The wave energy converter design process: Methods applied in industry and shortcomings of current practices

A Trueworthy, B DuPont - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
Wave energy is among the many renewable energy technologies being researched and
developed to address the increasing demand for low-emissions energy. The unique design …

Who will be making wave energy? A community-driven design approach toward just and sustainable energy futures in Alaska

A Trueworthy, A McCarrel, J Wieliczkiewicz… - Energy Research & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Renewable energy transitions, once thought of as a singular, large-scale switch in industrial
energy generating technologies from fossil fuels to renewables, have gained a broader set …

Understanding the uncertainty in the technical performance level assessment for wave energy

A Trueworthy, A Roach, B DuPont, T Mathai, J Roberts… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The design of wave energy converters (WECs) has been explored with interest, with varying
design concepts emerging across both research and industry. One critical element that …

Technology-Agnostic Assessment of Wave Energy System Capabilities

P Ruiz-Minguela, JM Blanco, V Nava, H Jeffrey - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Develo** new wave energy technologies is risky, costly and time-consuming. The large
diversity of concepts, components and evaluation criteria creates a vast design space of …

Review of systems engineering (SE) methods and their application to wave energy technology development

P Ruiz-Minguela, V Nava, J Hodges… - Journal of Marine Science …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The design of effective and economically viable wave energy devices involves complex
decision-making about the product based on conceptual design information, including …

A formal process of hierarchical functional requirements development for Set-Based Design

M Sun, Z Chen, G Bakirtzis, H Jafarzadeh… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
The design of complex systems is typically uncertain and ambiguous at early stages. Set-
Based Design is a promising approach to complex systems design as it supports alternative …

A conceptual design tool for high-performance wave energy converters for Blue Economy applications

AL Roach - 2022 - ir.library.oregonstate.edu
Much like wind energy in its early years, marine energy has vast potential, and wave energy
converter (WEC) concepts are constantly in development. Consequently, wave energy faces …