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http://dx.doi.org/10.3744/JNAOE.2012.4.4.437

An array effect of wave energy farm buoys  

Kweon, Hyuck-Min (Department of Railroad, Construction and Environment System Engineering, Gyeongju University)
Lee, Jung-Lyul (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
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International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering / v.4, no.4, 2012 , pp. 437-446 More about this Journal
Abstract
An ocean buoy energy farm is considered for Green energy generation and delivery to small towns along the Korean coast. The present study presents that the floating buoy-type energy farm appears to be sufficiently feasible for trapping more energy compared to affixed cylinder duck array. It is also seen from the numerical results that the resonated waves between spaced buoys are further trapped by floating buoy motion.Our numerical study is analyzed by a plane-wave approximation, in which evanescent mode effects are included in a modified mild-slope equation based on the scattering characteristics for a single buoy.
Keywords
Ocean buoy; Energy farm; Wave resonance; Wave-structure interaction;
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