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Current status of self rectifying air turbines for wave energy conversion

Toshiaki Setoguchi, +1 more
- 01 Sep 2006 - 
- Vol. 47, Iss: 15, pp 2382-2396
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In this article, a review of the state of the art on self rectifying air turbines, which could be used for wave energy conversion, has been presented, and the overall performances of the turbines under irregular wave conditions, which typically occur in the sea, have been evaluated numerically and compared from the viewpoints of their starting and running characteristics.
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This article is published in Energy Conversion and Management.The article was published on 2006-09-01. It has received 221 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Wells turbine & Turbine.

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Oscillating-water-column wave energy converters and air turbines: A review

TL;DR: A comprehensive review of wave energy converters and air turbines can be found in this paper, together with a survey of theoretical, numerical and experimental modelling techniques of OWC converters.
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Review of wave energy technologies and the necessary power-equipment

TL;DR: In this article, a complete analysis of the wave energy technology is presented, starting with the characterisation of this global resource in which the most suitable places to be exploited are showed, and the classification of the different types of wave energy converters in according to several features.
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Optimisation of turbine-induced damping for an OWC wave energy converter using a RANS–VOF numerical model

TL;DR: In this paper, a 2D numerical model based on the RANS equations and the VOF surface capturing scheme (RANS-VOF) is implemented in order to study the optimum turbine-chamber coupling for a given oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converter.
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Wave Energy Converter Concepts : Design Challenges and Classification

TL;DR: A survey of wave energy converters can be found in this paper, where the most important criteria that have to be kept in mind when designing a WEC are described and evaluated.
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Review on electrical control strategies for wave energy converting systems

TL;DR: In this paper, different types of wave energy converters are classified by their mechanical structure and how they absorb energy from ocean waves, and a review of strategies for electrical control of wave EH converters as well as energy storage techniques are presented.
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Hysteretic Characteristics of Wells Turbine For Wave Power Conversion

TL;DR: In this paper, an unsteady 3-dimensional Navier-Stokes numerical simulation of the Wells turbine was performed and the authors found that the hysteretic behavior was associated with a streamwise vortical flow appearing near the blade suction surface.
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A performance study of a radial turbine for wave energy conversion

TL;DR: In this article, the performance characteristics of impulse-type radial turbines were analyzed using reaction blading, and they were found to have high efficiency compared to the conventional radial turbines using conventional reaction-blading.
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Performance of the Wells turbine at starting

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the Wells turbine and its difficulty in running up to operational speed when started from rest (known as "crawling") and showed that a high solidity and a low hub-to-tip ratio rotor is required to avoid crawling.
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