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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Seawave Power Farm Design:A Case Study

Alessia ViolaMarco TrapaneseVincenzo Franzitta

subject

SeawavelineargeneratorEnvironmental sciencepowerfarmGeneral MedicineAutomotive engineeringPower (physics)

description

Currentenergycrisisandgeneralconcernsonenvvironmentalissueshavetriggeredaneverincreasingeffortoonharvestingrenewableenergies.Amongstrenewableenergysources,seawaveene ergyisdefinitelytheonethathasbeenlessutilised.Thisisprobablycausedbytworeasons:i)thes strongtechnicalnoveltiesthatarerequiredtoextractthee energythatiscontainedinahighlyandstochasticallyvariablem motion;ii)thedifficultyofindasuitableelectricalsystemabbletoconverttheenergycontainedinthemotionoftheseaintoelectricalenergy.Inthispaperweproposeanapproachtosetupaggeneralmethodologytowardthedesignofaseawavefarm.Thefirststepisexplainedhowtochoosetheconversionsysteem,inthesecondstepisdiscussedtheconnectionschem meamongtheconverters,inthethirdstepisreportedacasestuddyofawholeseawavefarm.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aasri.2012.09.038