Wave energy devices with compressible volumes
- Submitting institution
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University of Plymouth
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 89
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1098/rspa.2014.0559
- Title of journal
- Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
- Article number
- 20140559
- First page
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- Volume
- 470
- Issue
- 2172
- ISSN
- 1364-5021
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This paper presents research, funded by the EPSRC, to investigate the potential of a novel wave energy conversion concept to produce power at reduced cost through the use of air-filled compressible submerged volumes. A novel theoretical analysis is developed and a variety of different realisations of the compressible volume concept are investigated, including floating and fixed configurations with alternative approaches to power conversion. Research findings have important implications for wave energy conversion and have been taken up by wave energy developers using air turbines or membrane pressure-differential technology.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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