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Andréia S. de Barros, Cristiano Fragassa, Maycon da S. Paiva, Luiz A. O. Rocha, Bianca N. Machado, Liércio A. Isoldi, Mateus das N. Gomes and Elizaldo D. dos Santos
Studies regarding renewable energy sources have gained attention over recent years. One example is wave energy converters, which harvest energy from sea waves using different operational principles such as oscillating water columns, oscillating bodies, a...
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Jaifer Corrêa Martins, Cristiano Fragassa, Marcelo Moraes Goulart, Elizaldo Domingues dos Santos, Liércio André Isoldi, Mateus das Neves Gomes and Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha
A numerical study was performed in the present work about an Overtopping Device Wave Energy Converter (OTD-WEC) with one and two ramps incorporated in a real breakwater. The Constructal Design method was applied to evaluate the effects on the average dim...
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Ricardo G. Hubner, Cristiano Fragassa, Maycon da S. Paiva, Phelype H. Oleinik, Mateus das N. Gomes, Luiz A. O. Rocha, Elizaldo D. dos Santos, Bianca N. Machado and Liércio A. Isoldi
The present study aims to evaluate the difference in the fluid-dynamic behavior of an overtopping wave energy converter under the incidence of irregular waves based on a realistic sea state when compared to the incidence of regular waves, representative ...
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Theofano I. Koutrouveli, Enrico Di Lauro, Luciana das Neves, Tomás Calheiros-Cabral, Paulo Rosa-Santos and Francisco Taveira-Pinto
Despite the efforts of developers, investors and scientific community, the successful development of a competitive wave energy industry is proving elusive. One of the most important barriers against wave energy conversion is the efficiency of the devices...
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James Allen, Gregorio Iglesias, Deborah Greaves and Jon Miles
The WaveCat is a moored Wave Energy Converter design which uses wave overtopping discharge into a variable v-shaped hull, to generate electricity through low head turbines. Physical model tests of WaveCat WEC were carried out to determine the device refl...
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Giuseppina Palma, Sara Mizar Formentin, Barbara Zanuttigh, Pasquale Contestabile and Diego Vicinanza
OBREC is the acronym that stands for Overtopping Breakwater for Energy Conversion. It is a multifunctional device aimed to produce energy from the waves, while keeping the harbour area protected from flooding. In this paper, the inclusions of a berm to r...
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Stefano Parmeggiani, Jens Peter Kofoed and Erik Friis-Madsen
An overtopping model specifically suited for Wave Dragon is needed in order to improve the reliability of its performance estimates. The model shall be comprehensive of all relevant physical processes that affect overtopping and flexible to adapt to any ...
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