Wave power extraction from multiple oscillating water columns along a straight coast

S Zheng, A Antonini, Y Zhang, D Greaves… - Journal of Fluid …, 2019 - cambridge.org
The integration of oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converters into a coastal
structure (breakwater, jetty, pier, etc.) or, more generally, their installation along the coast is …

Hydrodynamic analysis of hybrid system with wind turbine and wave energy converter

K Zhu, H Shi, S Zheng, S Michele, F Cao - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A practical model is developed to investigate the performance of a hybrid system with semi-
submersible floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) coupled to an array of point-absorbing …

Coast/breakwater-integrated OWC: A theoretical model

S Zheng, Y Zhang, G Iglesias - Marine Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Integrating wave energy converters into coastal structures such as breakwaters, seawalls or
jetties not only offers benefits in terms of construction costs but also improves wave energy …

Water-wave interaction with submerged porous elastic disks

S Zheng, MH Meylan, D Greaves, G Iglesias - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Hydroelastic interaction between water waves and submerged porous elastic disks of
negligible thickness in water of finite depth is investigated under the assumption of small …

Hydrodynamic performance and energy absorption of multiple spherical absorbers along a straight coast

A Li, Y Liu - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The development and utilization of wave energy have great potentiality to alleviate the
urgent problem of global energy shortage. Spherical bodies can be used as point absorbers …

Wave power extraction from a tubular structure integrated oscillating water column

S Zheng, G Zhu, D Simmonds, D Greaves, G Iglesias - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Integrating wave energy converters with marine structures such as breakwaters, piles, and
offshore wind turbines offers benefits in terms of wave power extraction, construction costs …

Wave scattering by porous cylinders with inner columns near a vertical wall

A Li, Y Liu, H Fang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This paper studies wave scattering by multiple dual porous circular cylinders in front of a
vertical wall. Each cylinder is composed of an outer partially perforated cylindrical shell and …

Semi-analytical study on the hydrodynamic performance of an interconnected floating breakwater-WEC system in presence of the seawall

X Zhao, X Du, M Li, M Göteman - Applied Ocean Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstracts Based on linear potential flow theory, a semi-analytical model is developed using
the matching eigenfunction method for a dual pontoon system in the presence of partially …

Hydrodynamic study of a novel breakwater with parabolic openings for wave energy harvest

C Zhang, D Ning - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrodynamic improvement of wave energy converter (WEC)'s performance tends to reach
a bottleneck in that it becomes difficult to further jump over the present low-efficiency stage …

Theoretical modelling of a new hybrid wave energy converter in regular waves

S Zheng, Y Zhang - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
A novel hybrid wave energy converter (WEC) consisting of a floating oscillating water
column (OWC) and several oscillating floats hinged around is proposed. Both water …