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Given the need to develop new technologies to supply energy to the mining industry in Chile, and its industries that provide services to mining, the development of a wave project to generate energy through the movement of waves on the northern coasts is presented from the country. For this, an analysis of the different technologies that exist for wave energy generation was carried out, in order to understand the context in which it is designed. Measurements were made in the field regarding the height of the waves in the area where the equipment was installed, in order to size based on the characteristics of the waves. The project is based on the generation of electrical energy through a Pelton turbine, which is fed by fresh water at high pressure, which rotates the impellers of the turbine. There is a transformation of mechanical energy to electrical energy by means of a hydraulic system. Finally, the amount of energy that the system can produce was estimated, together with the valuation of the project.
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Iván Salazar acknowledges funding support from FIC-R BIP project 30413374-0.
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Chacana, S., Toro, N., Herrera, D., Fleming, W., Salazar, I. (2023). Wave Energy System Design of the Waraqocha Project. In: Bindhu, V., Tavares, J.M.R.S., Chen, J.IZ. (eds) Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Inventive Material Science Applications. Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4304-1_1
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