A review of wave energy technology from a research and commercial perspective

B Guo, JV Ringwood - IET Renewable Power Generation, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although wave energy prototypes have been proposed for more than 100 years, they have
still not reached full commercialisation. The reasons for this are varied, but include the …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] A review of point absorber wave energy converters

B Guo, T Wang, S **, S Duan, K Yang… - Journal of Marine Science …, 2022 - mdpi.com
There are more than thousands of concepts for harvesting wave energy, and wave energy
converters (WECs) are diverse in operating principles, design geometries and deployment …

Mathematical modelling of wave energy converters: A review of nonlinear approaches

M Penalba, G Giorgi, JV Ringwood - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
The wave energy sector has made and is still doing a great effort in order to open up a niche
in the energy market, working on several and diverse concepts and making advances in all …

A review of advances in modeling hydrodynamics and hydroelasticity for very large floating structures

C Jiang, P Xu, X Bai, Z Zhao, O el Moctar, G Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the introduction of the concept of very large floating structure (VLFS), research in this
area has become increasingly intensive. VLFSs have the potential to serve various functions …

A review of wave-to-wire models for wave energy converters

M Penalba, JV Ringwood - Energies, 2016 - mdpi.com
Control of wave energy converters (WECs) has been very often limited to hydrodynamic
control to absorb the maximum energy possible from ocean waves. This generally ignores or …

[HTML][HTML] Coupled mooring analysis for floating wave energy converters using CFD: Formulation and validation

J Palm, C Eskilsson, GM Paredes, L Bergdahl - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Floating wave energy converters (WECs) operating in the resonance region are strongly
affected by non-linearities arising from the interaction between the waves, the WEC motion …

Optimal control of wave energy systems considering nonlinear Froude–Krylov effects: control-oriented modelling and moment-based control

N Faedo, G Giorgi, JV Ringwood, G Mattiazzo - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2022 - Springer
Motivated by the relevance of so-called nonlinear Froude–Krylov (FK) hydrodynamic effects
in the accurate dynamical description of wave energy converters (WECs) under controlled …

Optimization of latching control for duck wave energy converter based on deep reinforcement learning

H Su, H Qin, Z Wen, H Liang, H Jiang, L Mu - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
In the field of wave energy extraction, employing active control strategies amplifies the Wave
Energy Converter's (WEC) response to wave motion. In this regard, a numerical simulation …

Computationally efficient nonlinear Froude–Krylov force calculations for heaving axisymmetric wave energy point absorbers

G Giorgi, JV Ringwood - Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, 2017 - Springer
Most wave energy converters (WECs) are described by linear mathematical models, based
on the main assumption of small amplitudes of motion. Notwithstanding the computational …