Further analysis of change in nearshore wave climate due to an offshore wave farm: An enhanced case study for the Wave Hub site

HCM Smith, C Pearce, DL Millar - Renewable energy, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the use of numerical wave models for assessing the impact of offshore
wave farms on the nearshore wave climate. Previous studies have investigated the effect of …

Numerical implementation and sensitivity analysis of a wave energy converter in a time-dependent mild-slope equation model

C Beels, P Troch, G De Backer, M Vantorre… - Coastal …, 2010 - Elsevier
Several Wave Energy Converters (abbreviated as WECs) have intensively been studied and
developed during the last decade and currently small farms of WECs are getting installed …

[图书][B] Environmental impacts of renewable energy

FR Spellman - 2014 - books.google.com
Renewable Energy Has a Good Side and a Bad Side... Evaluate Both All energy sources
affect the environment in which we live. While fossil fuels may essentially do more harm …

Coupling methodology for studying the far field effects of wave energy converter arrays over a varying bathymetry

G Verao Fernandez, P Balitsky, V Stratigaki, P Troch - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
For renewable wave energy to operate at grid scale, large arrays of Wave Energy
Converters (WECs) need to be deployed in the ocean. Due to the hydrodynamic interactions …

Experimental measurement of wave field variations around wave energy converter arrays

L O'Boyle, B Elsäßer, T Whittaker - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
Wave energy converters (WECs) inherently extract energy from incident waves. For wave
energy to become a significant power provider in the future, large farms of WECs will be …

Irregular wave validation of a coupling methodology for numerical modelling of near and far field effects of wave energy converter arrays

G Verao Fernandez, V Stratigaki, P Troch - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Between the Wave Energy Converters (WECs) of a farm, hydrodynamic interactions occur
and have an impact on the surrounding wave field, both close to the WECs (“near field” …

[图书][B] Handbook of environmental engineering

FR Spellman - 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
This new edition provides a practical view of pollution and its impact on the natural
environment. Driven by the hope of a sustainable future, it stresses the importance of …

[图书][B] Spatial variability of wave fields over the scale of a wave energy test site

IG Ashton - 2011 - search.proquest.com
Accurate wave measurements are required for wave energy applications, including resource
assessments and performance assessments. In response, wave data are measured from …

[PDF][PDF] A numerical investigation of the array effects of wave energy converters with a realistic power take-off system utilizing a coupled model suite

P Balitsky - 2019 - biblio.ugent.be
1.1 Background As we move further into uncharted territory of increasing CO2
concentrations in the Earth's atmosphere, the race to de-carbonize the world's energy supply …

[PDF][PDF] Far-field effects by arrays of oscillating wave surge converters and heaving point absorbers: a comparative study

G Verao Fernandez, P Balitsky, N Tomey Bozo… - …, 2017 - biblio.ugent.be
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