Modelling and Optimization of Wave Energy Converters

<p>Wave energy offers a promising renewable energy source however technologies converting wave energy into useful electricity face many design challenges. This guide presents numerical modelling and optimization methods for the development of wave energy converter technologies from principles to applications. It covers the development status and perspectives of wave energy converter systems; the fundamental theories on wave power absorption; the modern wave energy converter concepts including oscillating bodies in single and multiple degree of freedom and oscillating water column technologies; and the relatively hitherto unexplored topic of wave energy harvesting farms. It can be used as a specialist student textbook as well as a reference book for the design of wave energy harvesting systems across a broad range of disciplines including renewable energy marine engineering infrastructure engineering hydrodynamics ocean science and mechatronics engineering.</p><p>The Open Access version of this book available at www.routledge.com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.</p>