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Comparison of the performance of two direct wave energy conversion systems: Archimedes wave swing and power buoy

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Many wave energy conversion devices have not been well received. The main reasons are that they are too complicated and not economical. However, in the last two decades direct conversion systems have drawn the attention of researchers to their widely distributed energy source due to their simple structure and low cost. The most well-known direct conversion systems presently in use include the Archimedes Wave Swing (AWS) and Power Buoy (PB). In this paper, these two systems were simulated in the same conditions and their behaviors were studied in different wave conditions. In order to verify the simulations, results of the generator of the finite element computations were followed. An attempt was made to determine the merits and drawbacks of each method under different wave conditions by comparing the performance of the two systems. The wave conditions suitable for each system were specified.

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  1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Jawad Faiz

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran

    M. Ebrahimi-Salari

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Foundation item: University of Tehran Research Grant

Jawad Faiz is Professor. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1988. He is now a Professor at School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University College of Engineering, University of Tehran. He has received a number of national and international awards. His teaching and research interests are switched reluctance and VR motors design, design and modeling of electrical machines and drives, transformer modeling and design and fault diagnosis in electrical machinery.

Mahdi Ebrahimi-Salari received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Islamic Azad University, Bojnord branch, Iran, in 2007 and M.Sc. degree from Islamic Azad University, Najaf Abad branch, Iran in 2009. He is a member of the Iranian young researchers club. His research interests include design and modeling of electrical machines, Power electronics and Renewable energy resources.

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Faiz, J., Ebrahimi-Salari, M. Comparison of the performance of two direct wave energy conversion systems: Archimedes wave swing and power buoy. J. Marine. Sci. Appl. 10, 419–428 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11804-011-1087-9

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