Wave Energy Potential, Behavior and Extraction

Wave Energy Potential, Behavior and Extraction
Author: Hua Li
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2020-03-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3039283960

Wave energy has a higher potential than most of the available ocean energy resources; however, it fluctuates dramatically depending on geographical and temporal baselines. The complexity of wave energy is only exacerbated by that fact that the cycle of creation, transport, and disappearance of wave energy is influenced by a wide variety of factors. This Special Issue of Energies explores the latest developments in wave energy potential, behavior, and extraction. This Special Issue introduces 1) thorough reviews on the status of wave energy development, 2) novel technologies to extract wave energy including wave energy converter design, and 3) latest methodologies applied in analyzing wave energy potentials.

Marine Tidal and Wave Energy Converters

Marine Tidal and Wave Energy Converters
Author: Mohamed Benbouzid
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2020-03-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3039282786

The worldwide potential of electric power generation from marine tidal currents, waves, or offshore winds is enormous. The high load factor resulting from the fluid properties and the predictable resource characteristics make tidal and wave energy resources attractive and advantageous for power generation and advantageous when compared to other renewable energies. The technologies are just beginning to reach technical and economic viability to make them potential commercial power sources in the near future. While only a few small projects currently exist, the technology is advancing rapidly and has huge potential for generating bulk power. Moreover, international treaties related to climate control and dwindling fossil fuel resources have encouraged us to harness energy sustainably from such marine renewable sources. Several demonstrative projects have been scheduled to capture tidal and wave energies. A number of these projects have now reached a relatively mature stage and are close to completion. However, very little is known to the academic world about these technologies beyond the basics of their energy conversion principles. While research emphasis is more towards hydrodynamics and turbine design, very limited activities are witnessed in power conversion interface, control, and power quality aspects. Regarding this emerging and promising area of research, this book aims to present recent results, serving to promote successful marine renewable energies integration to the grid or to standalone microgrids.

Ocean Wave Energy

Ocean Wave Energy
Author: Joao Cruz
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-11-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9783642094316

The authors of this timely reference provide an updated and global view on ocean wave energy conversion – and they do so for wave energy developers as well as for students and professors. The book is orientated to the practical solutions that this new industry has found so far and the problems that any device needs to face. It describes the actual principles applied to machines that convert wave power to electricity and examines state-of-the-art modern systems.

Ocean Wave Energy Conversion

Ocean Wave Energy Conversion
Author: Michael E. McCormick
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486318168

This volume will prove of vital interest to those studying the use of renewable resources. Scientists, engineers, and inventors will find it a valuable review of ocean wave mechanics as well as an introduction to wave energy conversion. It presents physical and mathematical descriptions of the nine generic wave energy conversion techniques, along with their uses and performance characteristics. Author Michael E. McCormick is the Corbin A. McNeill Professor of Naval Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy. In addition to his timely and significant coverage of possible environmental effects associated with wave energy conversion, he provides a separate treatment of several electro-mechanical energy conversion techniques. Many worked examples throughout the book will be particularly useful to readers with a limited mathematical background. Those interested in research and development will benefit from the extensive bibliography.

Handbook of Ocean Wave Energy

Handbook of Ocean Wave Energy
Author: Arthur Pecher
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2016-12-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 331939889X

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book offers a concise, practice-oriented reference-guide to the field of ocean wave energy. The ten chapters highlight the key rules of thumb, address all the main technical engineering aspects and describe in detail all the key aspects to be considered in the techno-economic assessment of wave energy converters. Written in an easy-to-understand style, the book answers questions relevant to readers of different backgrounds, from developers, private and public investors, to students and researchers. It is thereby a valuable resource for both newcomers and experienced practitioners in the wave energy sector.

Wave and Tidal Energy

Wave and Tidal Energy
Author: Deborah Greaves
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 717
Release: 2018-03-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 111901445X

Eine umfassende Publikation zu sämtlichen Aspekten der Wellen- und Gezeitenenergie. Wave and Tidal Energy gibt einen ausführlichen Überblick über die Entwicklung erneuerbarer Energie aus dem Meer, bezieht sich auf die neueste Forschung und Erfahrungen aus Anlagentests. Das Buch verfolgt zwei Ziele, zum einen vermittelt es Einsteigern in das Fachgebiet eine Überblick über die Wellen- und Gezeitenenergie, zum anderen ist es ein Referenzwerk für komplexere Studien und die Praxis. Es vermittelt Detailwissen zu wichtigen Themen wie Ressourcencharakterisierung, Technologie für Wellen- und Gezeitenanlagen, Stromversorgungssysteme, numerische und physikalische Modellierung, Umwelteffekte und Politik. Zusätzlich enthält es eine aktuelle Übersicht über Entwicklungen in der ganzen Welt sowie Fallstudien zu ausgewählten Projekten. Hauptmerkmale: - Ausführliches Referenzwerk zu allen Aspekten der interdisziplinären Fachrichten Wellen- und Gezeitenenergie. - Greift auf die neuesten Forschungsergebnisse und die Erfahrung führender Experten in der numerischen und laborgestützten Modellierung zurück. - Gibt einen Überblick über regionale Entwicklungen in aller Welt, repräsentative Projekte werden in Fallstudien vorgestellt. Wave and Tidal Energy ist ein wertvolles Referenzwerk für eine breite Leserschaft, von Studenten der Ingenieurwissenschaften und technischen Managern über politische Entscheidungsträger bis hin zu Studienabsolventen und Forschern.

Renewable Energy Sources Charged With Energy from the Sun and Originated from Earth-Moon Interactions -Volume I

Renewable Energy Sources Charged With Energy from the Sun and Originated from Earth-Moon Interactions -Volume I
Author: Evald Emilievich Shpilrain
Publisher: EOLSS Publications
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2009-08-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1848260199

Renewable Energy Sources Charged with Energy from the Sun and Originated from Earth-Moon Interaction theme is a component of Encyclopedia of Energy Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The volume on Renewable Energy Sources Charged with Energy from the Sun and Originated from Earth-Moon Interaction, considers energy sources that are renewable in the sense that they are continually renewed, charged mainly by solar radiation, regardless of their utilization. In addition to energy sources charged by the sun, the subject of tidal energy, which originates from the gravitational interaction of the earth, moon, and sun, is also provided. This theme is structured in five main topics: Renewable Energy Sources Charged with Energy from the Sun ; Energy from Biomass; Wind Energy, Natural Temperature Differences as an Energy Source; Wave Energy; Tidal Energy, which are then expanded into multiple subtopics, each as a chapter.These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.

Challenges and Opportunities in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering: A Progressive Research Outlook

Challenges and Opportunities in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering: A Progressive Research Outlook
Author: S M Pandey
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1036
Release: 2024-06-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1040002315

Present time Industry 4.0 is the need of all industries because it connects industries to AI, high productivity, safety, and flexibility, ensures the 100% utilization of resources across diverse manufacturing systems, and could accelerate normal manufacturing systems to advanced manufacturing systems by using robotics, additive manufacturing, and many more. In this book, the collection of selected papers is constituted from the International Conference on Progressive Research in Industrial & Mechanical Engineering (PRIME 2021), which was at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Patna, India from August 5 to 7, 2021. This conference brings together all academic people, industry experts, and researchers from India as well as abroad for involving thoughts on the needs, challenges, new technology, opportunities threats in the current transformational field of aspire. This book deliberates on several elements and their relevance to hard-core areas of industrial and mechanical engineering including design engineering, production engineering, indus trial engineering, automobile engineering, thermal and fluid engineering, mechatronics control robotics, interdisciplinary, and many new emerging topics that keep potential in several areas of applications. This book focuses on providing versatile knowledge of cut ting-edge practices to all readers, helping to develop a clear vision toward Industry 4.0, robotics automation, and additive manufacturing in this demanding and evolving time. The book will be a treasured reference for students, researchers, and professionals inter ested in mechanical engineering and allied fields.

Life Cycle Costing

Life Cycle Costing
Author: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2023-10-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3031409930

Life Cycle Costing (LCC) is a well-known and popular method to evaluate the economic sustainability, which as the term implies is structured on the life cycle of a product or process. LCC is a method primarily consisting of estimating the total cost of a product, taking into account the whole life cycle of the product as well as the direct and external costs. It is one of the important methods and tools under the sustainability umbrella. This book describes the concept of LCC and offers several interesting case studies.