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A Preliminary Energy Assessment to Improve the Energy Sustainability in the Small Islands of the Mediterranean Sea

2020

Power plants supplied by renewable energy sources are expanding around the world, in order to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions, limit the global warming and improve the energy sustainability. Despite the relevant achieved results, small islands are heavily reliant on fossil fuels. In this context, renewable energy sources are available but practically unused, due to landscape and economic constraints. This condition is quite common in the Mediterranean Sea. These islands are normally fed by a stand-alone electrical grid and a power plant, equipped with diesel engines. In order to improve the sustainability of the energy sector, the paper considers the case study of Ustica, a small Italia…

Wave energy converterEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologySettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti ElettriciEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)small islandslcsh:Technologylcsh:HD72-88Small islandlcsh:Economic growth development planningMediterranean seaEnvironmental protectionEnergy sustainabilitywave energy converterWater Science and TechnologySettore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica Ambientalelcsh:TRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentbusiness.industrymediterranean sea.sea wave energyrenewable energyEnergy assessmentenergy sustainabilityRenewable energy;Energy sustainability;Sea wave energy;Wave energy converter;Small islands;Mediterranean sea.Renewable energyEnvironmental sciencebusinessJournal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
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Numerical simulation of wave energy production through experimental tool

2017

Wave energy is highly desirable resource and recent international reports underline its major relevance on global renewable energy in future. In general, the first step is a correct WEC (Wave Energy Converter) sizing and design. The aim of this paper is a presentation of an application of one experimental tool to define the external floating structure of WEC realized by University of Palermo. This new electric device could be another energy possibility for small islands in the Mediterranean Sea as Pantelleria, Lampedusa or Malta.

Wave energy converterEngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringComputer simulationbusiness.industryWave energy020209 energyEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyMechanical engineeringRenewable02 engineering and technologyModellingIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSizingRenewable energyResource (project management)Energy production0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringProduction (economics)Electrical and Electronic EngineeringbusinessEnergy (signal processing)Marine engineering2017 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2017 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe)
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Guidelines proposal for a good and durable WEC design

2017

In this paper, preliminarily a proposal for design guidelines for a “good” design of wave energy converter is presented and successively a small scale prototype of a wave energy converter including the buoyant electrical generator, the power electronics equipment and a sea water electrolyzer is designed on the basis of these guidelines and presented.

Wave energy converterEngineeringSettore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica AmbientaleEnergy converterbusiness.industryElectric generatorSettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti ElettriciOceanographyAcoustics and UltrasonicAutomotive engineeringelectric machinelaw.inventionComputer Networks and CommunicationlawPower electronicsAutomotive EngineeringElectronic engineeringbusinesswave energy converterInstrumentation
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Design of wave energy converter (WEC): A prototype installed in Sicily

2015

The purpose of this work is to describe a possibility of installation of a wave converter in Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea. In this paper we present the design of buoyant electrical generator, in particular, wave linear permanent magnet generator which can make wave energy converted to electrical energy.

Wave energy converterEngineeringSettore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica AmbientalegeneratorRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentbusiness.industryElectric potential energyElectrical engineeringElectric generatorPermanent magnet synchronous generatorSettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti ElettriciOceanographymagnetelectric machineMagnetic fluxlaw.inventionSettore ING-INF/04 - AutomaticalawbusinessEnergy (signal processing)wave energyOCEANS 2015 - Genova
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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Wave Energy Converter (WEC)

2015

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is an environmental management instrument implemented worldwide. In the last years the development of Wave Energy Converter (WEC) influenced environmental research to quantify impacts on marine life. In this paper we present a case study of EIA: a real application and study of device installed in Tirren Sea (near Castellammare — Sicily).

Wave energy converterSettore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica AmbientaleRenewable Energy Sustainability and the EnvironmentimpactEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental researchMarine lifeEnvironmental impact assessmentOceanographyenvironmentsea waveMarine engineeringwave energy
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An Innovative Wave Energy Converter in the Mediterranean Sea

2018

The paper proposes a revolutionary device for the utilization of a new entry of renewable energy sources: sea wave. This technology is based on linear generators, able to converts directly a linear motion into electrical output, limiting to minimum the chain of energy conversion. A preliminary feasibility study considers a case study, applied in Lampedusa, a small island in the Mediterranean Sea. Economic and environmental assessments are reported.

Wave energy converterbiologybusiness.industry020209 energy02 engineering and technologySmall islandLimitingbiology.organism_classificationRenewable energyMediterranean seaLinear motion0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringEnvironmental scienceEnergy transformationLampedusabusinessMarine engineering2018 OCEANS - MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Oceans (OTO)
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