| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8063400 | Ocean Engineering | 2018 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
There are numerous designs and concepts that have been offered to extract energy from ocean waves. A heaving buoy is distinguished as the most popular device which predominantly harnesses energy from the vertical motion in waves. One such device is the bottom-referenced submerged heaving buoy represented by the Carnegie Clean Energy CETO system. The total power absorption of this converter can be increased by replacing the single-tether power take-off system by a three-tether mooring configuration thereby making motion controllable in heave and surge. The current paper provides a comparative performance analysis of the generic submerged heaving buoy connected to one tether and the three-tether converter in terms of the buoy motion, and design of the power take-off and mooring systems. This is accompanied by a techno-economic analysis of two converters.
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Authors
N.Y. Sergiienko, A. Rafiee, B.S. Cazzolato, B. Ding, M. Arjomandi,