[HTML][HTML] Geometric optimisation of wave energy conversion devices: A survey

B Guo, JV Ringwood - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Unlike more established renewable energy conversion technologies, such as wind turbines,
wave power systems have reached neither commercial maturity, nor technological …

Wave energy evolution: Knowledge structure, advancements, challenges and future opportunities

A Azam, A Ahmed, M Yi, Z Zhang, Z Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Harnessing energy from ocean waves presents a promising solution to combating global
climate change in the marine environment, significantly contributing to mitigation efforts …

Optimal design and performance analysis of a hybrid system combing a floating wind platform and wave energy converters

J Hu, B Zhou, C Vogel, P Liu, R Willden, K Sun, J Zang… - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Combined floating offshore wind platform and Wave Energy Converters (WECs) systems
have the potential to provide a cost-effective solution to offshore power supply and platform …

Hydrodynamic performance of a floating breakwater as an oscillating-buoy type wave energy converter

H Zhang, B Zhou, C Vogel, R Willden, J Zang, L Zhang - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Combined floating breakwater and wave energy converter systems have the potential to
provide a cost-effective solution to offshore power supply and coastal protection. This will …

Viscosity effect on a point absorber wave energy converter hydrodynamics validated by simulation and experiment

S Jin, RJ Patton, B Guo - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
To achieve optimal power in a wave energy conversion (WEC) system it is necessary to
understand the device hydrodynamics. To maximize conversion efficiency the goal is to tune …

Motion response and energy conversion performance of a heaving point absorber wave energy converter

B Zhou, J Hu, K Sun, Y Liu, M Collu - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The heaving wave energy converter (WEC) is one typical type of point absorber WECs with
high energy conversion efficiency but significantly affected by the viscous effect. It is widely …

Numerical study on the optimization design of the conical bottom heaving buoy convertor

H Shi, Z Han, C Zhao - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Heaving buoy convertor is one of the most common wave energy convertors (WECs) for its
brief structure form and adaptability to wave directions. In reality, some heaving buoy …

Experimental and numerical study on a novel dual-resonance wave energy converter with a built-in power take-off system

Z Chen, B Zhou, L Zhang, C Li, J Zang, X Zheng, J Xu… - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
A new concept of point-absorber wave energy converter (WEC) with a waterproof outer-
floater and a built-in power take-off (BI-PTO) mechanism, named Dual-Resonance WEC (DR …

Geometrical evaluation on the viscous effect of point-absorber wave-energy converters

Z Chen, B Zhou, L Zhang, W Zhang, S Wang… - China Ocean …, 2018 - Springer
The fluid viscosity is known to have a significant effect on the hydrodynamic characteristics
which are linked to the power conversion ability of the wave energy converter (WEC). To …

Environmental-Sensing and adaptive optimization of wave energy converter based on deep reinforcement learning and computational fluid dynamics

H Liang, H Qin, H Su, Z Wen, L Mu - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a novel coupled model for real-time control of the point absorber wave
energy converter (WEC) using parallelized deep reinforcement learning (DRL), where the …