Wave energy offers a promising renewable energy source, however, technologies converting wave energy into useful electricity face many design challenges. This guide presents numerical modelling and optimization methods for the development of wave energy converter technologies, from principles to applications. It covers the development status and perspectives of wave energy converter systems; the fundamental theories on wave power absorption; the modern wave energy converter concepts including oscillating bodies in single and multiple degree of freedom and oscillating water column technologies; and the relatively hitherto unexplored topic of wave energy harvesting farms. It can be used as a specialist student textbook as well as a reference book for the design of wave energy harvesting systems, across a broad range of disciplines, including renewable energy, marine engineering, infrastructure engineering, hydrodynamics, ocean science, and mechatronics engineering.
The Open Access version of this book, available at www.routledge.com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Edited by:
Dezhi Ning (Dalian University of Technology China),
Boyin Ding
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032057392
ISBN 10: 1032057394
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 28 July 2022
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Part I Introduction 1. Wave energy converter systems - status and perspectives Part II Fundamental Theories Applicable to Wave Energy Harvesting 2. Fluid dynamics and wave-structure interactions 3. Wave energy converter modelling, control, and power take-off design Part III Wave Energy Converters 4. Point absorber wave energy converters 5. Multi-mode wave energy converter 6. Attenuator wave energy converters 7. Oscillating water column wave energy converters Part IV Wave Energy Converter Arrays/Farms 8. Large-scale computation of wave energy converter arrays 9. Optimisation of wave farms
Dezhi Ning is a professor in the field of Ocean Engineering and Offshore Renewable Energy at Dalian University of Technology, China. Boyin Ding is an associate professor (reader) at the School of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Adelaide, Australia.
