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Wave power
About: Wave power is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2671 publications have been published within this topic receiving 41439 citations. The topic is also known as: wind wave energy & sea wave energy.
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04 Jul 2012
TL;DR: In this article, a wobble plate-type wave power device consisting of wobble plates, a support column, a gear reversing device, and a gearbox was designed to convert the wobbling motion into the one-way rotating motion of the wave power devices through a mechanical reverse mechanism.
Abstract: The invention provides a wobble plate-type wave power device comprising wobble plates, a support column, a gear reversing device, a gearbox, as well as an automatic speed adjusting mechanism, an excitation generator, a permanent-magnet generator and a direction adjusting plate of an intelligent adjusting system, wherein the wobble plates can rotate around the vertical support column with 360 DEG, so as to utilize wave power in different directions; the wobble plates also wobble around a pendulum shaft under the action of waves, so as to convert the wobbling motion into the one-way rotating motion of the wave power device through a mechanical reverse mechanism, and greatly improve the utilization ratio of the wave power. A generating set comprising the excitation generator and the permanent-magnet generator is adopted for power generation, and the permanent-magnet alternator can supply electricity to a control system and the wave power device, so that the wave power device can generate electricity without external power; and the generated output of the wave power device can be adjusted by adjusting excitation voltage, so that the wave power device is suitable for efficiently convert wave energy of waves of different height into electric energy.
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01 Jan 1992
TL;DR: The results show that a high efficiency impulse turbine can be achieved for a rotor blade profile with {gamma} = 60{degree}, and the effects of the nozzle setting angle and diffuser setting angle on the turbine characteristics have been clarified.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the hydrodynamic interaction forces between small vertically axisymmetric wave power devices are modeled using a low-scattering approximation, which includes analytical formulae for the forces in any of the translation modes surge, sway and heave.
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18 Apr 2007
TL;DR: In this article, a wave power unit with a buoy adapted to float on a water surface is described, where an electric generator is connected to the buoy through connection means, and the buoy is seen in a direction perpendicular to the water surface and has the shape of a closed loop enclosing a inner opening.
Abstract: The invention relates to a wave power unit with a buoy (3), adapted to float on a water surface (2). An electric generator (5) is connected to the buoy through connection means (4, 12, 13). According to the invention the buoy (3) when floating on a water surface (2) and when seen in a direction perpendicular to the water surface has the shape of a closed loop enclosing a inner opening (14). The invention also relates to a buoy (3) for a wave power unit, which buoy has the corresponding features as above. Further, the invention relates to the use of the invented wave power unit and to a method for producing electric energy with the invented wave power unit.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared measured wave data (AWAC/ADCP) with estimates of the third-generation spectral WAve Model (WAM), in Varkiza, Athens, a typical south facing nearshore Greek locale.
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