Method for determining the arrangement of wave energy converters
AssigneeSeabased AB
InventorsFrancisco Gemo Albino Francisco, Anders Kronberg
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for determining the arrangement of wave energy converters in a wave power park in a seabed or lake area including the steps of: measuring wavelength and wave direction over a period of time, collecting all values measured for the wavelength and the wave direction in a matrix, statistically determining, from the matrix, a predominant wavelength and a predominant wave direction, and arranging an amount X of wave energy converters at regular intervals over a distance that corresponds to half of the length of the predominant wavelength or a multiple thereof, where the distance is measured in a direction at least more or less parallel to the predominant wave direction.
Claims8
A method for determining an arrangement of wave energy converters in a wave power park in a sea or lake area comprising the steps of:
- measuring or estimating wavelength and wave direction over a period of time;
- collecting all values measured for the wavelength and the wave direction in a matrix;
- statistically determining, from the matrix, a predominant wavelength (PWL) and a predominant wave direction;
- arranging a number (X) of wave energy converters at regular intervals over a distance that corresponds to half of a length of the predominant wavelength (PWL) or a multiple thereof, wherein the distance is measured in a direction at least more or less parallel to the predominant wave direction;
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- placing the number (X) of wave energy converters on a V-shaped line, a U-shaped line, a horseshoe shaped line, a semi-elliptic line, or a semi-circular line,
- wherein each of the wave energy converters comprises a floating body, a wire, a housing anchored in the seabed or lakebed, the housing comprising a stator and a seesawing translator, wherein the seesawing translator is connected via the wire to the floating body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.