Hybrid floating breakwater-WEC system: A review

XL Zhao, DZ Ning, QP Zou, DS Qiao, SQ Cai - Ocean engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Ocean wave energy is attractive for its large reserves, exploitability and low emissions.
Although many Wave Energy Converter (WEC) concepts have been proposed, high …

Review of recent research and developments on floating breakwaters

J Dai, CM Wang, T Utsunomiya, W Duan - Ocean Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Floating breakwaters are an effective solution for protecting fragile beaches from being
washed away, coastlines from erosion, floating structures, marinas and ports from strong …

Wave power extraction from multiple oscillating water columns along a straight coast

S Zheng, A Antonini, Y Zhang, D Greaves… - Journal of Fluid …, 2019 - cambridge.org
The integration of oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converters into a coastal
structure (breakwater, jetty, pier, etc.) or, more generally, their installation along the coast is …

Study on the hydrodynamics of a twin floating breakwater by using SPH method

Y Chen, Y Liu, DD Meringolo, J Hu - Coastal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerical and experimental studies are performed on the hydrodynamics including wave-
attenuation performances measured by the transmission and reflection coefficients and …

Hydrodynamic characteristics of a hybrid oscillating water column-oscillating buoy wave energy converter integrated into a π-type floating breakwater

Y Cheng, W Du, S Dai, C Ji, M Collu, M Cocard… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Combining multiple-types of Wave Energy Converters (WECs) and integrating them into in-
development or pre-existing marine platforms can reduce the total Levelised Cost of Energy …

An experimental study of a floating breakwater with asymmetric pneumatic chambers for wave energy extraction

F He, Z Huang, AWK Law - Applied energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Integrating oscillating-water-column type converters (pneumatic chambers) with slack-
moored floating breakwaters can be a viable option for cost-sharing between wave energy …

Hydrodynamic performance of a pile-restrained WEC-type floating breakwater: An experimental study

D Ning, X Zhao, M Göteman, H Kang - Renewable energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, a system which integrates an oscillating buoy type wave energy converter with
a vertical pile-restrained floating breakwater is introduced. A preliminary experimental study …

Hydrodynamic performance of a pile-supported OWC breakwater: An analytical study

F He, H Zhang, J Zhao, S Zheng, G Iglesias - Applied Ocean Research, 2019 - Elsevier
A pile-supported OWC breakwater is a novel marine structure in which an oscillating water
column (OWC) is integrated into a pile-supported breakwater, with a dual function …

Experimental and numerical investigations on the hydrodynamic performance of a floating–moored oscillating water column wave energy converter

A Elhanafi, G Macfarlane, A Fleming, Z Leong - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental and numerical hydrodynamic performance assessment
of a 1: 50 scale model offshore floating–moored Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave …

An experimental investigation into the wave power extraction of a floating box-type breakwater with dual pneumatic chambers

F He, J Leng, X Zhao - Applied Ocean Research, 2017 - Elsevier
The oscillating water column (OWC) device is in a leading position for wave power
extraction but has not achieved fully commercial at the current stage. In addition to …