简介：Waveenergyhasdrawnmuchattentionasanachievablewaytoexploittherenewableenergy.Atpresent,inordertoenhancethewaveenergyextraction,mosteffortshavebeenconcentratedonoptimizingthewaveenergyconvertorandthepowertake-offsystemmechanicallyandelectrically.However,focusingthewavepowerinspecificwavefieldcouldalsobeanalternativetoimprovethewaveenergyextraction.Inthisexperimentalstudy,theBraggresonanceeffectisappliedtofocusthewaveenergy.BecausetheBraggresonanceeffectoftherippledbottomlargelyamplifiesthewavereflection,leadingtoasignificantincreaseofwavefocusing.Achievedwithanenergyconversionsystemconsistingofapointabsorberandapermanentmagnetsinglephaselinearmotor,thewaveenergyextractedinthewaveflumewithandwithoutBraggresonanceeffectwasmeasuredandcomparedquantitativelyinexperiment.ItshowsthatenergyextractionbyapointabsorberfromastandingwavefieldresultedfromBraggresonanceeffectcanberemarkablyincreasedcomparedwiththatfromapropagatingwavefield(withoutBraggresonanceeffect).

简介：ThefirstChineseexperimentalwavepowerplant,i.e.,theshoremountcdexperimentalwavepowerplantatthePearlRiverEstuarywassuccessfulintrialpowergenerationonFebruary15,1990.TheplantisonthesouthshoreoftheDawanshanIslandinthePearlRiverEstuary,facingthevastwavingSouthChinaSea.WithadesignedwaveconditionofH1/10=1.5mandT=6.5s,theplannedinstalledcapacityis8kWcomprisingthefirstunitof3kWbrushlessclawpolegeneratorwhichdelivers110VDCcurrentandthesecondunitof5kWbrushlesssinglephasesynchroACgeneratorwhichdelivers220VACcurrent.Atpresent,thefirstunithasbeenputintotrialoperation.

简介：MarmaraSea,locatedbetweenBlackSeaandAegeanSea,isanimportantseaforoceanengineeringactivities.Inthisstudy,wavepowerpotentialofMarmaraSeawasinvestigatedusingthethirdgenerationspectralwind-wavemodelMIKE21SWwithunstructuredmesh.WinddatawasobtainedfromECMWFERA-Interimre-analyseswinddatasetat10mwithaspatialresolutionof0.1?fortheperiodof1994to2014.ThenumericalmodelwascalibratedwithmeasuredwavedatafromabuoystationlocatedinMarmaraSea.Meshoptimizationwasalsoperformedtoobtainthemostsuitablemeshstructureforthestudyarea.ThisstudyisthefirstthatdealtwiththedeterminationofwaveenergypotentialofMarmaraSea.Thenumericalmodelresultsarepresentedintermsofmonthly,seasonalandannualaverageofwavepowerflux(kWm-1).Themaximumwavepowerfluxis1.13kWm-1andoccursinNovember.Theoverallannualmeanwavepowerfluxduring1994–2014isfoundtobe0.27kWm-1intheoffshoreregions.

简介：Withtheglobalwarmingandsealevelrising,itiswidelyrecognizedthatthereisanincreasingtendencyoftyphoonoccurrencefrequencyandintensity.Thedefensescodeagainsttyphoonattacksfornuclearpowerplantshouldbecalibratedbecauseoftheincreasingthreatoftyphoondisasterandsevereconsequences.Thispaperdiscussestheprobabilisticapproachofdefinitionsabout'probablemaximumtyphoon'and'probablemaximumstormsurge'innuclearsafetyregulationsofChinaandhasmadesomedesigncodecalibrationsbyuseofanewlyproposedDoubleLayerNestedMulti-objectiveProbabilityModel(DLNMPM).

简介：Pointabsorberwaveenergydevicewithmultipledegreesoffreedom(DOF)isassumedtohaveabetterabsorptionabilityofmechanicalenergyfromoceanwaves.Inthispaper,acoaxialsymmetricarticulatedpointabsorberwaveenergyconverterwithtwodegreesoffreedomispresented.Themechanicalequationsoftheoscillationbuoywithpowertake-offmechanism(PTO)inregularwavesareestablished.Thethree-dimensionalnumericalwavetankisbuiltinconsiderationofthebuoymotionbasedupontheCFDmethod.Theappropriatesimulationelementsareselectedforthebuoyandwaveparameters.ThefeasibilityoftheCFDmethodisverifiedthroughthecontrastbetweenthenumericalsimulationresultsoftypicalwaveconditionsandtestresults.Insuchcase,thebuoywithsingleDOFofheave,pitchandtheircouplingmotionconsideringfree(noPTOdamping)anddampedoscillationsinregularwavesaresimulatedbyusingtheverifiedCFDmethodrespectively.Thehydrodynamicandwaveenergyconversioncharacteristicswithtypicalwaveconditionsareanalyzed.Thenumericalresultsshowthattheheaveandpitchcanaffecteachotherinthebuoycouplingmotion,hydrodynamicloads,waveenergyabsorptionandflowfield.ThetotalcapturewidthratiowithtwocoupledDOFmotionishigherthanthatwithasingleDOFmotion.ThewaveenergyconversionofacertainDOFmotionmaybehigherthanthatofthesinglecertainDOFmotioneventhoughthewaveisattheresonanceperiod.Whenthewaveperiodsarehighenough,theinteractionbetweenthecoupledDOFmotionscanbeneglected.

简介：这份报纸描述系统与一只反的摆钟在波浪精力变换器(WEC)采用了的双击的代理水力的力量起飞(PTO)。水力的PTO把慢不规则的互给波浪运动变换成一个电的发电机的相对光滑的、快旋转。水力的PTO系统和它的控制的设计是批评的最大化产生力量。时间领域模拟研究和照原尺寸的沙滩测试的实验室实验被介绍。包括他们的比较在的模拟和实验室实验的结果照原尺寸也被介绍，它与双击的代理水力的PTO系统与一只反的摆钟验证了设计的合理性和WEC的原型的一些关键部件的可靠性。

简介：Thispaperpresentsanextendedmodelpredictivecontrollerformaximizingtheabsorbedpowerofapointabsorberwaveenergyconverter.Owingtothegreatinfluenceofcontrollerparametersupontheabsorbedpower,theoptimizationoftheseparametersiscarriedoutforthefirsttimebyafireflyalgorithm(FA).Error,thedifferencebetweenoutputvelocityofbuoyandinputwavespeedwhichleadstopowermaximizationintheoptimizedMPCiscomparedwiththeclassicalMPC.Simulationresultsindicatethatgiventhehighaccuracyandacceptablespeedofthealgorithm,itcanadjusttheparametersofthecontrollertothepointwheresystemerrordecreasedeffectivelyandtheabsorbedenergyincreasedabout4MW.

简介：Onthebasisofthedataofbiologicalandnonbiologicalfactorscollectedrespectivelyfrom1989to1990andfrom1995to1996inthewatersnearbytheQinshanNuclearPowerStation,theecologicalenvironmentandwaterqualityofthewatersareanalyzedandassessedinthepaper.Theresultsshow:(a)thesurveyedareahasthetypicalecologicalcharacteristicsofhightidalrangeestuary,richnutrientsandlowbiologicalproductivity,(b)tide,runoffandoffshoreseawaterintrusionarethekeyfactorswhichresultinseasonalandannualchangesofvariousbiologicalandnon-biologicalfactors,(c)theriskingofseawatereutrophicationindexisresultedfromenormousamountofthedischargesofindustrialanddomesticsewage,(d)becausethesurveyareaislocatedinahightidal-rangeestuary,thermaleffluentfromcoolingsystemdoesnotinducesignificanttemperaturechanges,(e)thefirststageprojectofQinshannuclearpowerstationhasnonotableimpactsontheecologicalenvironmentinthe