TY - JOUR
TI - Wave Energy Utilization: A Review of the Technologies
AU - António, F
T2 - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
AB - Sea wave energy is being increasingly regarded in many countries as a major and promising resource. The paper deals with the development of wave energy utilization since the 1970s. Several topics are addressed: the characterization of the wave energy resource; theoretical background, with especial relevance to hydrodynamics of wave energy absorption and control; how a large range of devices kept being proposed and studied, and how such devices can be organized into classes; the conception, design, model-testing, construction and deployment into real sea of prototypes; and the development of specific equipment (air and water turbines, high-pressure hydraulics, linear electrical generators) and mooring systems.
DA - 2010/04//
PY - 2010
VL - 14
SP - 899
EP - 918
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032109002652
DO - 10.1016/j.rser.2009.11.003
LA - English
KW - Wave
KW - Marine Energy
ER -