all …

Even though ocean waves around the world are known to contain high and dense amounts
of energy, wave energy harvesters are still not as mature as other forms of renewable …

Control of wave energy converters (WECs) has been very often limited to hydrodynamic
control to absorb the maximum energy possible from ocean waves. This generally ignores or …

This review focuses on the most suitable form of hydrodynamic modeling for the next
generation wave energy converter (WEC) design tools. To design and optimize a WEC, it is …

This paper reviews key issues in the physical and numerical modelling of marine renewable
energy systems, including wave energy devices, current turbines, and offshore wind …

A time domain model is applied to a three-dimensional point absorber wave energy
converter. The dynamical properties of a semi-submerged hemisphere oscillating around a …

Accurate and computationally efficient mathematical models are fundamental for designing,
optimizing, and controlling wave energy converters. Many wave energy devices exhibit …

Designing, optimizing and controlling a wave energy converter requires the construction of a
mathematical model in order to simulate the behaviour of the device. Given the nonlinear …

Energy-maximizing controllers for wave energy devices are normally based on linear
hydrodynamic device models. Such models ignore nonlinear effects which typically manifest …